Example sentences of "be a [adj] police [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . " |
| 2 | In sum , their duties probably varied from place to place and from time to time , although there was always likely to be a strong police element , especially in those areas on or near the frontiers where military government was paramount and where the natives enjoyed only limited autonomy . |
| 3 | I can tell traders that there will be a big police presence . |
| 4 | I can tell traders that there will be a big police presence . |
| 5 | The person thus solicited happened to be an under-cover police officer . |
| 6 | " On the face of things it should be an ordinary police inquiry — and not a very difficult one — to find Andrew Stavanger , or , if he is abroad , at least to discover where he is . |
| 7 | There 's a heavy police presence inside the club , and NO FREE DRINKS ! |
| 8 | ‘ This is a straight police assignment . ’ |
| 9 | SPECIALS is a new police drama series for BBC1 produced at BBC Pebble Mill . |
| 10 | It is a small police post with cells at the back . |
| 11 | However , Waddington noted that " the SAP [ South African Police ] is an unaccountable police force " and that the " difficulties encountered " by his inquiry team " suggested [ that ] systems do not exist for either internal or external accountability " . |
| 12 | Mr Askew , born in Crook , was a retired police superintendent and also worked as a consultant at ICI . |
| 13 | The Milice was a political police force set up by Vichy to safeguard Pétain 's National Revolution and combat enemies of the ‘ new moral order ’ , identified as communists , freemasons and Jews . |
| 14 | There was a heavy police presence at Welford Road , Leicester , amid fears of disruption at the controversial tour 's opening game . |
| 15 | William Craig , the Minister for Home Affairs , refused to take the advice of moderates to ban the Paisley demonstration and although there was a considerable police presence , nothing was done to stop the Paisleyites blocking the civil rights marchers . |
| 16 | There was a little police station there . |
| 17 | There was a large police presence at the rave , despite it being licensed by the local council . |
| 18 | In the early days of what was a massive police investigation , officers were confident the killer would be found and the £500 sum was considered appropriate . |
| 19 | His cellarman who had to make the journey to Culver Street at least twice a day was an ex-City Police Sergeant named Golding . |
| 20 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |