Example sentences of "[noun sg] missing [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A large item in the contemporary bill of lading-letter of credit practice missing from this list is the letter of indemnity issued by banks to prompt the release of goods that arrive prior to the arrival of the original bill of lading .
2 A chair of grey-flecked green , fabric missing from both arms exposing splintery wooden posts , remains unsat in .
3 This buckle was found with the circlip missing from the pin .
4 But there was a piece missing from the scenario …
5 New inquiry into girl missing for 36 years
6 There 's an innocent man in prison and an innocent girl missing from home .
7 Horst von Weegmann and his gunner missing in L1+BH ; a second aircraft was claimed damaged .
8 Then there was the lead missing from a perfectly sound weight cloth .
9 There seemed to be part of a beam missing in the area .
10 A SEARCH was continuing last night for a policeman missing since Friday , as fears mounted for his safety .
11 Mr first laid plans of mice and men is one page missing as it is only twenty five metres away and I shall have it shortly .
12 Besides , from the pallor of his fat cheeks , those nails bitten to the quick , the splodge of oil on his trouser-leg and the button missing from his tunic , it was easy to distinguish to which class the man belonged .
13 More regrettably still , Bill Muggeridge arrived , looking what he was — an ex-fourth-division footballer : bulky , grubby , in an unbrushed suit and with a button missing from his shirt .
14 Then I discovered a button missing from the shirt I had planned to wear .
15 " To be frank with you , " said Manciple , " there 's a young woman missing from Jackley .
16 FEARS are growing for the safety of a 33year-old woman missing from her home since Friday .
17 It seems that there is considerable broadscale emission missing from the MOST map .
18 However some would argue that such definitions are misplaced or misleading since there is an important variable missing from these models , the link between motivation and productivity .
19 He made a wry face and shook his head , his eyes holding , at that moment , the same merry twinkle as his grandmother 's , a gaiety missing from his mother 's expression .
20 The man who , finding the doors of his grandfather 's house wide open and the jade missing from the cabinet , had set off in hot pursuit of her .
21 THE body of a 67-year-old man missing for nine months has been found in woodland at Maesnewydd Farm , Talybont , near Aberystwyth .
22 FEARS are growing for a Chinese man missing for over three weeks .
23 FRIENDS of an Anglesey man missing in Alaska since last week are continuing to search for him .
24 A mutilated body found in Portugal is believed to be that of a man missing from his home in Oxfordshire for a month .
25 Therefore I 'm sure you can imagine the upset felt by this 69-year-old lady to see that young man missing from this week 's issue .
26 But Larry saw nothing except the tap dripping in the bathroom and the rug missing from the doorway and the absence of a cat-flap and his own image , his own image everywhere .
27 He saw her breasts spilling across her ribs and that chip missing from her tooth where her brother hit her with a stone .
28 Akerman 's throwaway pseudo-feminist conclusion strains for a progression missing from the drama — Julie attaining adulthood — although it might be an interesting bid to reverse the casual sexism of Truffaut 's Jules Et Jim , similar in theme , 30 years ago .
29 The First Test in Sydney was a rusty performance with the backline 's cohesion missing during the first half before the dominance of the Wallaby forwards at the scrum and line-out took control in the second half to enable them to pile on 20 points and quickly reverse the 9–7 half-time deficit .
30 The only thing missing in the party pack were tissues for the more emotional .
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