Example sentences of "[noun sg] service [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Merrill the marriage service was a kaleidoscope of images seen at a distance because of her acute consciousness of Luke 's presence . |
| 2 | Thus the introduction of bar service was a revolution . |
| 3 | ‘ I must admit , ’ concedes Howard , ‘ the telephone service is a bit erratic . |
| 4 | The Teacher Placement Service was a DTI initiative but the service needed to encourage local ownership and , therefore , needed to be flexible in its approach to each of the teacher placement organisers working in any particular area . |
| 5 | It is also true to say that the minister ( man or woman ) is central in ensuring that the funeral service is a memorable event for the family by helping them to begin to understand their grief in the context of the church 's care for them . |
| 6 | The funeral service was a hurried one because of their condition . |
| 7 | The answer was that community service was a political minefield , and had been rejected as unworkable every time it had reared its head . |
| 8 | However , in mid-February an Interior Ministry spokesman insisted that the idea that Markov had been assassinated by the Bulgarian security service was a fiction put about by the British press , and he accused the Sunday Times of having invented the umbrella scenario after British agents had planted the poisoned pellet on Markov 's body . |
| 9 | Again , the introduction and successful , if expensive , operation of Concorde in regular supersonic passenger transport service is a European achievement of quite extraordinary proportions . |
| 10 | The Centenary services were held on Sunday 1 October 1967 , the morning service being a service of thanksgiving at which the preacher was the President of the Church , the Reverend R D E Gallagher MA BD . |
| 11 | In In re O. the Crown Prosecution Service was a party to the proceedings and consented to the order . |
| 12 | The Ranfurly Library Service is a charity which helps combat the critical shortage of books in developing countries , by providing carefully selected consignments of books in response to urgent requests from schools , colleges , hospitals and other institutions . |
| 13 | Steven explained : ‘ At that time the idea of a passenger service was a bit of an after-thought . |
| 14 | The Christmas Vigil Service was a great success . |
| 15 | Those who are nominated from outside the government service are a predictable mixture of retired headmistresses , regional general managers and council clerks . |
| 16 | The theory is that the only thing that has ever been wrong with the health service is a lack of resources . |
| 17 | Moreover , to a great extent the health service is a victim of its own success . |
| 18 | Expenditure on the health service is a significant item within the national budget , representing about 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( Table 7.1 ) . |
| 19 | Thus the Report of the Guillebaud Committee acknowledged that ‘ the National Health Service is a wealth producing , as well as a health producing service . ’ |
| 20 | It does , however , remove the humbug which leaves the elderly to discover that our current free health service is a sham . |
| 21 | Some of those 500 are in surplus and , as the health service is a unified service , those surpluses can be transferred to deal with the problems . |
| 22 | ‘ It does however remove the humbug which leaves the elderly to discover that our current free health service is a sham . ’ |
| 23 | THE NATIONAL Health Service is a blunder , the Labour Party is unemployable and Adolf Hitler was one of two great developers of self-respect . |
| 24 | And of course from then they 've increased , increased , increased and still it 's The National Health Service is a farce now . |
| 25 | However , as month after month went by , I became more and more convinced that the real problem with the health service was a lack of management . |
| 26 | The National Health Service was a genuine concern to many people , and for this and similar reasons , he believed , Margaret Thatcher could not possibly have won the next election for the Tories . |
| 27 | The Mission Project Service is a church-sponsored , non-profit organisation which offers free information and consultation to the leaders of small-scale , development initiatives . |
| 28 | Maid service is a part of the package . |
| 29 | Welcoming CCG for the new school term , Councillor Alan Bradley , chairman of Westminster 's competitive tendering committee , said : ‘ The meal service is a vital one and I am confident that CCG will do a first class job . ’ |
| 30 | In Croydon , the continuing education and training service is a free-standing adult education service , with a history of providing an important access point for those with needs for basic skills . |