Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently the JCS are studying on a global basis , the possibility of reducing missions , advisory groups and other special duty assignments . |
| 2 | Pels-Leusden in Berlin , and Wolfgang Werner 's Berlin and Bremen galleries and Edwin Vömel in Düsseldorf are collaborating on a large-scale project designed as a tribute to a largely undiscovered sculptor , Hermann Blumenthal ( 1905–42 ) . |
| 3 | At a too typical parents ' evening Mr and Mrs Bloggs are directed to a folded card bearing Fred 's name resting on a slightly dog-eared pile of exercise books . |
| 4 | The adjacent Forests of Epping and Hainault are viewed as an intolerable nuisance … the farmers uniformly declare that the privilege of commonage is by no means equal to the one-tenth part of the losses they constantly sustain from the deer in breaking down their fences , trespassing upon their fields , and destroying their crops either ripe or green . |
| 5 | CURRIE are embarking on a three-year campaign to raise the profile of their sevens tournament which again is to be sponsored by the Caledonian Brewing Company . |
| 6 | However , there was certainly an imperialist aspect : as we have seen ( p. 41 ) one of Athens ' motives for western involvement was the abundant shipbuilding timber of southern Italy , and timbers from , precisely , Thurii are mentioned in an Attic inventory of the late fifth century ( IG i 3 386 1 . |
| 7 | James volunteered to stay on until the end of the season , and he remains in charge for tonight 's visit to Cross Keys , but Newport are opting for a complete change . |
| 8 | Microsoft , Intel , Novell and SynOptics are working on an open , common set of application programming interfaces that will enable management of individual micros on a network , providing a reference implementation and an open architecture . |
| 9 | As well as studio kitchen sequences , the Rankins are filmed on a scenic culinary circuit of Ireland . |
| 10 | Most of the vines have a slightly east to north-facing aspect , although those near Montbré are found on a gentle east-facing ridge . |
| 11 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 12 | Not that The Dick Nixons were indulging in a new pastime . |
| 13 | Like , where were all the anti-war songs when the Falklands were turned into a mass graveyard for the young men of England and Argentina ? |
| 14 | Like , where were all the anti-war songs when the Falklands were turned into a mass graveyard for the young men of England and Argentina ? |
| 15 | PAKISTAN were locked in a fresh ball-doctoring row yesterday after their three-run Texaco Trophy win at Lord 's . |
| 16 | They also suspected him of fomenting violence to prevent Inkatha being marginalized as a political force . |
| 17 | Dacre is hardly likely to have welcomed the appointment of an ally of Henry Clifford , first Earl of Cumberland [ q.v. ] , who had supplanted him as warden in 1525–7 and was to do so again in 1534 , but relations between Dacre and Musgrave were worsened by a protracted dispute over rents in Bewcastledale . |
| 18 | After 34 minutes , Dulwich were presented with a third goal . |
| 19 | Alongside the Vauxhall car won by Drake for a year , and the £400 team manager 's prize collected by Graham Howell , Royal Berkshire were presented with a magnificent Vauxhall Indoor Trophy and a cheque for £2,500 . |
| 20 | grandmother and I think there was an aunt , and I said Ken were living in a three bedroomed semi , oh they wo n't mind for Christmas . |
| 21 | WING wizard Phil Ford treated himself to five touchdowns as Whitehaven were swamped under a tidal wave of tries in this Lancashire Cup tie . |
| 22 | State President de Klerk and Foreign Minister Roelof " Pik " Botha were greeted by a 21-gun salute and the South African national anthem as they arrived in Nigeria , hitherto a leading critic of the South African regime . |
| 23 | Finally , the aspirations of the Greeks of Crete were met by a Turkish promise at last to put into force constitutional reforms announced ten years before . |
| 24 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 25 | With four minutes remaining of an ill-tempered game , Lazio were trailing to a 47th-minute goal scored by Roma favourite Giuseppe Giannini . |
| 26 | In this region the Kupferschiefer is underlain by a thick series ( several hundred to one thousand meters ) of Rotliegendes ( Lower Permian ) , often represented by volcanic rocks . |
| 27 | On Feb. 14 the EC 's European Parliament again requested and the Commission on Feb. 20 agreed that the ECJ be asked for a new opinion on the agreement . |
| 28 | The Grand Old Duke of York did lead his men ; Dick Whittington was a 15th century Lord Mayor of London ; Ring-A-Ring-O'-Roses is said to relate to an outbreak of plague in London in the 17th century ; and Bluebeard is based on a psychopathic French murderer of the 15th century . |
| 29 | For the first time in 2 and a half centuries , the Rococo Garden at Painswick is dominated by a Gothic screen called an exedra . |
| 30 | It was a royal monopoly , and an earlier King Arkesilas is depicted on a Spartan vase of the mid-sixth century supervising his officials as they weighed it on a man-size balance ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate vi . |