Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] and [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is comparing like with like and is a sign of the real difference in investment under this Government . |
| 2 | To claim that Britain has nurtured something in a matter ultimately pertaining to worship ( the choral singing of cathedral and chapel ) which is purified and controlled beyond anything possessed by Catholic Europe , which is purged of excessive artifice and rhetoric ( Continental reviewers consistently find English a cappella performances impassive ) and whose excellence gives Britain a mission these are among the ideas that have been the principal source of British national identity since the Act of Union in 1707 and were a foundation stone of English identity long before . |
| 3 | The MINIS system was introduced in 1980 and is a management information system designed to identify resources consumed on specified activities by organizational units . |
| 4 | Prof Montgomery graduated MD with honours in 1946 and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow , the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Pathologists . |
| 5 | He graduated from the University with an LLB in 1950 and is a partner in a solicitors ' practice in Nottingham . |
| 6 | The lower house of the National Congress , the Chamber of Deputies , voted by 88 to 76 on Aug. 16 to withdraw the constitutional immunity from prosecution of former President Alan García Pérez , who held office in 1985-1990 and was a senator for life , so that he could face trial for the " alleged charges of embezzlement , extortion , fraud and the breach of public faith " . |
| 7 | Together with the Ukraine and the USSR itself , Belorussia became a founder member of the United Nations in 1945 and was a member of the International Labour Organisation and UNESCO . |
| 8 | Long involved in Institute affairs , he headed its Taxation Committee from 1978 , became a Council member in 1988 and was a founder member of the Tax Faculty when it was set up in 1991 . |
| 9 | He is another one of the Ireland Schools ' side that toured New Zealand the summer before last and was a member of the Coleraine AI Schools ' Cup winning side in 1992 . |
| 10 | In public life , Holford served as Conservative MP for East Gloucestershire from 1854 to 1872 and was a JP , but he took little interest in politics . |
| 11 | He has been chairman of the cereals committee since 1985 and is a member of the Yorkshire ( East Riding ) branch . |
| 12 | Mr Mike Widmer , managing director of Caldair which owns United , Teesside Motor Services and Tees and District Buses , claims the debts date back to 1989 and are a result of the concessionary fares scheme . |
| 13 | Consolidated Building , Johnnies ' Head Office dates back to 1905 and is a landmark in Johannesburg . |