Example sentences of "is a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a dusting of snow in Cwm Glas Mawr and above , while clouds have just rolled back from the summit ridge . |
| 2 | Schluchsee is a paradise for water lovers . |
| 3 | My club Chairman ( who is a builder by trade ) came round one Saturday morning towards the end of March and built the pond walls and put an extra course of bricks round the header pools to raise their height . |
| 4 | Featuring guest rapper Rakim , ‘ Contribution ’ itself is a plea for unity echoed later in ‘ Take Me Away ’ ( a bright song with a sad lyric ) and ‘ Who Can We Blame ’ . |
| 5 | Featuring guest rapper Rakim , ‘ Contribution ’ itself is a plea for unity echoed later in ‘ Take Me Away ’ ( a bright song with a sad lyric ) and ‘ Who Can We Blame ’ . |
| 6 | It is a plea for consistency . |
| 7 | A DEM is a grid of terrain elevations which can be converted to vector ( contour line ) form . |
| 8 | You do n't work for examinations , but to understand the subject thoroughly ; success in examinations is a by-product of knowledge and techniques , and the techniques are extremely important . |
| 9 | MATURITY IS : Conducting my life in the understanding that success is a by-product of service . |
| 10 | The radiation is a by-product of particle accelerators use in high-energy physics . |
| 11 | Sound Warehouses ' argument is that the sleeve is a depiction of rape . |
| 12 | Sound Warehouses ' argument is that the sleeve is a depiction of rape . |
| 13 | There is a fortune on offer for the side that go into the European Cup 's mini-league , the build-up has been intense and not many of the players will have taken part in a bigger or more crucial event . |
| 14 | Two features , however , give Whernside a measure of distinction : on the northern approach three large tarns are passed , a surprise in a district notable for its absence of standing water , and on the southern slopes around and below the 1200-ft contour is a belt of limestone with an attendant necklace of potholes . |
| 15 | Certainly on the A sixty four corridor there is a belt of grade two land that sweeps in west to east . |
| 16 | In so far as this is still true it is a hangover from history . |
| 17 | The inclusion of the toy theatre is a reference to childhood memory , but it is one which lacks the comfort of Boyce 's flowered lap . |
| 18 | Second , where there is a reference to time , for instance the past reference of former in ( 36 ) , it does not apply to the putative referent of the noun phrase , who still lives ; nor does it apply to the intensional entity , which is still available to any speaker of the sentence ; rather it applies in some way to the status of the property inherent in the noun ( king , in this example ) . |
| 19 | This is a reference under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 , which permits Her Majesty 's Attorney-General , when a person tried on indictment has been acquitted , to seek the opinion of this court on a point of law which has arisen in the case . |
| 20 | The Chinese believe that the clavicle , a small bone embedded in the shoulder muscle , is a protection against evil . |
| 21 | At the heart of attempts by firms in Britain to introduce modern technology is a battle for control of the shopfloor between management and factory worker . |
| 22 | There is a difficulty with eqn ( 3.6 ) . |
| 23 | The statement implies that rape is a factor of humanity — an eternal problem for all humans — rather than a specific crime committed against women . |
| 24 | Subsidies are available from a limited number of sources , such as government agencies , charitable foundations , and , today very rarely , private individuals ; there is a factor of prestige to be counted in this sponsorship , mediated by the decisions of committees . |
| 25 | Labour is a factor of production . |
| 26 | This is a factor in selection , and all Cabinets have some first-class administrators , but there are other , political reasons for appointments and it is possible that in any Cabinet of twenty , a half would not have been chosen if the only grounds had been the capacity to run a large department . |
| 27 | Maternal age , as noted earlier , is closely associated with birth weight , which is a factor in infant morbidity as well as mortality . |
| 28 | The point is that perception of discourse type is a factor in discourse processing and production which brings together our perception of sender/receiver , topic , function — and other factors besides . |
| 29 | There is a spirit of revolution developing in the workshops … . |
| 30 | The drift to comedy started by Hue and Cry ( 1947 ) , in which a group of kids foil some crooks , took Balcon 's studio in a similar direction , but there is a spirit of anarchy in the early Ealing comedies and a recognition that , since there can be no final victories , the little people must sustain their rebellion . |