Example sentences of "[det] be a [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The black keeps the race relations lobby happy , but can this be a detail we missed hitherto — a yellow Jesus ? |
| 2 | If this were a respite it was a shortlived one . |
| 3 | Inversion becomes a kind of transgressive mimesis : the subculture , even as it imitates , reproducing itself in terms of its exclusion , also demystifies , producing a knowledge of the dominant which excludes it , this being a knowledge which the dominant has to suppress in order to rule . |
| 4 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , we have been told by counsel that the matter is far from academic , in that justices ' courts are concerned , this being a matter which has exercised justices ' courts on many occasions and on which there are different practices in different justices ' courts . |
| 6 | This is a provision which is usually inserted , since , once an order has been placed , it becomes a separate contract , with a life of its own , and stands or falls on the terms and conditions which govern it . |
| 7 | This is a cop who is in therapy because of his habit of shooting innocent bystanders dead . |
| 8 | This is a friend she 's a d she 's a nice girl is n't she Jane ? |
| 9 | This is a poll which does not necessarily take into account diligence , ability to pass on knowledge and devotion , as the one with the highest number of votes wins . |
| 10 | This is a trick which I have found really amazes children and indeed will work on adults too . |
| 11 | Gambler 's card This is a trick which completely baffles people . |
| 12 | This is a warning which the Government must heed . |
| 13 | This is a scheme which matches families with ‘ care parents ’ who look after the children on a regular basis while the carers take a break . |
| 14 | The extreme elaboration of the proceedings is intended to emphasize that , in contrast to the kind of marriage which can be entered into or broken off on the spur of the moment , this is a contract which is intended to endure . |
| 15 | This is a self which there may be ‘ no way of proving ’ . |
| 16 | However , this is a generalization which really does . |
| 17 | When the officers were finally allowed to see Oliver , Dr Losberne said , ‘ This is a boy who was shot this morning while walking on a farmer 's property where he should n't have been . |
| 18 | And this is a boy who used to smoke marijuana and lived in a squat with a girlfriend who had a tattoo on her backside and two kids by somebody else , if you please … ’ |
| 19 | This is a boy who is married to a woman 14 years his senior and plays father to a girl only nine years younger than himself . |
| 20 | Almost opposite this is a road which turns off to the right down to Rabaçal ( 64km ) at a height of 1,070m . |
| 21 | Bromley says : ‘ This is a road we have to go down because , once again , it is the clear demand of the market . |
| 22 | Egypt is a very humbling place , with its larger-than-life statues and obelisks serenely standing since before the time of Christ , and the mammoth pyramids whose blocks of stone weigh up to forty tons each ; this is a land which inspires constant awe and disbelief . |
| 23 | Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover . |
| 24 | This is a word which is used with different meanings in different contexts . |
| 25 | However , this is a subject we return to with full attention in Natural Creation … |
| 26 | This is a subject which tends to invite criticism . |
| 27 | This is a subject which affects many people in this city and is another characteristic act by a Tory Government that acts in a callous way . |
| 28 | We realise that this is a subject which warrants much consideration , as we think about the life and reverence of our churches and look to the future for . |
| 29 | This is a subject who wishes to maximize his or her expected payment from participating in the experiment . |
| 30 | This is a chart which shows how costs and profits vary with the volume of production . |