Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but it would be worth the kids on their weekend trips going and having a look in there . |
| 2 | ‘ That means you 're going to be off the streets for quite a while . ’ |
| 3 | They 've caused several thousand pounds worth of damage , and the train will be off the tracks for two or three months . ’ |
| 4 | Initially it was assumed that the objective would be for the villages to farm on a communal basis . |
| 5 | But the Social Charter turned out not to be for the likes of us . |
| 6 | And how heartening his recovery must be for the families of other coma victims . |
| 7 | That pleasure will be for the peoples in and around the Pacific and Indian Oceans . |
| 8 | It will be for the partners in each firm to decide whether some such arrangement suits their particular circumstances or whether more or less complex procedures should be introduced . |
| 9 | Efforts to control whaling between the wars was said to be for the purposes of resource conservation ; that they were really concerned with managing the flow of whale oil through international markets . |
| 10 | Indeed , because of the court 's limited power , the policy of ultimate caution must be for the terms of any conveyancing documentation to be agreed between the respective solicitors before the consent order is applied for . |
| 11 | To qualify for engagement on an Employment Action scheme applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 59 and have been registered as unemployed for at least six months . |
| 12 | To qualify for engagement on an Employment Action scheme applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 59 and have been registered as unemployed for at least six months . |
| 13 | Applicants for the course should be between the ages of 22 and 27 and should be able to read and write English and French . |
| 14 | Although Charlie was still thin — now a flyweight — and not all that tall , once his seventeenth birthday had come and gone he noticed that the ladies on the corner of the Whitechapel Road , who were still placing white feathers on anyone wearing civilian clothes who looked as if they might be between the ages of eighteen and forty , were beginning to eye him like impatient vultures . |
| 15 | The form of control was to be through the concepts of purpose and relevancy , and each of the alleged reasons put forward by the Minister for not referring was subjected to them . |
| 16 | But if things have got that bad , one way of forgetting your problems would be through the attentions of workers from Angels Escort Agency in Chelsea . |
| 17 | I mean all training should be towards the aims of achieving the business plans . |
| 18 | However sceptical we may be of the claims of medicine and its practitioners , we do , as Kosa said , place our faith in them when we can not cope by ourselves . |
| 19 | You 'll be amongst the angels within a few seconds ! ’ |
| 20 | They were said to be behind the acts of violence against the opposition parties , against the minorities , and against peaceful demonstrators . |
| 21 | In her plain blue suit she came down from the Clubhouse with two of the owners who seemed to want to be near the horses at ground level . |
| 22 | It would be like the denizens of Magdalen Bridge claiming they drank VP sherry rather than Tio Pepe because they preferred the taste . |
| 23 | The wonderful vision arose of a publication which would be like the minutes of a gigantic nationwide meeting . |
| 24 | Such groups were said to be like the foreigners in the adjacent forces , for it was constantly repeated that many wanted to join us but failed because of some inadequacy . |
| 25 | Nurses are now encouraged to exercise their professional judgement in safe-guarding the interests of individual patients and clients , and for some this means exposing poor management and refusing to carry out instructions which they believe to be against the interests of their patients/clients . |
| 26 | This must be against the interests of the UK economy , and of EC consumers . |
| 27 | That would be against the interests of our industry . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend is right to pinpoint the fact that it would be against the interests of British Airways and Rolls-Royce for politicians to second-guess the commercial decision making of private companies . |
| 29 | ‘ The district council , however , is of the view that taking this case to court could lead to more damage to the area through adverse publicity and this would be against the interests of local people . |
| 30 | However , an opinion poll carried out in 1987 found the majority of residents to be against the projects with opponents outnumbering supporters by more than two to one . |