Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commonly , industrial licences are required and safety checks are made before a plant commences operation , and annual inspections are undertaken thereafter . |
| 2 | PLEASE CONTINUE , those of you who have difficulty are reminded that a list of fundraising ideas was sent out with the last notes and we would hope that the areas would get together and hold rallies and/or cheese and wine evenings/coffee mornings etc . |
| 3 | In the example given below for each entry , the default settings are used when a parameter is omitted . |
| 4 | At the Bradford football stadium disaster on 11 May 1985 , 56 fans were killed when a stand burnt down . |
| 5 | Between 38 to 20 million years ago large sections of the present-day west coast were formed when a chunk of a long-vanished continent adhered to the coastline . |
| 6 | Two guards were wounded when a robber grabbed forty five thousand pounds from an armoured van and escaped on a moped . |
| 7 | As an illustration of how it can occur , the field-worker was told of an incident in which a driver was asked to stop for failing to wear a seat-belt , upon which he sped off , necessitating a car chase , which eventually ended with two cars being wrecked and a policeman injured . |
| 8 | A British tourist , Mr Edward Gait , and a West German were crushed to death and 12 other foreigners were injured when a restaurant roof collapsed in Arona , Tenerife , police said yesterday . |
| 9 | These entries were displayed and a design entered by Mr G. F. Williams of Dundee received the majority of the votes cast . |
| 10 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 11 | Particular formulae were chosen and a number of transition ‘ tariffs ’ were computed , covering thousands of eventualities . |
| 12 | Indifferent editing has allowed numerous errors including structural formulae inconsistent with rather informal polymer nomenclature , paragraphs being repeated and a statement advising the reader that ‘ recently , ammonium zirconium carbonate was granted FDA approval for use as a component of paper and paperboard in contact in good ’ — whatever that is supposed to mean . |
| 13 | The steps at the front entrance were demolished and a ramp was constructed together with new steps . |
| 14 | If a guest has indicated that he/she intends to settle by credit card , on arrival of the guest the credit card is requested and an imprint of the card is taken and signed by the guest . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , if the provision is to remain , the following proviso should be added : except where such injury damage or loss is caused as a result of a breach of any of the Landlord 's covenants herein contained |
| 16 | However , further platelets aggregate to the platelet monolayer when an aggregation agent is added and an accretion of platelets occurs between the two electrodes . |
| 17 | Again mail is generated and an entry is made in the log . |
| 18 | The individual 's intentions and objectives are correct and the proper course of action is selected but a slip occurs in performing it . |
| 19 | Baker considers the biblical theme of ‘ kairos ’ , the time ( unlike normal linear time ) in which action is demanded or a time which is opportune . |
| 20 | In time so much rock is dissolved that a hole is formed , called a swallow hole , and beneath it there is an underground pipe , as at Gaping Gill in Yorkshire and Eldon Hole in Derbyshire . |
| 21 | ‘ Are ’ : spelt ‘ re , pronounced after vowels , usually with some change in the preceding vowel , e.g. ‘ you ’ — ‘ you 're ’ , ‘ we ’ — ‘ we 're ’ , ‘ they ’ — they 're ; linking r is used when a vowel follows , as explained in the next section . |
| 22 | Polling for one Moslem seat was postponed after a candidate was shot dead before the vote . |
| 23 | A Greek-Cypriot soldier was killed and a Turkish-Cypriot soldier wounded in a shooting incident which took place on May 7 , 1989 , in the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia . |
| 24 | The Royal Green Jacket soldier was drowned when a helicopter carrying 30 troops ditched into the freezing South Atlantic waters . |
| 25 | Savary was asked whether a bill of lading that did not state for whose account the goods had been shipped was valid . |
| 26 | Tea was served and a Tornado flew past — both events again thanks to RAF Cottesmore . |
| 27 | There is an illustration in this book which encapsulates this fault line in time : an extraordinary angular dressing table of 1912 by Josef Gocar , which would be at home in the Eighties , reflects in its mirror the ancient tripod camera with black cloth with which the photograph was taken and a photo of a Victorian lady in highnecked dress . |
| 28 | In a 1951 case , a Mr Gregory was injured when a lorry driven by a Mr Hill knocked him off his motorbike . |
| 29 | The occupants , including the patient 's daughter , refused to open the door ; entry was gained after a panel in the door was broken and ( according to the Crown ) the appellants both assaulted the police officers . |
| 30 | That was before Stonehenge , in 1980 , became enclosed in a concentration camp cage , designed to keep people out , not in , and that fence was built before a Frenchman proposed to preserve the crumbling Sphinx by encasing him/her/it in a transparent plastic skin . |