Example sentences of "[verb] be a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bracewell has been a three-times loser in FA Cup finals , but this season his vault of knowledge has been a key factor — especially in the recovery at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea . |
| 2 | Indeed no one who is , or has been a police officer can be appointed . |
| 3 | So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ? |
| 4 | What they found was a police operation aimed at sending them back where they came from . |
| 5 | One of the defects under the previous law was that where the person being addressed was a police constable no offence was committed , since a constable would be unlikely , because of his training , to react by being provoked into breaking the peace . |
| 6 | There should n't have been a cattle herd of feet trampling over the grass . |
| 7 | What has happened is a swings-and-roundabouts operation , whereby last year pensioners received more than the cost of living that they had incurred , whereas this year they will receive less . |
| 8 | IF it had been a Companies Act prospectus , it would have landed the entire Cabinet in jail . |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia remained the only Arab state without diplomatic relations with China , but China had been a weapons supplier to Saudi Arabia since 1985 ; in addition the move was expected to open new links between Saudi Arabia and the Moslem minority in China . |
| 10 | Ehm er chair er Sheila from Harlow secretary of the film society which has operated here since the playhouse opened moved from the town hall er we do get people past the door we have been doing in years erm and I personally I 'm also here as an individual I 've been an arts lover for forty five years of my life in Harlow . |
| 11 | For 15 years he 's been a warbirds enthusiast and would n't fly anything else … |
| 12 | Well I think it 's been a mans world , they , they 've had a wonderful time ! |
| 13 | The is interesting because of course planning is an eggshells area where you have to tiptoe delicately through the tulips . |
| 14 | Space is limited and the only other tank I have is a 21″ cube and I ca n't put him in there because it contains two small G. jurupari , a pair of G. brasiliensis , a pair each of Crenicara filamentosa , Cichlasoma sajica and Butterfly Rams , and an Ancistrus . |