Example sentences of "the [noun pl] be [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the effects is that a survey of a range of prep school publicity material revealed nothing in the way of knocking copy aimed at other schools within or outside the private sector . |
| 2 | Where the circumstances are that a plaintiff ( such as a mail order company ) wishes to bring separate proceedings in one county court against a great number of defendants , provision is made for a combined request and particulars of claims by the Lord Chancellor 's Practice Directions made on 1 March 1979 and 17 March 1987 setting out full instructions ; these are given in the notes under Ord 3 , r 3 in The County Court Practice . |
| 3 | The essential feature of all the techniques is that a shuffling of genes is involved . |
| 4 | The chances are that a management , such as described by Menninger or by myself , who take up a ‘ fight ’ /conflict posture vis-à-vis their workers , thus bring out the latent hostility and anger and push the worker , and themselves , into the rebellious position . |
| 5 | WHEN engineers working for the Tokyo gas company , get a telephone call in the middle of the night , the chances are that a computer will be at the other end . |
| 6 | If you can find nothing wrong with the external pickup wiring and associated circuitry , the chances are that a wire has broken inside one of the coils and will require rewinding . |
| 7 | The odds are that a relationship that engenders such trust in infancy will continue to engender it in later childhood too , and who is to say at the end of it all that one period was more crucial than another in bringing about the final result ? |