Example sentences of "[is] a [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a barrowload on the streets right now . |
| 2 | ‘ Some people reckon they could n't distinguish between the mascots and the players before kick-off , and that 's a tribute to the youngsters who took care of Liverpool . |
| 3 | Naaah , it 's a tribute to the Pixies , definitely . |
| 4 | I 'll keep it out of his way whilst he 's talking or he 'll think , Hello there 's a competitor in the wings . |
| 5 | And my mum 's a postwoman in the mornings . |
| 6 | Under a new law , the Children Act of 1989 , which comes into force October 14 , there 's a checklist of the criteria which the courts must look to when deciding the children 's future . |
| 7 | It 's a deposit in the arteries of fat . |
| 8 | Surely there 's a tide in the affairs of men which taken — ‘ |
| 9 | He says it 's a symbol of the governments way of treating immigrants . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's a pity about the Russians , but markets will steady again if we quieten down . |
| 11 | It 's a sign of the times that pop-as-reinvention-of-the-self is something that resonates for fewer and fewer people in the world that is the music press readership . |
| 12 | And indeed it 's a sign of the times that I speak not with a mitre metaphorically upon my head but perhaps the glengarry of the convenorship of the Central Council of ACTS and therefore I am in part your servant here . |
| 13 | Before we once-and-for-all set up our new tank ( and next month look at tank decor ) , it 's a sign of the times that we have to pause and consider the single most important item in our tank — water . |
| 14 | There are plans to build a recycling plant here — that 's a sign of the times with the insistence by the government that 25% of all household waste is recycled by the year 2000 . |
| 15 | Sam , who 's a year above the others , has started on his GCSE in Performing Arts , a portmanteau course which covers video , dance and drama as well as music . |
| 16 | There 's a hole under the stairs in the Barracks I can get out of and I can open the door from the outside if Sam 's too big to squeeze through . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's a bottle under the stairs , ’ said Albert . |
| 18 | Although I know it 's a problem in the eyes of the public and the Health Service , I try not to think of it as a problem personally , y'know what I mean . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's precisely what anyone would expect of a drop-out Phys Ed basketball-playing retard , ’ Ellen said scornfully , ‘ by which I mean that he 's a jock with the brains of a dung beetle . |
| 20 | ‘ Just go down the lane , and I think there 's a gateway into the fields , ’ Dorcas mumbled . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a present for the children . |
| 22 | He 's a bit of a ladies ' man , ’ he said , adding ‘ Nigella Lawson — she 's very tasty , nicer than in her picture . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a benefit of the reforms , ’ he says . |
| 24 | So he 's a member of the Comrades as well then ? |
| 25 | He 's a member of the Comrades and in the social . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's a job for the men — I 've warned you — get out from there . |
| 27 | Now I do n't call that er er democracy , that 's a washing of the hands er I 've followed with interest this Moat Centre which as you know is w w , is one of Highfield 's many village halls erm |
| 28 | ‘ The bad news is it 's extensive — neck , axilla , aorta , diaphragm , spleen , liver , groin , and there 's a shadow on the ovaries . |
| 29 | The Whelan is question is Noel Whelan , a striker who 's a product of the youths system . |
| 30 | It 's a figurine of the women . |