Example sentences of "be [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big hook which had once been part of a hanging scales was in the shape of the letter S , and sharpened to a point at both ends . |
| 2 | I 'm part of a major police operation . |
| 3 | After aggravation with an LM potency , there should be amelioration within a few days ( 24 hours in my experience ) , if there is a subsequent return of symptoms requiring the same remedy resume treatment not with the same potency but the next higher one . |
| 4 | Let us suppose that your department is keen to try investigative work ; some have been on courses ; there is access to a few ideas from books and journals ; and the main concern is how people will cope personally and pedagogically in the classroom . |
| 5 | In the bewildering tracery formed by the work and by the claims and counter-claims that it has provoked , there is matter for a hundred lectures , and what follows is neither and attempt to summarize , nor a rival undertaking . |
| 6 | With the font world in a state of turmoil following the Apple/Microsoft deal it 's time for a few words about maintaining standards . |
| 7 | In reality , road-blocking was part of a broad police strategy , decided upon at a high level , aimed at preventing ‘ flying pickets ’ travelling from county to county lending support to striking miners . |
| 8 | Huyton 's Keith Wilson , a member of the Octo- plus Wigan Matchgroup , was second with a 3.890 kilos ( 8 lb 9 oz ) and received £600 . |
| 9 | There was silence for a few moments . |
| 10 | There was silence for a few moments . |
| 11 | There was silence for a few minutes . |
| 12 | There was silence for a few seconds and then he said : ‘ And she 's your sister , is she ? ’ |
| 13 | There was silence for a few seconds and then she heard Meredith 's voice : ‘ Not to worry . |