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

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1 In the processes of Parliament there will be much consideration whether a Bill should or should not in one form or another become an enactment .
2 When he receives that final report , will he bear in mind the fact that the security intelligence agencies rely on the use of informants , and the intelligence that they receive will never be any good unless a measure of protection can be granted to those sources ?
3 The researchers , who have been studying the organism for more than eight years , say it will be several years before a vaccine becomes widely available .
4 But it will be several months before a decision is made on whether the Yoke Farm travellers can stay .
5 Also on the visiting critics ' itinerary were such exotica as a barbecue dinner and a visit to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ; your correspondent , a native Texan , had not been to the rodeo since 1961 , when he shook Roy Rogers 's hand , but none the less did not feel compelled to spice up this report with such familiar Texas seasoning .
6 Pre-tax profits of £30m to £40m point to a p/e of over 15 at 104p , down 21p , which is less support than a yield of 9.5 per cent if the final holds .
7 And that 's more space than a lot of people would like .
8 A rent action is any action where a landlord claims arrears of rent from a tenant or former tenant who is still in occupation of the land to which the claim relates .
9 An admiralty action is one which falls within the County Courts ' Admiralty jurisdiction , that is any action where a plaintiff brings one or more of the claims set out in CCA 1984 , s 27 .
10 Crocheted antimacassars graced the backs of all the chairs although it was many years since a gentleman with pomade on his hair had sat in one of them .
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