Example sentences of "[noun] [be] a [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know we are playing well and Sunderland are a bag of shite but its a cup match and we seem to be shit at cup matches . |
| 2 | The radicals say the pragmatists ' policies are a betrayal of Khomeini 's legacy and that the move away from state control of the economy will harm the poor . |
| 3 | Phosphates are a group of chemicals that are essential to life . |
| 4 | In this case , the operations are a series of overlays , designed to remove infeasible areas from the base coverage . |
| 5 | The defences are a series of trenches with high stone and turf earthworks in between . |
| 6 | The defences are a series of trenches with high stone and turf earthworks in between . |
| 7 | These phenomena are a result of infiltration by lymphocytes of the affected exocrine glands . |
| 8 | These quiet hours are a time of peace , where every long soft minute is a luxury . |
| 9 | Keady are an amalgam of youth and experience and are taken to win — but Dungannon will press them hard . |
| 10 | Flecks of sunshine dappling fissured bark are a reminder of summers past during the tree 's slow progress to maturity . |
| 11 | ‘ Mass mailings are a lifeline of communication and raise money for good causes , ’ a Greenpeace official says . |
| 12 | This is clearly illustrated in the Law Reports where Lord Denning 's judgments are a model of simplicity and clarity . |
| 13 | You probably think that most meetings are a waste of time and you may well be right . |
| 14 | Rating scales are a subset of questionnaires which invite informants to select a number corresponding to the extent of their response , or to select one of a series of descriptions , usually corresponding to an ordinal scale with a neutral midpoint , to which the investigator can easily assign numbers . |
| 15 | It has at all times been an act of faith and a declaration of belief , the faith and the belief that a society and a nation will fare best , in this world and the next , where the most promising of its youth are withdrawn at a critical period of their development to spend several years in close and intimate proximity with one another and with those whose talent and delight is the pursuit of knowledge of all kinds for its own sake and the communication of that talent and delight to their successors . |
| 16 | The artists in the index are a cross-section of landscape and genre painters that appeal to solid middlebrow taste and are bought today by the businessmen and professional people of the kind who bought them when they were painted . |
| 17 | The effective pollinators are a pair of Epicharis spp. but there are glandular trichomes inside the corolla , secreting oils that are deposited on the anthers , but this is collected only by Trigona pallens , an ineffective pollinator . |
| 18 | I tell you all those Fantasia Security blokes are a bunch of prats , all of them ! they 're all so stubborn ! |
| 19 | most sniffable products are a mixture of chemicals and the manufacturers may change their formulation . |
| 20 | Drooping , ears are a sign of doziness . |
| 21 | ( Martial arts are a way of life — skills learnt and practised over a long period , used to tune the mind and body to a state of superb readiness . |
| 22 | Evaluation methods are a subset of measurement procedures . |
| 23 | These five steps are a counsel of perfection , but most surveys can include them to some degree . |
| 24 | It 's all true ; computers are a waste of time . |
| 25 | Open spaces and parkland are a feature of Birmingham , with the lovely city parks , Cannon Hill and the Botanical Gardens and the wilder country parks at Sutton Coldfield and Woodgate Valley . |
| 26 | Christian life goals are a matter of character . |
| 27 | The real problem with this gallery is that it confirms what the public has always thought : that designers are a bunch of elitists who do n't live in the real world . |
| 28 | ‘ The Bizango are a sort of neighbourhood watch in Haiti . |
| 29 | ‘ Husbands are a by-product of marriage , ’ said Harvey . |
| 30 | Pet shops are a source of supply , alternatively try camping or climbing stores . |