Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people think we 're a black arts centre . |
| 2 | For the accounts illiterate , it presents a very steep learning curve , and some re-learning if you 're an established Windows user . |
| 3 | The children , however , were persistent and led the way round to the side of the building , stopping at what had probably been a small parcels office . |
| 4 | She 'd even felt the odd pang of nostalgia for the old days when she 'd been a young wet-behind-the-ears singer , just beginning to make her way up the ladder . |
| 5 | The resulting film , Royal Family ( or ‘ Corgi and Beth ’ as it was nicknamed ) , in which , among other things , the Queen was shown cooking the steaks at a barbecue , was revolutionary in its revelations , and considered inside the Palace to have been a public relations triumph . |
| 6 | Since November 1990 he has been a special projects engineer . |
| 7 | No , I do n't boil onions , I 'm not , I 've never been a big onions chap . |
| 8 | These cargo drops are a combined services affair . |
| 9 | A pair of pliers : Pliers are a real jack-of-all-trades tool — they 'll grip all sorts of things you may be trying to undo or tighten up , bend things like stiff wire or metal sheet , and crimp wires together if you 're doing any electrical work . |
| 10 | However , unless you are a professional personnel officer , one of the proofs of your success will be in the fact that you do not have to exercise your interviewing skill too often , because you consistently choose the right people for the right jobs and they are therefore happy to stay . |
| 11 | If you are a serious Windows user , you may prefer to wait and see how the Windows version of Dataease performs when it is released shortly . |
| 12 | ‘ We are a sophisticated savings club and monies received will peak at £60m this year . ’ |
| 13 | Despite these disadvantages , forecasts submitted by the salesforce are an essential grass-roots starting point to the forecasting process . |
| 14 | Midlands Electricity plc are an Equal Opportunities employer . |
| 15 | We are an equal opportunities employer and are fully committed to Equal Opportunity policies . |
| 16 | They knew what they were doing and they were getting hits from it , whereas we are an experimental albums band . ’ |
| 17 | erm Do n't really know much about them at all erm they are an old boys side erm but erm we really do n't know too much about them . |
| 18 | The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel . |
| 19 | Seagal used to be a martial arts expert , so at least the stunts are worth watching , even if the principals are n't ( Seagal looks like Chuck Norris on Mogadon and LeBrock really should n't be wearing such a tight skirt ) . |
| 20 | It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . " |
| 21 | What I have n't done and I ought to because of the erm the way that this discussion has to unfold , I ought to say that pure few sentences about why should there be a strategic sites policy at all and erm I ought to put that on the record although it 's pretty well trailed in all the paper work . |
| 22 | I mean why should this be in there 'd be a strategic sites policy . |
| 23 | Producing equipment based on old licences from Alcatel NV , the firm used to be a major telecommunications supplier to the former Eastern bloc . |
| 24 | We do n't want you to be a graphic arts expert or a copy expert we have plenty of those back at head office |
| 25 | In sum , their duties probably varied from place to place and from time to time , although there was always likely to be a strong police element , especially in those areas on or near the frontiers where military government was paramount and where the natives enjoyed only limited autonomy . |
| 26 | Many of Mr Bradfield 's arguments have a definite validity and certainly demonstrate that the bottom line in the p&l account , as it will be delineated by FRS 3 , will be a questionable earnings number : for example , if the profits and losses on the sale not only of assets but of businesses are included , it could hardly be anything else . |
| 27 | I can tell traders that there will be a big police presence . |
| 28 | I can tell traders that there will be a big police presence . |
| 29 | I 'd made a commitment to the Branch Secretaries and to the Representatives that there will be a full Representatives Conference of which those proposals will be debated and discussed . |
| 30 | Given current sources of electricity , there would be a severe emissions penalty from this supposedly clean fuel . " |