Example sentences of "in [adj] and [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blessing of the boats , which takes place at Whitby , was started in 1948 and is a much later version of the crop blessing tradition . |
| 2 | To claim that Britain has nurtured something in a matter ultimately pertaining to worship ( the choral singing of cathedral and chapel ) which is purified and controlled beyond anything possessed by Catholic Europe , which is purged of excessive artifice and rhetoric ( Continental reviewers consistently find English a cappella performances impassive ) and whose excellence gives Britain a mission these are among the ideas that have been the principal source of British national identity since the Act of Union in 1707 and were a foundation stone of English identity long before . |
| 3 | The MINIS system was introduced in 1980 and is a management information system designed to identify resources consumed on specified activities by organizational units . |
| 4 | Spectrography tests and examinations under an electron microscope confirmed that the distinctive blue paper was manufactured in Venice in 1510 and was a perfect match with other Leonardo works at Windsor . |
| 5 | He took the cross again in 1307 and was a notable benefactor to the Franciscans and Carthusians of his homeland . |
| 6 | Prof Montgomery graduated MD with honours in 1946 and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow , the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Pathologists . |
| 7 | He graduated from the University with an LLB in 1950 and is a partner in a solicitors ' practice in Nottingham . |
| 8 | Cagliari — population 225,000 , stadium capacity 38,800 — is a city with its own strong soccer culture , and its own football hero , Luigi Riva ( pictured below , and , left , as celebrated by a lifesize statue in a local bar ) , who played for Cagliari as a left-winger when they won their one Italian league title in 1970 and was a prodigious scorer . |
| 9 | The event was founded in '84 and is a national scratch stroke-play team event for male members of Scottish course-owning clubs . |
| 10 | Brunel received its Royal Charter in 1966 and is a fully accredited British University . |
| 11 | Brunel , The University of West London , received its Royal Charter in 1966 and is a fully accredited British University . |
| 12 | The lower house of the National Congress , the Chamber of Deputies , voted by 88 to 76 on Aug. 16 to withdraw the constitutional immunity from prosecution of former President Alan García Pérez , who held office in 1985-1990 and was a senator for life , so that he could face trial for the " alleged charges of embezzlement , extortion , fraud and the breach of public faith " . |
| 13 | Together with the Ukraine and the USSR itself , Belorussia became a founder member of the United Nations in 1945 and was a member of the International Labour Organisation and UNESCO . |
| 14 | Bell , 30 , was a member of the Aberdeen squad who won the European Cup-Winners ' Cup in 1983 and is a former Scottish Under-21 international . |
| 15 | Birmingham Midshires Property Services ( BMPS ) was formed in 1988 and is a major part of the Birmingham Midshires Group . |
| 16 | Long involved in Institute affairs , he headed its Taxation Committee from 1978 , became a Council member in 1988 and was a founder member of the Tax Faculty when it was set up in 1991 . |