Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the books a writer fails to write in his adolescence are of a different nature from the books he fails to write once he has announced his profession . |
| 2 | The Jamaican and British varieties of Jamaican Creole are in a dynamic relationship . |
| 3 | McDonough is now likely to team up with McGavin in attack on the long run in with Hopkins filling Martin 's role on the right , but the Layer Road worries at present are of a defensive nature . |
| 4 | trustees comprise persons for the purposes of income tax ; 2. they comprise a separate entity liable to tax on monies they receive or which they are entitled to receive ; 3. the main inroads into that separateness and liability are of a restricted nature as explained in the Reid 's Trustees case ; these inroads are : ( a ) in certain cases ( but not all ) where a trustee mandates income direct to a beneficiary the trustee will not be liable to tax ( Williams v Singer ) ; ( b ) in the case of a life interest trust a see-through or conduit approach is adopted for identification of source purposes so that the origin and parentage of the income is not changed by virtue of its journey through the trust ( Archer-Shee v Baker ) ; ( c ) if income arises to the trustees of a life interest trust ( subject to deductions for expenses ) it is taxable upon the life tenant whether or not he actually takes the money ( Spen 's case ) . |
| 5 | The Lanarkshire side are on a tidy run that has seen them lose only one of their last ten matches and they now have a strong squad to choose from after the massive injury problems of earlier in the season . |
| 6 | Mountain Crash has been off the course since his Cottenham run , but may reappear in the Ladies ' Open , in which recent winners Easy Over , Royal Sting , Shedid and Takeover Bid are among a good entry . |
| 7 | He borrowed a guitar half-way through the band 's set at Leeds ' Astoria Centre and announced to the audience : ‘ This one might sound a bit strange , the dots on the neck are in a different place . ’ |
| 8 | At least the enemy are in a similar situation probably much worse off then we are judging by the amount of shells passing over our heads to fall in their positions . |
| 9 | Huggy Bear are like a fractious baby , communicating their youthful frustration through noise , abrasive confrontation and complete confusion , screaming out at the unfairness of a world they do n't fully comprehend . |
| 10 | In Statement B this story line is applied to the police force to suggest that the young white working-class men who enter the force are to a large extent preselected , and irrespective of recruitment and training policies are likely to be authoritarian personality types who flourish in a para-military environment and ‘ have a hang-up about race ’ . |
| 11 | Subject selection , content and methodology are to a great extent , dominated by their influence on upper classes and no one who is aware of social and salary structures in Africa , or who has had children of his own in the system , would expect otherwise . |
| 12 | The aim of the approach was to avoid the tension of the individual interview , and to obtain group influence on the response of individuals , Consumer attitudes and behaviour towards a product like cotton wool are to a considerable extent shaped by the views and actions of other people . |
| 13 | What will your action be from a local point of view . |
| 14 | However , the truth will out and in each of the 72 National Bus Company sell-offs those who keep an eye on the industry were in a strong position to find out what was paid . |
| 15 | Mines which were primarily of gold or silver were in a different category entirely , however . |
| 16 | The group remaining in Shakang Harbour were in a sad state , confined in a small space in a filthy harbour , with fishing boats leaking diesel and oil onto the surface of the water and continual dumping of rubbish , particularly plastics , from the shore . |
| 17 | The .303 and the shotgun were in a waterproof bag strapped to the side of the pack . |
| 18 | The main use of this entry is as a quick reference to the contents of a module . |
| 19 | He claims that the deal is worth a cool $14.2 billion . |
| 20 | When the target atom in an XPS experiment is in a gas-phase molecule , the ejected photoelectron can escape freely , though even here it may lose some energy as it departs , exciting or even ionizing valence electrons in the process . |
| 21 | NAPOLEON Bonaparte 's penis is in a velvet-lined box under lock and key in New York . |
| 22 | Mira 's only possible recourse is to a parodic ventriloquy of male modes of communication which subtly undermines them by using word play to expose the ‘ fictions ’ that underpin supposedly objective information and ‘ expert ’ analyses from Herodotus 's time to the present . |
| 23 | Football is on a slippery slope with a variety of rival activities vying for the undivided attention of the faithful . |
| 24 | The motorcyclist is in a critical condition in hospital . |
| 25 | If the bulge wind is in a steady state and is fed by inflow driven by the bar , the mass flowing into the central parsec is small compared with what is brought in from the disk . |
| 26 | Symptoms that regularly appear in close , humid weather , or when the wind is in a particular direction , are an indication of air pollution problems . |
| 27 | ‘ In that case you will know that the rupee is in a parlous state . ’ |
| 28 | The finished result is like a small cable . |
| 29 | It needs to be allowed that this reply is of a certain kind . |
| 30 | The club is of a high standard and was placed first in the 1990 30K Pushkin-Leningrad race . |