Example sentences of "be a public [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It has been a public relations exercise for this week 's by-elections .
2 crime prevention officers are traditionally and it 's a public relations exercise ai n't it , it 's nothing to do with crime prevention
3 yeah and it 's a public relations exercise , and we 've been lumbered with it you know over the years we 've tried to push crime prevention and people come in and they do take notes of various things you know there 's obviously some people who come in and talk about crime prevention which we can answer fully , there are other enquiries about everything from bloody
4 It was a public relations exercise in which the Government and Party were shown to the media and the television viewer in as flattering a light as possible .
5 The doctors and nurses who brought the sick and wounded back to Britain have dismissed claims that the whole operation was a public relations exercise .
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