Example sentences of "[det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Was this a nursery , joy ? ’
2 ‘ Is this a dinosaur ? ’
3 If you want to make this a popularity poll , go ahead , but my assets still overtake yours , I think ! ’
4 Is this a characteristic of a Series III on radials or do you think there is something wrong ?
5 Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar .
6 I hereby declare this a Court of Law with myself as judge and those present as jury .
7 In fact I think that making this a Court issue will deter some parents from seeking access to their children which is a very bad thing .
8 They planned each meeting to last an hour normally , and having gathered the information the team withdrew separately to ask themselves ‘ Why is this a problem now ? ’
9 I have not found this a problem because many of our members had their own private sites and were not interested in coinshooting .
10 Nor is this a problem for the authorities alone : how far should adult educators , qua educators , engage in activism as opposed to education ?
11 This colonnade carried a classical entablature and above was a plain wall ( where the Medieval triforium normally is to be found ) and above this a row of small clerestory windows .
12 Is this a witch-hunt ?
13 Is this a consideration which helps anybody to decide which district the new settlement should go in ?
14 Curiously , it is still rather unusual for solicitors ' partnership agreements to provide that partners should retire upon reaching an agreed age , though it might be thought that there are good reasons for making this a requirement in the interests of a firm 's long term planning .
15 In order for this to be useful , we have to access information relevant to the faces we recognise : is this a friend , a relative , some national celebrity ?
16 put it over there with your plan , put it over there with your plan , okay , is this a jigsaw ?
17 Just stop and think about this a minute .
18 Erm I 'll stop this a minute .
19 Give me this a minute . .
20 A repetition of the same sin under similarly testing circumstances does not make this a duplicate of 12:10–20 .
21 Mythical Rome : make this a holiday you 'll always remember by visiting all the wonderful sights of the capital
22 Is this a function of the mainframe business , or is it a function of IBM 's actions in this market ? ’
23 Following NN we allow for the possibility that the higher the wage the more competition there will be for the job ( ceteris paribus ) and make this a function of w .
24 Is this a return to dualisms ?
25 If ‘ tight ’ diabetic control leads to restoration of platelet function to normal , is this a reflection of the fall in blood glucose , alteration in plasma lipids and fatty acids , restoration of normal endothelial cell integrity or other mechanisms ?
26 Was this a reflection on the quality of our care or skill ?
27 Is this a slug in my steak pie ?
28 Good use of animated VGA graphics and pop-up windows with property information make this a must for fans of the board game .
29 Good use of animated VGA graphics and pop-up windows with property information make this a must for fans of the board game .
30 Good use of animated VGA graphics and pop-up windows with property information make this a must for fans of the board game .
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