Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [det] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elections are less than a month away , and Mr Anguita is probably Spain 's second most popular politician after the Socialist Prime Minister , Felipe Gonzalez . |
| 2 | County council elections are less than a week away , and one of the key issues is bound to be the state of our schools . |
| 3 | If the reasons given by the chief officer of police are such that a court concludes that no reasonable officer could form the judgment that serious disruption would ensue , it is possible that the courts will prove readier to intervene than they ever were under the previous legislation , which referred to ‘ serious public disorder ’ only . |
| 4 | ‘ What with missing sleep and everything else , my nerves are more than a bit wrung-out , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 5 | For Sonny , those dramatic events are less than a blur . |