Example sentences of "be [art] [noun] of a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Cauthen , who rode Balla Cove , had earlier taken the other feature race on the card , the Godolphin Stakes , on Spritsail — a victory that should have been the subject of a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 2 | Some of the most inspiring work of Chattisgarh Liberation Front has been the formation of a women 's organisation that has set up a popular tribunal to deal with wrongs against women — desertion , rape , abuse . |
| 3 | The law therefore sets a point ( although an extremely unclear one ) at which the citizen is not entitled to resist further , and must be expected to endure the indignity or invasion , seeking relief subsequently when he can substantiate that he has been the victim of a police mistake . |
| 4 | Dictionaries are the results of a lexicographers analysis of a language . |
| 5 | ‘ He seems to have been a bit of a ladies ’ man — ’ |
| 6 | An example of this would be the operation of a lettings policy in a school . |
| 7 | These needs are already understood and it will not be the function of a women 's organization in a new society to fight for such rights . |
| 8 | And suspicions are growing that he could be the victim of a dirty-tricks campaign . |
| 9 | Her dream is to be the director of a children 's hospital ; her boyfriend will own his own garage and she hopes that they 'll live happily ever after . |
| 10 | It is not , er this evidence does not go to a matter of law er er and the duty but it matter of practice and my Lord what this case is dealing with is about what if , what is or should be the practice of a solicitors engaged in commercial conveyancing as to the advice that is given to clients and er my Lord the er commercial conveyancing is obviously a matter which particularly concerns . |
| 11 | I 'm a bit of a clothes freak . |
| 12 | Oi 'm not one of your Flahsh 'Ahrrys , sir , Oi 'm a builder of a ninnins . ’ |
| 13 | Whether this is a real practical difficulty depends on whether the desire to save face would not anyway have this effect of encouraging the same decision to be made again , even if there were no risk of a damages award . |
| 14 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 15 | The Economist dismissed the parallel , saying that differences between companies are greater than those between humans , and that a better analogy for the management thinker is the coach of a sports team , who deploys a body of knowledge and skills in changing circumstances ‘ as rival teams learn to outwit each other ’ . |
| 16 | It is the members of a Children 's Hearing who will decide whether your child can return to live with you . |
| 17 | It is the name of a Women 's Centre opened in February 1987 in Olongapo City in the Philippines . |
| 18 | At this point it is useful to extract from the account a number of basic questions which teacher or student essentially ask and for which it is the task of a resources organization to provide answers . |
| 19 | He had told Ladislav when the Communists came to power : ‘ This is the beginnings of a police state . ’ |
| 20 | He 's a bit of a ladies ' man , ’ he said , adding ‘ Nigella Lawson — she 's very tasty , nicer than in her picture . |
| 21 | And there has been an unexpected spin-off — because SNIA Fibre is a subsidiary of a chemicals group controlled by Fiat , cars have been available for UK Novaceta workers at discounted prices . |
| 22 | It is sometimes a question whether a particular confession is the unaided work of an accused or is a fabrication of a police officer . |
| 23 | The appellant was the treasurer of a sports and social club ; he stole £4,567 from the club . |
| 24 | He was of Italian stock , as was the proprietor of a blues recording studio I had met in the Deep South of America . |
| 25 | She was the headmistress of a girls ' school . |
| 26 | He added : ‘ It is ludicrous that a man who was the centre of a police investigation should be allowed to sit in judgment against honest men who were following their conscience . ’ |
| 27 | Keeper David Coles was once with Newport , while barely 12 months ago free transfer midfielder Wayne Dobbins was the subject of a Pounds 25,000 move from West Brom to Torquay . |
| 28 | There was neither a window nor a door open : customers and staff sweated visibly and there was the smell of a sports changing-room . |
| 29 | This was the murder of a police officer , one of their own , no one would step aside . |
| 30 | Ms J.V. Salmon , of Knotty Ash , reckons Woolfall Heath Estate , Huyton , was the site of a prisoners of war or aliens ' camp which , she thinks , was the only one in Liverpool . |