Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the two men accused of murdering a police informer was also a drugs dealer , according to evidence given by the prosecution on the second day of their trial . |
| 2 | The man was evidently a police officer , off duty . |
| 3 | Transportation to the slaughterhouse is also a problems for the 600 million meat chickens , called broilers , which are eaten in the UK each year . |
| 4 | She 's currently doing the hippy thing with tassled flares , undressed hair and little round sunglasses but the feminine earth mother look is just a clothes change away . |
| 5 | The Stag is not a sports car , nor is it especially fast : any modern GTi hatchback will comfortably outpace it in a sprint from rest to 60mph . |
| 6 | Although Cordingly Barnes supplies Pastel via mail order , the company is essentially a systems integrator . |
| 7 | They have been learning that professional golf is primarily a numbers game . |
| 8 | Strictly speaking , this alternative ‘ mental ’ element is not a mens rea requirement at all , although it is properly enough described as a fault element . |