Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its looking good for both Swindon and Oxford , but down in the third division Hereford are having a tough old time … they 're just four points and four places off the bottom of the table … on Saturday they missed out at Lincoln … they lost two-nil |
| 2 | RECESSION-friendly , yummy and ridiculously popular since opening in April , Japanese eaterie Wagamana is offering a festive alternative to turkey and sprouts . |
| 3 | A COMMUNITY care charity in north-east Essex is planning a major fund-raising fun run later in the year . |
| 4 | In , his brother in law in you know and er he was somewhat hurt that his brother in law Will was getting a tremendous share of small blocks and he wanted to make more money out of them . |
| 5 | It was also reported in August 1989 that Circuit Judge Bracewell was to play a vital role in the administration of the Children Act , advising on the system needed to match individual cases to the court best fitted to deal with them . |
| 6 | In fact , one could see that Mr Lewis 's almost constant proximity to M. Dupont was proving a serious inconvenience to Lord Darlington , who was naturally keen to make close personal contact with this distinguished gentleman before the discussions began . |
| 7 | In last week 's case Jackson was fined a derisory £900 on three charges involving an Austin Montego . |
| 8 | Amid intense media excitement and stringent security Mandela was given a tumultuous ticker-tape welcome in New York where he received the freedom of the city . |
| 9 | It all started , she explains , when her husband Robert was offered a voluntary posting on the Cambridge charity 's dental care programme in Dharamsala in the foothills of the Himalayas , where 15,000 Tibetans have been living in exile since the Chinese invaded their country . |
| 10 | Lorraine , whose husband Mike is serving a ten-year sentence , has also been a victim of this sort of social ignorance . |
| 11 | Maureen 's husband Bob is serving a three-year sentence for credit-card fraud . |
| 12 | BEER and restaurants group Whitbread is considering a European partnership to solve its problems . |
| 13 | Alternative Medicine 9/10/11/12th July Rainbow Room Kensington is manning a static stand at this event and will be advertising all aspects of our work . |
| 14 | Under an agreement reached at the round table in January the UDF newspaper Demokratsiya was permitted a maximum circulation of 70,000 copies a day [ see p. 37193 ] , but this compared with 760,000 copies of the BCP daily Rabotnichesko Delo . |
| 15 | However , new colonists in Gran Pajonal are employing a fallow period of only 7 years , which is likely to cause long-term nutrient depletion so that maintenance of crop productivity will only be possible with the addition of artificial fertilisers . |
| 16 | Despite the mildness of the day Alfred was wearing a black overcoat over a dark suit which included a waistcoat and there was a homburg hat on the settee . |
| 17 | Earlier this month Jolosa was given a conditional discharge when he appeared in Newport Crown Court , Gwent , on an assault charge . |
| 18 | CAR giant Ford is considering a major restructuring plan involving tendering out work which would lead to the loss of about 3,000 jobs throughout Europe , including over 1,000 in the UK , according to a confidential report . |
| 19 | AIR UK is offering a cut-price £87 day return fare between Jersey and London Stansted . |
| 20 | COLLEGES in County Durham are joining a national campaign to get grown-ups back to learning ways . |
| 21 | Woolwich CAB in South East London is providing a regular signing interpreter for deaf people using the bureau . |
| 22 | Loose-head prop Clark is making a big impact for the South West in this month 's ADT Divisional Championship . |
| 23 | NORTH WALES is to host a major international research and development conference next week at Mold , organised by the Welsh Development Agency . |
| 24 | In collaboration with the Institute of Hydrology BGS is using a digital terrain model to represent geochemical data from a catchment . |
| 25 | Five years ago , Ally McCoist was given a three-match ban after being sent off against Cologne in a UEFA Cup tie . |
| 26 | The Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol is getting a new look with a performance in a cathedral . |
| 27 | This time Fred was playing a small soberly-dressed man who looked like a civil servant . |
| 28 | North-West Thames regional health authority has several districts with significant overspends , while South-East Thames is facing a potential £5m shortfall with many of its 15 districts ‘ walking a tightrope ’ . |
| 29 | By this time Irene was emitting a steady gurgle of contentment , when she was n't laughing her head off . |