Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [modal v] be an " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 7 Wörner was quoted as saying that he strongly favoured a " European pillar " within NATO and that the WEU would be an appropriate institution to embody it . |
| 2 | The XJS may be an ageing leviathan but it is still a unique car . |
| 3 | All the other main opposition parties except the conservative Popular Christian Party ( PPC ) boycotted the elections , arguing that the CCD would be an insubstantial body which would merely rubber-stamp presidential decisions . |
| 4 | Institutions of the EEA would be an EEA Council ( one minister from each of the 19 countries and a representative of the EC Commission , chaired for six months alternately by an EC or an EFTA member ) , EEA courts to deal with disputes and to hear appeals on competition rulings , an EEA consultative committee , and an EEA joint parliamentary committee . |
| 5 | With the knowledge that it will last , the Croma might be an intriguing second-hand buy — after a year its value will have virtually halved , so steep is its rate of depreciation . |