Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] of the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ People say that you 're a friend of the Opera ghost , Madame Giry , ’ Monsieur Armand began .
2 " You 're a member of the organization now — and we take care of our own .
3 Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent
4 You 're a member of the radical party
5 I believe you 're a member of the Kuwaiti parliament — is that right ?
6 Er and in the South Midlands ' section , I think it is erm towards Coventry and Nuneaton , we have got erm I can even remember the name of the Guild it 's we 've got a lot of younger women in there and these are younger women that , it 's very , I 'm very pleased to see them and when you see them go to the rostrum you can , you know they really are , they seem as if they 're a revival of the old camp because we , we 've got to campaign you see and but you , you try , I mean I 'm getting beyond it really myself and yet you see , you try and whip up erm an aging movement it you , you want younger women you see .
7 " They 're a branch of the Rhade tribe — but a bit ancient , would n't you say , for your youthful tastes ?
8 Now unless you 're a skinhead of the old school , or have been time-warped for twenty years , parkas are not exactly in when it comes to neat threads .
9 Do n't they realize we 're a part of the same movement ?
10 These these are a measure are n't they they 're a measure of the quality of what we 're going to do over the next two days and therefore I will come back to these tomorrow afternoon I will check through them and if everybody can say yes yes I 'm satisfied with that then we 've achieved what we set out to achieve today .
11 ‘ Intriguing , I suppose , if you 're a connoisseur of the pattern effects of smoke and flame .
12 They 're a lot of the problems in tend to be directed towards or because of the flats .
13 You know they they 're a lot of the older men makes you wonder have they been sacked so they do n't have to pay them hand shakes at the end you know if they wanted to lay some people off .
14 Now erm in the main the most the people who go and talk , if they talk genuinely to their their other half or I always say partner instead of , nowadays that 's politically correct I think , erm then they so they 're they 're a lot of the times they 're talked out of it .
15 If you 're a survivor of the Red Revolution — or was it a failed coup ? — one feature you 'll want to read is Brian Glover 's nostalgic glance back at those dreadful keg beers .
16 I 'll grantcha if you 're a citizen of the union living in South America , the West Indies or the Pacific and you happen to be a member of the French colonies , you 'll have a vote in the European parliament in the elections .
17 If you 're a fan of the vine , follow your nose and you could be one of the lucky winners of a fantastic trip to the wineries of New Zealand or Germany , or receive £1,000 worth of Sainsbury 's wine
18 ‘ I see you 're an admirer of the Bard . ’
19 I feel that they 're an extension of the same thing — the voice and guitar being as one . ’
20 We 're an example of the excellence , as well as the unity , the Caribbean is capable of . ’
21 I am a member of the National Childbirth Trust , and such is the grim and distorted picture of myself which I see reflected in the media .
22 I am a member of the Westel Canoe Club , based on the Thames at Sunbury .
23 I am a member of the organising committee for this conference .
24 " I am a member of the Friends of the Tourist Organization , " he said .
25 ‘ I am a member of the Kha-Khan 's court , and without his favour I am nothing . ’
26 ‘ I am a member of the secret Order of the Templars .
27 As a Member of that Parliament , I am a member of the United Kingdom Government and no one has seriously called in question the right or propriety of the United Kingdom Government to govern Scotland , Wales , Northern Ireland and England .
28 I am a member of the Select Committee on Health and , as you know , the House has referred to the Select Committee on Privileges the important issue of the leaked report .
29 Like my hon. Friend the Member for Bury , North ( Mr. Burt ) , I am a member of the youngest age group in the House .
30 Like the hon. Member for Ryedale ( Mr. Greenway ) , I am a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee .
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