Example sentences of "[indef pn] [conj] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beliefs are not conjured up out of nothing but are rather a response to experience . |
| 2 | But in principle we agree do we not , to back multi-agency meeting , given what we said in the discussion and we will come back to you with something that 's maybe a bit more specific , and more easy to discuss , may I say . |
| 3 | The very act of sharing this experience with men and women of every background and colour of skin , heightens that sense of being part of something that is truly a part of history . |
| 4 | She resented having to run out to the telephone , in the middle of this useful busyness , wasting time over something that was just a routine . |
| 5 | ‘ But they have n't got time to look for something that was probably a mouse , ’ said Masklin . |
| 6 | I would suggest to you , in short , that erm just as Locke 's labour theory of property is a theory is not a comprehensive theory about what constitutes a legitimate claim to own something but is really a theory about how private property comes to be legitimately created erm so his theory of social contract is not a theory about how we acquire political obligations , it 's a theory about how legitimate civil societies come to be established . |