Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as usual , an All Blacks team depends on the back row and Jamie Joseph , Zinzan Brooke and the gifted Michael Jones must be tamed if the Lions are to have a chance . |
| 2 | The self regulatory requirements on management under the Health and Safety at Work Act should ensure that discipline is enforced and that all affected personnel are given an opportunity to maintain and improve their working environment . |
| 3 | My Oscars are spending a lot of time moping on the bottom of the tank . |
| 4 | Now New Yorkers are getting a chance to do a little suffering for art right here at home . |
| 5 | Even as there is a movement among women towards women-controlling our own sexuality and reproduction , childbirth , and a return to midwifery principles , the new reproductive and genetic technologies are asserting a model for scientific control of reproduction , and one that is industrial : these methods are big money-makers for the biotechnology industry , the old and new pharmaceutical and medical supply companies . |
| 6 | Examples would be : where the act is not seen , as when the victim is asleep ; where the victim believes that the gun was unloaded ( Lamb [ 1967 ] 2 QB 981 ) ; where the victim knows by the accused 's words that the threat will not take place ( Tuberville v Savage ( 1669 ) 86 ER 684 ; or where the accused could not put his threat into effect : the usual illustrations are shaking a fist while on a non-stop train at a person standing on the platform and doing the same to a person standing on the opposite bank of a fast-flowing and wide river where there is no bridge . |
| 7 | Rumours are circulating on the basis of a hint from Sidorov that the Russians are considering a counter-claim for the Malevich collection of twenty-nine paintings kept by the Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam ( The Art Newspaper No. 15 , Feb 1992 , p.2 ) . |
| 8 | Russians are enjoying a reading boom following the collapse of the Soviet order and the best-sellers are hard-boiled thrillers by hard-boiled writers like Mickey Spillane , Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett . |
| 9 | Typical operations are to load an index register from a store location , to deposit the contents of an index register in a store location , and to increment or decrement an index register ( or to add the contents of a store location to an index register ) . |
| 10 | Many reported the impossibility of securing employment because of lack of experience — with the jobless total so high employers are making a priority of taking on people with experience who do not require subsequent training . |
| 11 | Well I had to have something to perk it up and vegetables are getting a bit iffy at this time of year . |
| 12 | At a time when Western governments have proved slow to inject cash into the countries of the former Eastern block , the activities of cultural organisations and foundations such as the Getty Grant Program and the Soros projects are providing a lifeline for the artists and academics of the region . |
| 13 | Social workers and the courts are facing a problem which has defeated the best efforts of families and professionals ; whatever the wording , few courts will be willing to gamble on children whom they refuse to commit to security not returning to prostitution , burning down a house , or injuring themselves . |
| 14 | The key thing from our point of view is that our trading activities are providing a service to visitors and all the profit is ploughed straight back into conservating the property , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Lunchtime sessions that pay dividends London 's local authorities are enjoying a thaw in relations with the Commissioner . |
| 16 | ( c ) All children and young persons Local authorities are given a power but not a duty to provide accommodation to a wider group of children and young persons on welfare grounds . |
| 17 | Additionally there is a general entitlement to a ‘ Disturbance Payment ’ for persons who are not entitled to compensation , and local authorities are given a duty ‘ to secure the provision of suitable alternative accommodation where this is not otherwise available on reasonable terms , for any person displaced from residential accommodation ’ by acquisition . |
| 18 | It 's coming into the open ; the authorities are taking a hand . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Local authorities are playing a part in the promotion of co-operatives , in training schemes , in business advice centres , in the development of new technology and in support for individual firms through rent subsidies , grants and guarantees ’ ( Widdicombe 1986 , para. 288 ) . |
| 20 | Now other health authorities are beating a path to Peterborough 's door as this and other community health nursing schemes become a focus of national interest . |
| 21 | Surely you know if your Guildsmen are rehearsing a Mystery , man ! ’ |
| 22 | It says that other owner of PWRs are learning a lot about reactor safety as the clean-up continues . |
| 23 | Gaining access to the castle , the knights are given a tour . |
| 24 | It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door . |
| 25 | Ghost hunters are staging a vigil at what 's claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in the country . |
| 26 | A number of New York galleries are establishing a presence there , including Brooke Alexander and John Weber Galleries who , with Spanish dealer Pepe Cobo have opened in Madrid ( Galeria Weber , Alexander y Cobo ) ; Salander O'Reilly Gallery , which has established a branch of its New York operation in Berlin ; and Forum Gallery which will show at the Cologne Art Fair for the first time this November . |
| 27 | Water experts are blaming a decade of extensive development in the south of England for worsening the current drought . |
| 28 | Our numbers and shared values are making a difference in the political process , in the marketplace , in the classroom , even — on some occasions , thanks in large part to the indefatigable work of Andrew Linzey — in places of worship . |
| 29 | The Hammers are considering a move for the 31-year-old , but Crosby said : ‘ I would n't consider selling him at the moment . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ My immediate plans are to have a shower and dress and then perhaps we can discuss your proposed advertising campaign ? ’ |