Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Avid as I am for details of Claudia 's personal life , I have lost interest in the details of my own . |
| 2 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 3 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 4 | Roosevelt might nevertheless have got his way in 1943 , had it not been for developments inside France . |
| 5 | It 's been for sale for ages has n't it ? |
| 6 | For Constantine , in short , the Messiah was precisely what the Messiah had been for Jews in Palestine at the dawn of the Christian era — a ruler , a sovereign , a warrior leader like David and Solomon , who reigned wisely over a temporal realm , established unity in his domains , consolidated a nation and people with divine sanction to support him . |
| 7 | The sun 's been shining all week over Hereford : United are on a high , five goals against Colchester was the best news there 's been for years at Edgar Street . |
| 8 | Jes said , I thought you 'd have been off rest of week . |
| 9 | She had forgotten how fast he could move — he must have been off Chalon in seconds — but as soon as he hauled her to her feet Isabel began to struggle , swinging her free arm up . |
| 10 | Erm I 've been off work in excess of five years now er add my income has been very very small and whatever award I get will never go ahead and compensate me or my wife for what I 've been through . |
| 11 | It is rare in general practice to see dermatological problems that need sophisticated hospital investigations or intensive treatment ; most referrals are for assessment of skin lesions or for second opinions . |
| 12 | ‘ I know what a worry high interest rates are for families with mortgages and for those involved in farming and small businesses , ’ she said . |
| 13 | E1 buildings are for storage of goods and materials not specified as hazardous in occupancy E2 . |
| 14 | It is curious nevertheless how poor the primary sources sometimes are for debates at BAAS meetings : the famous clash between Wilberforce and Huxley in 1860 at Oxford , in the new museum there , has scarcely more contemporary accounts than that between St George and the dragon , so that it is impossible to know exactly what happened . |
| 15 | The Moneysaver tickets are for travel from Heathrow , Manchester and Birmingham airports to a choice of 14 Spanish destinations . |
| 16 | They are for use by instructors when the course is being used with groups of trainees and explain how to make use of particular text pages and handouts . |
| 17 | In the ninth century a German monk , Walahfrid Strabo wrote : No man can say , no man remember , how many uses there are for Oil of Roses as a cure for mankind 's ailments . ’ |
| 18 | Many requests are for details of fibreboard d-i-y projects — FIDOR can supply booklets which will enable you to construct a serving trolley , make a bedhead , build a stylish fire surround , or a kitchen island unit . |
| 19 | Examples of such additional directions are for amendment of pleadings , further and better particulars , discovery by a defendant excused from this step under Ord 25 , r8 , more medical or other experts than Ord 25 , r8 allows , trial out of London or not at the trial centre for the District Registry in which the action is proceeding . |
| 20 | Advertisements here are for jobs in personnel and training , selling and management , as well as technical and professional . |
| 21 | As for li , it is pattern , structure , order ; the concrete uses of the word are for veins in jade and the grain of wood . |
| 22 | It should be noted that these drag coefficients are for Clios with door mirror on both sides — rather than the single door mirror used by certain other companies to produce flattering windtunnel figures . |
| 23 | Besides being ‘ colourful ’ they advertise records which I presume are for sale in Liverpool shops and various events such as the wonderful ‘ Festival of Comedy ’ . |
| 24 | Let unc If we use this for iterative premultiplication of an arbitrary column , say the summing vector , successive columns are as show in Table 1 . |
| 25 | Negotiations over pay are about changes in money wages . |
| 26 | As they are about competence at work , they will include not only competences relating directly to the funeral service but also competences to do with working relationships or health and safety . |
| 27 | Groups of questions on similar tasks were prefaced by a statement of their nature ( e.g. " The next two questions are about change from 50p " ) . |
| 28 | The truth is that today 's pop — Whitney , Simply Red , Tina turner , George Michael , Anita Baker , Fine Young Cannibals , Percy Sledge , Ben E. King , The Communards , Gabriel , Erasure , The Christians — are about shame about pop . |
| 29 | Public relations is related to advertising in that both are about persuasion through communication . |
| 30 | But in fact , they 're as much about power over yourself and self-belief as they are about domination of others . |