Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swindon are on a roll at the moment and when things are going right , you ca n't go wrong . |
| 2 | We know Brighton are on a hiding to nothing and Barry Lloyd 's job will be on the line if we win . ’ |
| 3 | Middlesbrough are on a high at the moment after their Rumbelows League Cup win in midweek which means a two-leg semi-final glamour tie with Manchester United . |
| 4 | Although guaranteed the drivers ' championship , McLaren are on a loser no matter what happens . |
| 5 | CHRISTY MOORE Costello , The Pogues , and U2 are among a hoard of artists quick to declare the Irish folk-singer 's influence . |
| 6 | Brat Packers like Keifer Sutherland are in a sense rebels to the cause . |
| 7 | LEAs are under a duty not to discriminate in the carrying out of any other of their functions . |
| 8 | ‘ Arsenal were worth a draw . |
| 9 | At the moment Gorbachev is like a juggler with a lot of balls in the air at once . |
| 10 | Laughton is in a hole and the players as professional sportsmen have a responsibility to pull him out of it . |
| 11 | The use made of this resource by teachers , schools and LEAs is to a degree unpredictable , and conditional on other factors , including teachers ' own ideologies . |
| 12 | Last October , Glasgow High-Kelvinside administered a 56-13 thrashing to Heriot 's in a Division I match , yet such has been the turnround in both clubs ' fortunes since then , when the clubs meet in a friendly at Goldenacre tomorrow it 's GH-K , who still face the possibility of relegation , while Heriot 's have accelerated into mid-table . |
| 13 | However , to avoid irrelevant uncertainties that might result from relying on assumptions about particular situations , we offer in ( 5 ) examples that actually meet the unnecessarily strict requirement of inclusion on the type level , but which we might reasonably claim as sentences that could be used by ordinary speakers in the right circumstances : ( 5 ) ( a ) some of the Buddhists were sheltered in Islamic mosques ( b ) the carnivorous leopard has much larger teeth than an antelope ( c ) after the barren desert , Kano is like a garden 7.2 It will be immediately evident that the distinction between restrictive and non-restrictive does not concern any difference of intensional structure in the narrow sense , either in the relations involved , or in the nature of the elements related . |
| 14 | The opening of The Lady of the Lake ( 1810 ) by Sir Walter Scott is about a hunt ( ‘ The Stag at eve had drunk his fill … ‘ ) and Marmion ( 1809 ) culminates in a great description of the Battle of Flodden ( 1513 ) . |
| 15 | Both these performances ( Brendel 's deeply personal , Zimerman 's of a regality and integrity that often reminded me of Lipatti ) resolve every novel or arresting idea into a far greater sense of continuity , overall grandeur and maturity . |
| 16 | And every weekend really there 's a social organized and I mean I think although packing the food parcels on a Saturday is in a sense well you know if we take the food thing nobody knew really . |
| 17 | Unlike some of his neighbours , President Mugabe is in a position to take a relaxed attitude to dissent . |
| 18 | IT IS N'T JUST THE brilliant new Twingo that says Renault is on a roll . |
| 19 | This woman who 'd come to complain about an allegedly dangerous horse she 'd sold her was threatened by stable-hands , and Central News was told that Mrs Burt was at a funeral and unavailable for comment . |
| 20 | Engels was at a loss to explain the Junker refusal to accept that after the French Revolution they could never again command the total obedience and respect they had once enjoyed from a cowed and illiterate peasantry . |
| 21 | The afternoon rehearsal started late because Meredith was at a working lunch in Rose 's office . |
| 22 | LAST TIME I meet Bobby Paine was in a hotel room in Milwaukee at 3am , when myself and Brian Setzer were playing indoor golf , drinking a bit and listening to Bobby tell his mad stories about Jerry Lee , Billy Idol and sundry LA psychos — barmy late-night company ! |
| 23 | Richard was like a gusher of newly tapped oil spraying about in all directions . |
| 24 | Creed was like a gambler . |
| 25 | David was in a state at that time saying that he had signed these things years ago and wanted to get out . |
| 26 | Colin Howes , Branson 's lawyer , perhaps recognised better than most that Branson was in a period of significant transition . |
| 27 | The army at Verdun was in a state of demoralisation bordering on rout . |
| 28 | Whether or not these actually related to the disposition of his kingdom , the implication is that Edward was in a position to make his wishes known . |
| 29 | Whether or not these actually related to the disposition of his kingdom , the implication is that Edward was in a position to make his wishes known . |
| 30 | He thought he might because evening prayer on Good Friday was in a way a funeral service . |