Example sentences of "is a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For both there is a pull in two directions . |
| 2 | J is a rapper from Germany , based in Paris , who is alarmed by the rise of the New Right in Europe and is n't , therefore , trying to make money to flee them , but is standing to fight . |
| 3 | There is a dusting of snow in Cwm Glas Mawr and above , while clouds have just rolled back from the summit ridge . |
| 4 | Outmoded models are still conventional wisdom and in geomorphology there are signs that , rather than face the new realities , there is a retreat into the more rarefied atmosphere of conceptual model-building and complex correlation structure diagrams . |
| 5 | What we see very generally today is a retreat from social into group identity . |
| 6 | The growth of fringe bodies is a retreat from the simple democratic principle evolved in the nineteenth century that those who perform a public duty should be fully responsible to an electorate — by way either of a minister responsible to Parliament or of a locally elected council . |
| 7 | Opened 20 years ago , the Pembrokeshire Coast Path is a paradise for walkers , bird watchers and nature lovers . |
| 8 | Thanks to his curriculum , Brown is a paradise for airheads and idlers . |
| 9 | Schluchsee is a paradise for water lovers . |
| 10 | The tiny circuit is a paradise for fast starters and with odd exceptions this is not one of the Bears ' strong points . |
| 11 | If anyone is a builder of such a vehicle or the owner of a vintage model , Malcolm Vincent would be delighted to hear from them , on Alton 85245 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This is a percentage of the selling price of these music products . |
| 14 | Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges . |
| 15 | This provision is a percentage of the authority 's overall outstanding debt and is prescribed by the Government ( Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 ) . |
| 16 | A rule of thumb is a percentage of funds under business management ( typically 2% — 3% ) |
| 17 | We refer too er in our statement er an absolute release figure of hectares in the greenbelt , and that is a percentage of our new housing allocations . |
| 18 | While Roderick et al ( 1982 ) in their study of English universities report that only 25.9% of unqualified mature students obtain a ‘ good ’ degree , this is a percentage of all entrants rather than graduates , and is therefore not directly comparable with Bourner and Hamed and Walker 's figures . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a unity about the whole thing which needs to be practised in a single centre , ’ the MRC source said . |
| 20 | There is a unity about the fictional world of Lawrence Durrell , but , to this reader at any rate , a meretricious one . |
| 21 | I am proceeding in the belief that there is a unity in developmental mechanisms , and whilst the sea-urchin provided an excellent model , there are other examples to be considered . |
| 22 | Among these is a reproduction of Daniel Maclise 's The Death of Nelson , an image perhaps alluding to Minton 's identification with this famous naval martyr . |
| 23 | The cream and gilt suite is a reproduction of antique French furniture and the matching cream and pink quilt was made to match the decor . |
| 24 | It is a plea for consistency . |
| 25 | The overall impression left by the review is a plea for continued support . |
| 26 | Rather it is a plea for the individualisation of learning opportunities for all children . |
| 27 | In so far as this book is a plea for some measure of reform in the priority given to sexual considerations in social work cases , public attitudes must be seen as creating obstacles . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | This is a plea from the heart . |