Example sentences of "[be] an [adj] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that a prominent member of the current community council and an integrated education supporter was a member of official Sinn Fein , the Workers ' party , appeared to figure in the reasoning , as this party has always been suspected to be an anti-clerical and secularist force . |
| 2 | The reason for our settling where we did was because Nigel , being an electrical and water engineer , had always believed that by the time he reached retirement the world would be starting to run out of power . |
| 3 | For the most part , the site determines how I think about what I am going to build , whether it be an urban or landscape site , a room or any other architectural enclosure . |
| 4 | Although the principle tenet of the Sale of Goods Act — that goods should be ‘ of merchantable quality ’ or ‘ fit for their purpose ’ — does not automatically apply when the seller is an individual or club , all second-hand goods must ‘ fit their description ’ . |
| 5 | Equal rights for disabled workers is an ideal and idea whose time has come . |
| 6 | But what , in particular , these movements had in common was an evolutionary or organicist method . |
| 7 | It was an expensive and time consuming task to remove it . |
| 8 | He said that in 1975 we had a referendum in which it was suggested that it was an economic and trade rather than a political matter . |