Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [be] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos all I 'll get off Jim is a load of crap ! |
| 2 | What for Camus was a source of strength is , for me , a source of neurosis . |
| 3 | A poem for Lucy was a message in a bottle hurled into a turquoise ocean . |
| 4 | To the north of Petersfield is a series of steep-sided hills called the Hampshire Hangers . |
| 5 | The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one ! |
| 6 | The manor of Cosmeston was a sub-manor of the manor of Sully which , in turn , was held from the lord of Glamorgan . |
| 7 | The Duke of Wellington is a case in point . |
| 8 | Speaking from their Isle of Man home where they live as tax exiles , Sangster 's wife , Susan , firmly denied that the sale of Manton was a result of her husband 's reduced stature in the bloodstock world . |
| 9 | Admittedly two Gallic chronicles survive from the fifth century , and the Chronicle of Gregory 's own contemporary Marius of Avenches is a text of utmost importance with regard to the territories once ruled by the Burgundian kings . |
| 10 | The ‘ self-coronation ’ of Ceauşescu was a gesture in imitation of Napoleon 's crowning of himself in 1804 . |
| 11 | Security Council resolutions aimed at getting the Iraqis out of Kuwait were a model of collective action against aggression . |
| 12 | Of course there are exceptions — the Russian ‘ invasion ’ of Afghanistan was a violation of international law and a crime against humanity . |
| 13 | Some of them would be outraged We certainly know that one of them was convinced by Jesus , Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Sanhedrin and you know that , that later on we 're told of Joseph of Arimathea , but what did he do Michael do you know , does anybody know what Joseph of Arimathea did ? |
| 14 | Just as Die Entführung changed the face of the Singspiel , so The Marriage of Figaro is a landmark in the history of opera buffa . |
| 15 | 2–6 At a sale of surplus stock belonging to R. Wilson of Leorin were a pair of duncel-backed young horses , brother and sister , which were sold for £100 . |
| 16 | Lying in the clear aquamarine waters of the Atlantic ocean to the east of Florida are a cluster of idyllic islands called The Bahamas . |
| 17 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is a member of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme and any correspondence should be addressed to : |
| 18 | The Church of England is a kind of conglomerate , but what City folk would want the running of it ? |
| 19 | It 's not entirely fanciful to suggest that the Church of England is a kind of conglomerate . |
| 20 | Artegall 's subduing of Ireland is a conclusion to acts of masculine orderly restoration which the book as a whole deals with . |
| 21 | Outside Flanders , Robert 's sister 's marriage to Roger of Sicily was a mark of his new position in the world ; like Louis VI 's sister 's marriage to Bohemond of Antioch , it stretched French kinship connections into the new Norman colonies , ensuring that travellers from the homeland would find a welcome in those distant parts . |
| 22 | The North-East of Brazil is a land of many kinds of hungers , and of a formidable thirst . |
| 23 | The coup d'état of May was a throwback to the Aranjuez coalition : Ferdinand , the army , the mob . |
| 24 | Over the whole of Russia there-was a dearth of agricultural goods caused mainly by the Famine , and a comparative glut of industrial products from the towns . |
| 25 | The Chairman of the Academic board and Dean of Henley-Nederland is a member of the Henley faculty . |
| 26 | Thibaud V was held by John of Salisbury to be one of the most learned lawyers of his day ; Philip of Alsace was a man of rare competence ; other princes gathered around them their band of learned advisers , their counsellors on whose pronouncements they could depend . |
| 27 | The temporary club chairman , Roland Boyes MP , returns to the Labour benches this week suspecting that , compared with a Hartlepool board meeting , the House of Commons is a scene of perfect unity . |
| 28 | Modernization of the legal system of Ceylon is a necessity for the smooth running of its commercial and banking machineries . ’ |
| 29 | In contrast the Elf-land of Lothlorien is a panorama of beautiful trees and plants . |
| 30 | Jason Irwin of Chicago was a man with entrepreneurial flair . |