Example sentences of "[pers pn] is a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She is a police officer and naturally in the light of her vocation she was determined he was not going to get away with it . |
| 2 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |
| 3 | ‘ If one of you is a police constable , surely he should be in uniform ? ’ |
| 4 | It is a Windows database that uses the xBASE language for its programs . |
| 5 | It carries a plain unlined grey livery because it is a goods vehicle . |
| 6 | In the second the ‘ stage of conventional morality ’ , the child judges people by their intentions in carrying out something , and then moves on to believe it is a persons duty to do something in a particular way . |
| 7 | Allow a maximum of 30 minutes per question ( if it is a 6-in-3-hours paper ) , using your stop watch so that you do not need to remember the time you started . |
| 8 | Again , the Anglican V. A. Demant , arguing against the ordination of women , writes of the Christian religion : ‘ It is a Logos religion . |
| 9 | She gives me time to read the label on the front cover Government Commission Press Department , 1974 — then opens it and slowly turns the pages , so that I can see it is a cuttings book , in which the Commission 's Press Officer has pasted the results of his labours , the stories inspired by all his briefings , handouts and leaks . |
| 10 | ‘ It is a police requirement that you have to be an active member of a club before you can be recommended to apply to purchase a firearm . ’ |
| 11 | He is a systems analyst , and his work is driving him spare at the moment . |
| 12 | But the detective in a detective novel is not altogether your real policeman , though you do well never to make him ( if he is a police officer ) flout details of proper police procedure . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , because he is a police officer . |
| 14 | Speaking for him … from his first post to the list it seems he is a Rangers supporter first and foremost , and I think Leeds are his ‘ English ’ side he likes . |
| 15 | He is a modes man who appears genuinely bemused by the British reaction to him : ‘ I have always been impressed by British democracy and the irony is that — although I have differences with the British leaders from time to time — I sometimes feel my kind of federalism is better understood in Britain than by some of the federalists elsewhere in Europe who always cry , onwards , onwards ! ’ |
| 16 | Alternatively , the Secretary of State may , in the absence of reasonable excuse , inter alia , revoke that person 's authorization if he is an investments dealer . |