Example sentences of "in [adj] and [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 To claim that Britain has nurtured something in a matter ultimately pertaining to worship ( the choral singing of cathedral and chapel ) which is purified and controlled beyond anything possessed by Catholic Europe , which is purged of excessive artifice and rhetoric ( Continental reviewers consistently find English a cappella performances impassive ) and whose excellence gives Britain a mission these are among the ideas that have been the principal source of British national identity since the Act of Union in 1707 and were a foundation stone of English identity long before .
2 The MINIS system was introduced in 1980 and is a management information system designed to identify resources consumed on specified activities by organizational units .
3 Prof Montgomery graduated MD with honours in 1946 and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow , the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Pathologists .
4 He graduated from the University with an LLB in 1950 and is a partner in a solicitors ' practice in Nottingham .
5 The lower house of the National Congress , the Chamber of Deputies , voted by 88 to 76 on Aug. 16 to withdraw the constitutional immunity from prosecution of former President Alan García Pérez , who held office in 1985-1990 and was a senator for life , so that he could face trial for the " alleged charges of embezzlement , extortion , fraud and the breach of public faith " .
6 Together with the Ukraine and the USSR itself , Belorussia became a founder member of the United Nations in 1945 and was a member of the International Labour Organisation and UNESCO .
7 Long involved in Institute affairs , he headed its Taxation Committee from 1978 , became a Council member in 1988 and was a founder member of the Tax Faculty when it was set up in 1991 .
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