Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [am/are] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thousands of East German refugees in West German embassies , the tens of thousands who have poured out to the West through Hungary are a terrible and unending indictment of his Stalinist regime . |
| 2 | The burghers of Lichfield are a cultured and discerning lot , and were clearly charmed by guest speakers Joanna Trollope and Mark Wallington , who could hardly have come from more different writing genres . |
| 3 | The current problems of Germany are an object lesson . |
| 4 | Lying in the clear aquamarine waters of the Atlantic ocean to the east of Florida are a cluster of idyllic islands called The Bahamas . |
| 5 | David Baugh and his wife of Wrexham are a typical example of the new dilemma . |
| 6 | The historic landmarks of England are a wonderful legacy that must be preserved for the future . |
| 7 | Foreign visits or visits to other parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland are an integral part of each course . |
| 8 | The local shops are close by , the excellent amenities of Summertown are a short bicycle ride away , and there is a frequent bus service operating to the City Centre . |
| 9 | The words of Jesus are a combination of Isaiah ( 56:7 ) and Jeremiah ( 7:11 ) : |
| 10 | Small animals that live in wide open spaces tend to be highly colonial ( meerkats of Africa are an example ) ; and they also tend ( vide meerkats , sousliks , and prairie dogs ) to stand upright , scanning the sky for air attack from hawks and eagles . |
| 11 | In the centre of Funchal are a number of relatively inexpensive , budget-priced hotels which , while of a basic and simple nature , are very clean and comfortable . |
| 12 | The best topographic candidates for volcanic activity of Mercury are a handful of small rimless craters and certain ridges that could be solidified lava that once rose from fissures . |
| 13 | The various ‘ Dayak ’ societies of Borneo are an example . |
| 14 | As the book opens the only outside visitors to the sleepy town of Macondo are a troupe of gypsies , but by the close its residents have been exposed to a railroad and the attentions of a rapacious banana company . |
| 15 | Charging in , striking at the foe and wheeling away , driving back their enemies with their skill and power , the Charioteers of Tiranoc are a breathtaking sight that none in the outer lands can match for speed and grace . |
| 16 | Charging in , striking at the foe and wheeling away , driving back their enemies with their deadly skill , the Charioteers of Tiranoc are a breathtaking sight that none in the outer lands can match for speed and grace . |
| 17 | The wolds of Lincolnshire are a small surprise . |
| 18 | My recollections of Barcelona are a jumble of hooting cars and waving flags , whining bombs and derelict buildings , food queues and rats and ragged clothes and my hands going blue with the cold of the last winter we spent there . |
| 19 | In and near Moscow are a number of other monasteries and churches built between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries , all of Byzantine character but displaying individually Russian features particularly in the domes and the stepped ogee , triangular and rounded shell formations ( called kokoshniki ) which topped the main building and acted as a base for the tower or cupola drums . |
| 20 | Workstation based publishing systems like Interleaf are an industry standard but offer very little more than the Macintosh in terms of actual capabilities . |
| 21 | Associated with Proconsul are a number of less well known fossil primate taxa , many of which are inferred as being hominoid but which lack the necessary body parts to be sure . |
| 22 | The hills above Kardamíli are a good place in which to loosen up . |
| 23 | Our feelings for Iago are a mixture of loathing and respect , or fear , at the resource of his deceptions , for there seem to be no limits to his skill . |
| 24 | His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday . |
| 25 | So these ideas in Hobbes are an expression of a prevailing wave of thought , a wave which moves on through Gassendi and Locke . |
| 26 | Among the 62 bus proposals given Government approval in December are a real-time passenger information system in Blackburn and a park-and-ride at Chester . |
| 27 | As he is an expert on such matters , the hon. Gentleman knows better than I that public prosecutions in Scotland are a matter for the Lord Advocate . |
| 28 | The law must have teeth , and it must be enforced ; but the purrs from Beijing are a start . |
| 29 | In Cambridge are a number of typical gateways , as at Jesus College and S. John 's ( 485 ) . |
| 30 | But then again , once in the open sea , ships from Everett are a full 36 hours sailing time closer to strategic points near Alaska and Japan . |