Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Peat Producers ' Association is discussing a peatlands strategy with English Nature , the government advisory body for England . |
| 2 | One of the major methods of achieving a regional economic bloc is to create a Customs Union ( CU ) . |
| 3 | From 21 to 23 May the Committee is sponsoring an antiques fair at the Carnegie Hall of Architecture . |
| 4 | Portfolio is organising a Women in Management seminar for the hospitality industry on May 13 and this fits into a much broader campaign that has been launched by the Government , Opportunity 2000 . |
| 5 | The first aim of the NVALA was to establish a Viewers ' and Listeners ' Council which would consist of elected representatives of the ‘ churches , women 's organisations , magistrates , doctors , educationalists , parents , youth , social workers , police , political parties , local government and writers ’ . |
| 6 | Who 's child was making a dickens of a commotion |
| 7 | The Eastern Region Movement and Dance Liaison Group are holding a teachers ' workshop at Homerton College , Cambridge on Saturday 19th September — 9.30 – 4.30 — £5 for the day . |
| 8 | Our aim is to create a citizens ' Europe in which power lies as close to the citizen as possible . |
| 9 | The basic aim was to create a customs union , with free and equal competition among the Six and a ‘ common external tariff ’ against the rest of the world . |
| 10 | So the landlord 's holding an after-hours booze-up as usual ! ’ |
| 11 | Each student is allocated a studies adviser with whom they meet regularly to discuss academic or other problems . |
| 12 | Each student is allocated a studies adviser with whom they meet regularly to discuss academic or other problems . |
| 13 | A common method is to operate a points system where the operative is awarded points related , for example , to his trade , position and length of service . |
| 14 | On Jan. 20 , 1990 , Xinhua announced that the China Great Wall Co. was to launch a communications satellite for Arabsat at the end of 1991 . |
| 15 | If a man is to infect a women with Trichomonas vaginalis , this is most likely to occur if he has intercourse with her fairly soon after he himself has acquired the infection . |
| 16 | Thus , the demand for money is called a transactions demand . |
| 17 | So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble . |
| 18 | Copy of a letter sent to all parents of pupils at Juniper Green Primary School stating the school is to receive a Schools Curriculum Award 1990 . |
| 19 | The National Trust is producing a Gardens Handbook to enlighten on matters horticultural and historical , opening times and seasonal interest , plant sales and facilities in 150 of its prime gardens . |
| 20 | The simplest example of redundancy is to imagine a personnel record held in a computer system . |
| 21 | When a particularly close rapport develops between a human and an animal , such that the animal will follow its owner through the forest , the animal is called a batiti , ‘ pet ’ . |
| 22 | The initial goal was to prototype a KBS support environment for workshop based test engineers . |
| 23 | If a country was facing a payments deficit , then short-term capital outflows would tend to increase because of the potential capital gains accruing to holders if that country devalued its currency . |
| 24 | It is in this latter sense that very often it is claimed that the Conservative Party is advocating an incomes policy , by which is simply meant that the policies which we advocate would , we believe , have as a result the stability of money values and thus have the effect that increases in earnings were real and not merely monetary . |