Example sentences of "[noun] be a [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his left sleeve was a Stars and Stripes shield and the cuff-title on his left wrist said : ‘ George Washington Legion ’ . |
| 2 | Chris Luby by day is a customs and excise inspector , by night a Human Aeroplane . |
| 3 | One recent theory says that the common ancestor of all living things was a bacteria that consumed sulphur compounds , and lived in a volcanically hot environment that was hot enough to boil water . |
| 4 | Scientific interests have been chosen for these few pages of examples because of the tendency in some quarters to assume that resource-based learning is a Humanities or Social Studies prerogative . |
| 5 | When I was a very small boy , the shop next to Mr. White was a fishmongers but in the early twenties it was acquired by Mr. & Mrs. Prewett who opened a fish and chip establishment . |