Example sentences of "[pron] is a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She is a police officer and naturally in the light of her vocation she was determined he was not going to get away with it . |
| 2 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |
| 3 | An appropriately experienced consultation partner who is a valuations specialist and is not otherwise associated with the client 's ( or the subject entity 's , if different ) affairs should be appointed , and thereafter , should make himself available for consultation as required during the engagement . |
| 4 | ‘ If one of you is a police constable , surely he should be in uniform ? ’ |
| 5 | One is a bare-bones system that would start with just solar panels and could be developed bit by bit into a laboratory for space-shuttle crews to visit . |
| 6 | The government has been criticized in the past over training , that there is a skills gap between us and the rest of say the European Community . |
| 7 | There is a billiards room , tennis court ( equipment required ) , indoor and terrace restaurant and a lake view dining-room offering à la carte meals at a supplement . |
| 8 | There is a games room where you can play pool or table-tennis , and live music is planned for the summer . |
| 9 | There is a communications port for optional cellular and other wireless modules , and a type 2 PCMCIA slot ( two in the EO 880 ) for future expansion . |
| 10 | In addition there is a careers section where pupils can make use of the information on computer or in documents relating to all branches of future employment and to university and college entrance . |
| 11 | At every major tournament there is a police presence , partly to control the crowds , partly for security reasons since a lot of money is collected at the gate ; and occasionally to deal with spectators who have lingered too long in the beer tents . |
| 12 | Suppose that I believe that there is a police car in the road outside because I can hear a police siren . |
| 13 | I do not know that there is a police car outside , for two reasons . |
| 14 | There is a carers group , DACMI , which has been established for two years now , close to where you live . |
| 15 | It should however be noted that while profit maximization is not regarded as a goal , it is accepted in managerial theories that there is a profits constraint , either because a minimum level of profitability is a condition of survival of the enterprise , or to necessary to protect management from loss of office through take-over . |
| 16 | There is an honours degree course in Computer Science and joint honours courses in Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence , Electronics , Management Science , Mathematics , Physics and Statistics . |
| 17 | In a few clinics there is an appointments system which at least ensures that the patient is seen when he or she expects to be seen , but there may be delays in getting an appointment . |
| 18 | If there is an assets sale to Newco , the vendor company will be liable to tax . |
| 19 | It is a Windows database that uses the xBASE language for its programs . |
| 20 | It carries a plain unlined grey livery because it is a goods vehicle . |
| 21 | In the second the ‘ stage of conventional morality ’ , the child judges people by their intentions in carrying out something , and then moves on to believe it is a persons duty to do something in a particular way . |
| 22 | Allow a maximum of 30 minutes per question ( if it is a 6-in-3-hours paper ) , using your stop watch so that you do not need to remember the time you started . |
| 23 | Again , the Anglican V. A. Demant , arguing against the ordination of women , writes of the Christian religion : ‘ It is a Logos religion . |
| 24 | She gives me time to read the label on the front cover Government Commission Press Department , 1974 — then opens it and slowly turns the pages , so that I can see it is a cuttings book , in which the Commission 's Press Officer has pasted the results of his labours , the stories inspired by all his briefings , handouts and leaks . |
| 25 | ‘ It is a police requirement that you have to be an active member of a club before you can be recommended to apply to purchase a firearm . ’ |
| 26 | He is a systems analyst , and his work is driving him spare at the moment . |
| 27 | But the detective in a detective novel is not altogether your real policeman , though you do well never to make him ( if he is a police officer ) flout details of proper police procedure . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , because he is a police officer . |
| 29 | Speaking for him … from his first post to the list it seems he is a Rangers supporter first and foremost , and I think Leeds are his ‘ English ’ side he likes . |
| 30 | He is a modes man who appears genuinely bemused by the British reaction to him : ‘ I have always been impressed by British democracy and the irony is that — although I have differences with the British leaders from time to time — I sometimes feel my kind of federalism is better understood in Britain than by some of the federalists elsewhere in Europe who always cry , onwards , onwards ! ’ |