Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gains are treated as a person 's ‘ top slice ’ of income and are accordingly taxed at : 20 per cent ( the new lower rate ) , 25 per cent ( basic rate ) , 40 per cent ( higher rate ) or a mixture of two rates , i.e. in instances where a gain , or gains , pushes part of an individual 's income into a higher rate bracket . |
| 2 | It 's been developed by a farmer 's wife . |
| 3 | The Social Work ( Scotland ) Act of 1968 states that ‘ where a child has been notified that his case has been referred to a children 's hearing , he shall be under an obligation to attend that hearing in accordance with the notification , . |
| 4 | Parents must comply with the stringent rules for vehicular access , which are explained in a Headmaster 's letter . |
| 5 | He had been caught in a women 's magazine praising Mrs Thatcher . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't ever follow me again , Peter , ’ she said , totally unexpectedly ; she had n't even looked his way , and he felt as if he 'd been caught in a searchlight 's beam in the middle of some guilty act . |
| 7 | It is usual to buy electronic organs ‘ off the shelf ’ , but larger instruments are designed to a customer 's specification and to suit particular buildings . |
| 8 | Even if your painting activities are confined to a week 's holiday , preparing yourself by looking into a range of information can be invaluable . |
| 9 | A central employers ' body in Austria was similarly formed to resist working-class agitation after the ground had been prepared by a manufacturers ' strike indemnity association . |
| 10 | Her body had been sewn in a stag 's skin and the stone coffin sealed with lead and iron and bound with a heavy chain . |
| 11 | A ‘ Likert ’ survey is made up of a series of statements which are related to a person 's attitude to a single object , in this case using computers in school . |
| 12 | Aspiring entrants to the profession need therefore to be aware of sociolinguistic variations that are related to a speaker 's sex , the role of gender in language and the possible social implications of both , particularly in classrooms . |
| 13 | If the CEMREL Research Project ( 1972 ) is any indication of what is expected it seems American teachers are looking for a child 's skill at ‘ showing ’ , and , in particular , ‘ showing ’ emotion . |
| 14 | Similarly , if we force them to outwardly behave like us , ignoring the fact that their inner mind still sees things quite differently , then we are living in a fool 's paradise . |
| 15 | If public medical statements have been made about a man 's deleterious effect on his son 's psyche there is bound to be anxiety and embarrassment attendant on their meeting . |
| 16 | Nicolo shifted unhappily in the little gilt chair that had certainly not been made for a man 's body . |
| 17 | A bad debt provision has been made against a customer 's debt where insolvency proceedings have recently commenced . |
| 18 | Even this reduced sentence exceeds , by a considerable margin , the maximum penalty which could have been imposed in a magistrates ' court ( which is where the majority of burglars of this type would normally be tried ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 20 | It was only a beard — true enough — but it had been connected to a man 's face for many many years . |
| 21 | Age related assumptions are made throughout a doctor 's career . |
| 22 | Reminiscence can produce a lot more responses , because you 're tapping into a person 's past which is theirs alone . |
| 23 | We 're talking about a man 's life here . |
| 24 | Advanced techniques are used in a bank 's systems which will not always be appropriate in other businesses . |
| 25 | Help Children 's Society : Volunteers are needed for a Children 's Society house to house collection in Catterick Village , near Richmond , in April . |
| 26 | Volunteers are needed for a Children 's Society house to house collection in Catterick Village , near Richmond , in April . |
| 27 | However , the ground sought had already been promised for a schoolmaster 's residence . |
| 28 | ‘ We are waiting for a pathologist 's report but it would be fair to say the investigation is nearing completion , ’ she said . |
| 29 | The company will therefore lose its quotation after the measures are approved at a shareholders ' meeting . |
| 30 | Before the Christmas break , we fitted in two more FIS downhills at Altenmarkt , on a course which had been used for a women 's world cup . |