Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The termination of a benefit or a payment or a service is a sharp , specific assault upon identifiable individuals ; it gives political opponents something solid to talk about ; they can actually produce the bodies and point to the wounds . |
| 2 | The message for visiting climbers is to check whether a bolt is still in place if you are repeating a route where a placement is mentioned in the description . |
| 3 | A written paper — a story or a report be used with the word processing software or viewdata software be rewritten , providing another opportunity to refine and enhance the work in a new dimension . |
| 4 | And already he knew in his heart that to be a vicar or a curate was not his vocation as a priest for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | Even those built on the initiative of a prince or a king were often sited with quite other ends in view . |
| 6 | But whether a wave , a chorus or a laser is used as a metaphor , the common feature to be found in all comparisons is , quite simply , power . |
| 7 | Neither the eye of an insect or a human is likely to detect the deception until the mantis moves . |
| 8 | Whether you choose a mare or a gelding is down to personal choice , but it can pay to keep an open mind . |
| 9 | Nobody had told me what a cinema or a film was , and certainly nothing about the concept of an animated cartoon ; and I was taken into the largest enclosed space I 'd ever seen , into a crowd of strangers , put on a seat , and the lights went out . |
| 10 | A typical instance where a solicitor is needed is renewing the lease at the end of the tenancy . |
| 11 | So I was surprised when one morning , while filling the kettle at the tap in the yard , I noticed some of our neighbours looking across at this cottage where a painter was taking the ‘ To Let ’ sign out of the window . |
| 12 | what I do n't understand though is if Napier students get a certificate or a diploma are they going to be able to call themselves D I P M A I E without being a member of the organisation . |
| 13 | Such relationships belong to problem novels , rather than to novels of action , to fiction where a place is not the scene in which action develops but a certain spot where characters place themselves in order to talk . |
| 14 | If a function or a procedure is used recursively , the LOCAL variables will be preserved at each level . |
| 15 | People who meet her in the course of a briefing or a visit are constantly surprised by her knowledge , the intelligence of her questions , and her retention of what she has read — often on quite scientific subjects . |
| 16 | How can a football or a golfball be compared to a girl ? |
| 17 | Deletion where a nucleotide is deleted from the DNA , resulting in an altered RNA ; an incorrect protein . |
| 18 | Defences based on matters outside the driver 's control such as a dog running into the path of the car or a tree being blown across the road are generally good . |
| 19 | 138 ( 1 ) This section has effect where a lessor is proceeding by action in a county court to enforce against a lessee a right of re-entry or forfeiture in respect of any land for non-payment of rent . |
| 20 | One is to add commentary or music ; another is to substitute a background effect where a shot is spoiled by unsatisfactory location sound , perhaps due to wind noise . |
| 21 | Being a major shareholder or a director was rather like holding some honorific office within the community ; it brought its own private and social satisfactions which could not be measured financially . |
| 22 | Check whether full rent or a retainer is required during vacations . |
| 23 | After that it was back to cup action where a victory was won against Kilsyth by 4 goals to nil . |
| 24 | It is clear that , on the most fundamental level , the ability to substitute a thought conveyed in linguistic terms for an action or a thing is an absolutely basic ingredient of the ego 's functioning : it is the key to the ego 's ability to distance itself from the immediate demands of the id and its drives and to evolve higher , more abstract thought-processes than those available to an animal , no matter how intelligent , which lacks the power of speech . |
| 25 | It follows from the association of order with regularity ( and rule ) that there is a close connection between the perception that a sequence is orderly and the expectation that it will continue to manifest that sequential property . |
| 26 | The amount of force that a person is entitled to use depends in part on what the policeman is seeking to do . |
| 27 | Again it is easy to develop the illusion that a worker is a constant factor in a changing situation particularly for a person in the middle period of working life . |
| 28 | Primary cases involve any allegation that a child is being physically or sexually abused , neglected , is failing to thrive , is left alone , or is severely at risk of being abused . |
| 29 | Members are able to fill in a form to notify the Club that a litter is due to be whelped . |
| 30 | Ten days ago we had confirmation that a company was willing to offer a 7 night holiday in Cyprus which means that are now hurriedly getting our act together . |