Example sentences of "[be] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 're a number of items er , Chair , erm , the brochure has been produced and well received . |
| 2 | Many of the old industrial communities have long been a desert for women 's employment . |
| 3 | During the past two years , there has been a settlement of travellers ' caravans in a parking area at the centre of Robton in Central Scotland . |
| 4 | The scheme has been a success for fund-holders ' own patients , but detrimental to the rest . |
| 5 | My wife 's been a couple of times si since then but not me . |
| 6 | The trust gets money and they pay their expenses and there have been a lot of lawyers ' expenses and the expenses of the Swiss foundation , which is also a beneficiary of this trust . |
| 7 | If , indeed , such principles are a feature of children 's attempts to understand adult language , it remains to be seen whether they can be seen as the outcome of earlier developmental processes or , as seems more likely , innate abilities and therefore features of Chomsky 's LAD . |
| 8 | ‘ These drinks are a danger to children 's teeth and could cause enormous damage , ’ said a spokeswoman for the regional health authority . |
| 9 | The divergencies are a consequence of voters ' use of their preferences and the geographical distribution of party support . |
| 10 | There are a number of options erm that I considered . |
| 11 | But I think there are a number of things er which would need to be taken into account . |
| 12 | There are a number of areas erm John expression was and yet it is possible to find the monies . |
| 13 | ‘ I am an expert on women 's hands . |
| 14 | He thought it would certainly be a couple of days ' journey to the Fire Court — the giants would be sure to know , he said , because they had already sent emissaries with the marriage proposal . |
| 15 | But enhanced National Savings rates will be a threat to societies ' cashflows and any upturn in the housing market will exacerbate it . |
| 16 | Two questions you will constantly be asked are : What can be done with the old wreck ? and What will it cost and wo n't it be a waste of taxpayers ' money ? |
| 17 | What is now proposed is that whatever the size of the police authority there will still be a body of appointees er m m made by the Secretary of State . |
| 18 | In front was a tiny apron of garden , which the street light revealed to be a shambles of children 's toys and discarded garments . |
| 19 | Thus , the red tape that so often seems to characterize bureaucracies need not be a manifestation of bureaucrats ' love for due process . |
| 20 | The central figure on this occasion was the more locally known organizer , Margaret Irwin of Glasgow , acknowledged to be an expert on women 's trades in Scotland . ] " |
| 21 | In the USA at least , there needs to be an improvement in scientists ' understandings of how to influence the allocation of funding for remedial measures or for further research ( see Kitsos and Ashe 1989 ) . |
| 22 | They had gone to bed after enjoying those mountains of rice and bowls of curried concoctions , no doubt , that were a feature of expatriates ' meals in the east , when shouts and running feet stirred Bernard Callinan from his sleep . |
| 23 | ‘ I was thinking you were a member of Women 's Liberation . ’ |
| 24 | Clearly we do not wish to go through the same debate that we had at the greenbelt inquiry , erm but it is very relevant erm you 'll see from our submissions to the panel that er quite clearly the City Council did not agree entirely with the proposed boundary of the greenbelt , the City Council did take the view that there were certain areas of land proposed to be included in the greenbelt er which did not fulfil a greenbelt function in the Council 's view , and that was clearly was discussed at the greenbelt inquiry , it was not just one site , er we clearly were not not in our er responsibility to identify a specific site outside our district , but there were a number of areas er subject to those objections , not just from ourselves , but as Mr erm Donson has said er from various objectors . |
| 25 | It was unfortunate that during this period of time there were a number of pressures er on us , not just County Council for that money to be spent elsewhere and that money was er brought back to the centre and we distributed all of the the Services . |
| 26 | Being an enabler of pupils ' learning is an unselfish task and " imaginative " teachers do not necessarily excel in qualities of humility and standing back and giving space to others . |
| 27 | It 's a trend in women 's politics set , of course , by Margaret Thatcher although Virginia is naturally much more attractive . |
| 28 | There 's a couple of points er er perhaps worth making about it . |
| 29 | And the sorts of objectives that er these wars are concerned with er may be control over resources , over particular minerals , control over markets con control over trade the acquisition of territory or the recovery of lost territory and ideological or political objectives , objectives which are strictly speaking er to do with the belief system which predominates in particular states or where there 's a conflict between states er which have radically conflicting er ideologies . |
| 30 | There 's a list of girls ' names in here . |