Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [be] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he was seven he had ‘ perfect pitch ’ ; he could also improvise on the keyboard in various styles , play with the keys hidden under a cloth , sight-read anything he was given , add a bass line to a tune , and had ‘ taught himself ’ the violin ( although such a claim should perhaps be treated with some scepticism — his father after all was a violin teacher ) . |
| 2 | At the head of each is a government minister , normally assisted by one or more junior ministers . |
| 3 | Part of that was a company car . |
| 4 | This was the thing that came up previously about er , dispatch of a report not being recorded anywhere , because of that was a compliment slip which a photocopy was n't kept and so we erm , therefore have to have a note made on the client contact form to say it 's gone . |
| 5 | Below this is a keyword list box , and clicking on the down arrow brings up a list of words that the program will recognise . |
| 6 | One typical example of this is a chemistry video that starts with Dalton , continues with chirality , and ends with conformational analysis . |
| 7 | A prime example of this is a silver rams-horn presentation piece which , despite being dated 1905 ( outside the normal cut-off date of 1892 for the Fair ) , has been wholeheartedly accepted for exhibition . |
| 8 | Part of this is an age effect : the proportion with such relatives falling from 86 per cent of those aged 45 — 54 to 41 per cent of those aged 85 or more . |
| 9 | The result of this was a surprise telephone call from Jenny herself suggesting that we should call a meeting . |
| 10 | The last of these is a news wire distribution service which sends out PR material to those newspapers which subscribe to the service . |
| 11 | The sample C is attached firmly at each end to a strain gauge ; one of these is a force transducer measuring the applied sinusoidal force and the other records the sample deformation . |
| 12 | One of those is a death penalty campaign which was a very big one about two , two to three years ago when we focused particularly on , on the United States and all the other major countries which erm which er used the best penalty to fairly large extent , er do we have anything Catherine on that tonight ? . |
| 13 | Apart from the two singles , the only new non-Ukrainian songs fans heard were contained on a John Peel session broadcast in May , and one of those was a madcap cover of Altered Image 's ‘ Happy Birthday ’ . |
| 14 | Only 2 people have ever left the list , and one of those was an Arsenal fan . |
| 15 | Questions such as these are a starting point for exploring potential causes of non-attendance and perhaps ultimately for remedying it . |
| 16 | Even rewards such as these were a shade oblique for those who expected a direct return upon money invested . |
| 17 | ‘ They said any information like that is a State Secret . ’ |
| 18 | Behind that was a billiard table , and near it a couple of bridge tables . |
| 19 | I mean it it 'll go in certain into that 's a selling pitch too . |
| 20 | Built into this is a clock tower which was constructed by the English doctor , Michael Grabham , in 1896 . |
| 21 | Above this is a bone nut and the customary bell-shaped truss rod cover , bearing the legend ‘ RD Artist Bass ’ . |
| 22 | In that was a plus sign , followed by ‘ GB , P. & L. ’ and the ‘ L ’ had been underlined twice . |
| 23 | Upon this was a sponge bag , its zip open , containing a toothbrush and a tube of paste , a dry face flannel and a used bar of soap . |
| 24 | ‘ We have one of the most up-to-date units around with some of the best equipment and a natural extension to this is an egg donation service . |
| 25 | There is a New Yorker cartoon which depicts various inventions for ‘ keeping warm ’ : prominent among these are a waterbottle tie and a catnip comforter covered , of course , with cats — practical solutions in the inventor 's mind , but would require a master salesman ! |
| 26 | Now a behavioural analysis , or perhaps another way of looking at this is a decision analysis , is quite interesting . |
| 27 | I do not mind at all being a parlour maid , though I do you I am feeling much happier and calmer . |