Example sentences of "of [noun] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of ISDN is as the foundation for the entire model ; the single , standard interface through which all the rest will be provided : ‘ Our model says that this guy needs one interface ’ , says Corris , then he can decide when making a call that he wants to use certain intelligent aspects of the network , he can say ‘ I need another channel … |
| 2 | The wider issue of the extent to which the judiciary may naturally favour certain types of values is outside the scope of this book . |
| 3 | Their main line of support is through the day centre manager . |
| 4 | Labour 's traditional bedrock of support is among the working classes as exemplified by the trade unions . |
| 5 | The inter-war years saw a good deal of activity in North Shields by the local branch of the National Unemployed Workers Movement ( NUWM ; see CDP , 1978 ) , whose main base of support was on the Meadowell . |
| 6 | The book of Acts is about the spread of Christianity after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus , through the giving of the Holy Spirit , empowering Jesus 's followers in making his good news known . |
| 7 | Today nearly half of all the vines grown in the white wine vineyards of Champagne are of the Pinot Meunier variety — a practicality only possible because of Pérignon . |
| 8 | As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ . |
| 9 | In England , James Robertson ( 1953 , 1958 ) , a colleague of Bowlby 's at the Tavistock Clinic , started a campaign to persuade children 's hospital wards to admit mothers together with their children , or at least not to restrict visiting in any way ; some hospitals welcomed the idea , others resisted it , but meanwhile a Government committee was set up which in 1959 published the ‘ Platt Report ’ on the welfare of children in hospital , recommending ‘ that all hospitals where children are treated will adopt the practice of unrestricted visiting , particularly for children below school age ’ , that ‘ it is particularly valuable for the mother to be able to stay in hospital with her child during the first day or two ’ , and that ‘ children should not be admitted to hospital if it can possibly be avoided ’ . |
| 10 | The 275 acres of pasture are of the best and surround the house on all sides , undulating towards distant hills — and to Dublin airport only half-an-hour away . |
| 11 | While we 're at it , and since the Teesdale village of Woodland was in the news on Monday , why is the most prominent of its two pubs called The Edge ? |
| 12 | I could hear boulders grinding on the river bed and the grumble of thunder was like the sound of distant gunfire . |
| 13 | JCI played a major part in the early years of mining this precious metal and its group metals , but the technology for extraction of PGM 's from the ore became a considerable problem for all the mining companies . |
| 14 | Unfortunately this play was overshadowed by the opening production and Crawford was the only leading actor not to merit a mention from Eric Shorter in the Daily Telegraph , who believed that the key to performing this wittiest of farces was in the technique . |
| 15 | ‘ The main differences between the two styles of cuisine is in the way the Chinese blend ingredients , how they introduce colour into the food , and that up to 90% of the work is done prior to cooking . ’ |
| 16 | Marriages might of necessity be in the first place a business agreement — an exchange of goods and services — but this did not mean that deep feelings did not enter it . |
| 17 | Although the question whether there is any way of determining those in need of protection is at the heart of this debate , this is unlikely to be the prime determinant of professional practice . |
| 18 | The standard UK period of protection is for the life of the author and fifty years . |
| 19 | The docks of Cardiff were at the centre of the coal-based prosperity of south Wales . |
| 20 | More than 80 per cent of deputies were from the Azerbaijan CP , while the opposition deputies from the Popular Front , the Social Democrats , the Greens and the Union of the Democratic Intelligentsia united in parliament in an umbrella Democratic Bloc of Azerbaijan . |
| 21 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 22 | His first tour of inspection was at the Ashmolean museum . |
| 23 | Second , the only way of avoiding this presumption of responsibility is for the defendant to prove either ( a ) that the driving , accident or damage occurred before he took the car , or ( b ) that he was neither in , on or near the vehicle when that driving , accident or damage occurred . |
| 24 | The earldom of March was in the king 's ward ; for Roger Mortimer , earl of March , had died in action in Ireland , leaving a six-year-old son to inherit . |
| 25 | Peter was now a colleague of Bernard 's at the poly . |
| 26 | The parents of otaku are from the Sixties generation , very democratic and tolerant . |
| 27 | The idea of a view and the vision of Boullee are of the same order of thought and sight . |
| 28 | The go-ahead was given subject to a ‘ weather window ’ to treat one block as a trail because , to the surprise of all involved the largest concentration of woodlice were in the roof under the roof tiles . |
| 29 | Another key area of preparation is in the creation of ‘ stability zones ’ — constants in one 's life which it is important to maintain . |
| 30 | Scorn has been poured upon the excessive mourning practised by Victorians , to which even their children and servants were subjected ; but it should be recalled that the badge of mourning was like the tartan of a Highland clan : it symbolised solidarity . |