Example sentences of "[be] a [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're a clich é'; Scarlet remarked to her reflection in the dressing-table mirror . |
| 2 | The first line of attack is often name-calling : ‘ You would say that , would n't you , because you 're a Catholic/a man/fertile/infertile/a doctor/a research scientist ’ . |
| 3 | I since you 've already contacted them in person , erm phoning them 's not going to you know reassure them that we 're a bona fide company |
| 4 | Why should I be debarred from a career in an area that interests me just because you 're a Grand Prix driver ? ’ |
| 5 | In these cases the committee has to be satisfied that there has been a bona fide change of intention , or that there are other exceptional circumstances , and if satisfied can permit the applicant to complete additional training as a preparation for entering pupillage . |
| 6 | Now obviously Elizabeth Taylor can demand her own terms — she 's one of the biggest stars in the world and she could easily have been a prima donna . |
| 7 | Most allegations of breach of privilege or contempt end there , but if it appears to the Speaker that there has been a prima facie breach of privilege , the matter will be referred to the Committee of Privileges , the function of which is to receive evidence , determine whether , in its view , a breach or contempt has occurred and , if so , report to this effect to the House with any recommendations thought fit . |
| 8 | The constitution provided for a multiparty system , but the country had been a de facto one-party state since independence . |
| 9 | We are not in the position of North America where IBM has until recently been a de facto standard and a unifying force . |
| 10 | If you are planning to work overseas for an organisation with which you are not very familiar , it makes sense to check that they are a bona fide , reputable organisation with a good track record of treating executive employees fairly . |
| 11 | But if academic courses are a de facto preparation for a professional occupation which few will ever actually enter , how is this rationalized and defended ? |
| 12 | P : I can cook anything because I 'm a Cordon Bleu chef |
| 13 | ‘ Will there have to be a post mortem ? ’ |
| 14 | There 's supposed to be a er er |
| 15 | Most of these liabilities er inevitably are n't necessarily for pensions payments they 're back to the active members , some of whom wo n't make any actual claim on this possibly for thirty years time , so there could well be a er a a scheme which is arrived at which is a pay as you go , which is n't any great liability o on , on any one pension scheme at any particular moment in time . |
| 16 | At the same time , the College minutes ( said to be a bona fide copy of the lost original ) show that the Earl of Orford was elected a vice-president of the College on 8 April 1791 . |
| 17 | The tenant 's adviser should be on his guard against such a provision since it is little more than a trap for the tenant , particularly since the figure specified by the landlord need not be a bona fide and genuine pre-estimate of the market rent ( Amalgamated Estates Ltd v Joystretch Manufacturing Ltd ( 1980 ) 257 EG 489 ) . |
| 18 | If auditors are to be asked to take on greater responsibilities , there has to be a quid pro quo . |
| 19 | There should be a quid pro quo arrangement whereby we all cooperate . |
| 20 | Now , could argue that Greater York could be bigger or smaller , the local government commission , erm er there report is a very interesting read , I mean a number of the options that they 've looked at would be a gra er a city of York going out to the ring road , erm that might be one option , there 's a there there idea of of Greater York , they did harden , they did see some merit in in a Greater York unitary authority based on the Greater York planning study I think , erm whether that is going to come to pass only Mr Gummer presumably er knows , so my idea of Greater York is that it 's an area which is tied socially and economically to the city , you could argue as mobility increases , as the A ni nineteen is improved up through the County that really Northallerton now is perhaps more within the sphere of influence of York than it was ten years ago , erm e it was probably to a degree influenced by York even twenty years ago , erm I do n't think er there is much to be gained by debating where Greater York ought to be , the Secretary of State previously has n't been bothered about er amending it er it seems to us to be the reasonable area , and it 's a combination of five districts , erm erm erm who who who hopefully should be working together towards sorting out the er other problems of Greater York . |
| 21 | Tomas Llorens is made artistic director of what is now to be a Museo nacional de arte contemporaneo . |
| 22 | After that , to the Air , there would be a pas de deux with the taller girls in the background . |
| 23 | THIS SEASON of violent contrasts started for me on TV-am where , as part of the Christmassy Victorianisation of After Nine , I sat on the sofa in bustle and bare bosom ( well , upper bosom anyway ) and suitably black-lace-becapped to be a Fin de Siecle ( nineteenth variety ) agony aunt . |
| 24 | There certainly does appear to be a prima facie case to answer . |
| 25 | However the collapse of the wavepacket does not seem to carry information of this kind so that there does not appear to be a prima facie case of contradiction . |
| 26 | But if there could be no pas de deux , perhaps there could be a ménage à trois . |
| 27 | But that case was the subject of research by Mr. Glick and his team , and was revealed ( from the reports in Lofft 655 and in the State Trials 20 St.Tr. 239 ) to be a cause celebre in which the great issue ( of immense public interest ) related to the power to levy taxes in the island of Grenada following its capture from the French King , it being accepted by the Crown without argument that the relevant taxes , if not duly levied , must be repaid . |
| 28 | Details of Mr Blair 's conversation with Sinn Fein over his planned visits emerged after Sunday Life received a phone call from a person claiming to be a Sinn Fein election agent . |
| 29 | The BMC 's management committee , faced with what appears to be a fait accompli , must now decide what action , if any , can be taken . |
| 30 | The reading is deliberately contextless , and the mind is assumed or encouraged to be a Tabula rasa . |