Example sentences of "[det] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That s a candidate for Danny Baker 's After All ( serving suggestion ) . |
| 2 | I do nt know whether that s a compliment or not ; -p |
| 3 | Or had that been a mistake ? |
| 4 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 5 | Has that been a problem that you 've had often or . |
| 6 | Had that been a spider 's web that touched her cheek just now ? |
| 7 | However , had that been a reason , I could have accepted it . |
| 8 | The obvious checks to this are a sense of individual identity , a willingness to assume responsibility , a mature morality and a developed sense of integrity . |
| 9 | Added to this are a couple of million pre-cataloguing or inventorial forms . |
| 10 | Following this are a retrospective of Eva Hesse and a view of Carol Seborovski 's work . |
| 11 | Had this been a function for Chedworth , one might at least have expected to find suitable tools . |
| 12 | Had this been a scene in a movie , it would have been followed by pistol shots and , no doubt , the entry of a deadly snake into the Sigmoid tent . |
| 13 | Had this been a studio ‘ take ’ it would have been phenomenal , but the fact that it is ‘ live ’ has one bordering on disbelief . |
| 14 | Some are a competition , a snoring competition . |
| 15 | But if , if our fee bids , that have been going in so far , are there or thereabouts and having monitored reports for quite a while , tendencies and yes some are under and some are a bit over but in general they 're not th they 're not that far out . |
| 16 | Some clients are wonderful and some are a pain in the neck indecisive , argumentative , and generally difficult . |
| 17 | Some focus on a particular joint-venture subsidiary company ; some involve the sharing of research and development ; some are an alliance of production capacity with marketing strength ; some involve putting a foreign product under a domestic label ; some alliances are intended to promote a new standard or form of compatibility ( and to defeat a rival standard ) . |
| 18 | Could this be a revenge thing ? ’ |
| 19 | Could this be a sign that the Ministry 's power is all-pervasive ? |
| 20 | If there is a regional variation in the rate of treatment for glue ear need this be a sign that overtreatment occurs in some areas ? |
| 21 | Will this be a problem , or merely a challenge to discover new historiographical methods ? |
| 22 | Maastricht is now over ; let this be a test of the new Europe 's resolve . |
| 23 | Sister Margaret Traxler , of the National Coalition of American Nuns , said that she had told Dr Runcie : ‘ The Roman Catholic Church says this is a deterrent to unity ; but we say , how can this be a deterrent to unity when discrimination against women is evil ? ’ |
| 24 | And was this a would this be a man that would do this or would this just be a boy ? |
| 25 | ‘ Let this be a lesson to you , Jesse Frankenstein's-Daughter . |
| 26 | Were the organisation to make a profit for any particular period of accounts , would it be liable to pay income tax , or would this be a matter for negotiation with the Inland Revenue ? |
| 27 | Should this be a matter of concern ? |
| 28 | Could this be a symptom of a more fundamental and deeper problem ? |
| 29 | Could this be a prelude to a trade war even more destructive of world prosperity than a military war ? |
| 30 | Now granted that current account deficits bring downward pressure on a currency , should this be a source of concern for the authorites ? |