Example sentences of "[noun] be an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The society has 400 members from all over Britain and some from Europe — though the concensus seems to be that follies are an English speciality . |
| 2 | A : Not at all ; it could be done even here — merely increase the supply of money until it becomes something of little value , as plentiful as grass : let it grow on every street corner , pour from the high street banks : see how little by little it is of less and less value : soon it is only stuff fit to engage the attention of those who love to indulge in the act of recycling : we will probably find that , pulped , bank notes are an excellent media for growing acorns into oaks . |
| 3 | The heroes and heroines of Petipa 's ballets are an example of this category . |
| 4 | Since paraprofessional social welfare personnel are an important resource for meeting people 's needs , one would assume that policy makers , social service administrators and professional social workers would view them in this light and would do what they could to support and develop this valuable resource . |
| 5 | Her Majesty 's Inspector ( HMI ) The HMIs are an independent group who , in England , are attached to the DES . |
| 6 | Data collected in budget preparation and monitoring are an invaluable input to a management information system which may be used to analyse trends within or between projects or perhaps between design groups in an engineering consultancy . |
| 7 | Their neoclassical enthusiasms are an indication of their isolation from what even Jovellanos could term ‘ the vulgar and idiotic people ’ who preferred the Spanish drama to the precepts of Boileau . |
| 8 | Committee meetings and discussions are an essential part of many jobs . |
| 9 | The Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , has adopted the same position as his predecessors , Sir Geoffrey Howe and Mr John Major , insisting that the deportations are an essential deterrent against a fresh influx of Vietnamese next year . |
| 10 | The Statistical Accounts are an important source . |
| 11 | The Statistical Accounts are an important source . |
| 12 | Probate accounts are an abundant and valuable source of information on subjects which are not easily studied elsewhere : the importance of funerals as social occasions ; details of medical care ; the extent and operation of the credit market ; payment of the rents , taxes and tithes ; the costs of maintaining and educating children ; the materials and making of clothing ; and the range and prices of food and goods available in the retail market , The financial distribution detailed in accounts also illuminates the emotional structure of family relationships . |
| 13 | Regional unemployment and regional recession are an economic loss to the whole nation and they will not rectify themselves on their own . |
| 14 | The current problems of Germany are an object lesson . |
| 15 | The MEP Project is largely concerned with information technology , but the fact that information skills are an important section of this £9 million project indicates how importantly such skills are regarded . |
| 16 | Problems and progress in the evolution of teaching skills are an important agenda item for such meetings . |
| 17 | " Let it not be imagined that grouse are an easy quarry for any hawk to take . |
| 18 | Reels are an investment . |
| 19 | Inventions are an example of a public good , which we discussed in Chapter 16 . |
| 20 | Chelsea are an efficient rather than exciting team . |
| 21 | Newspaper readers ' preferences are an equally complex business but can not be dealt with here at length . |
| 22 | for all these reasons , coins are an essential tool for the archaeologist and the historian in extending our knowledge of the past . |
| 23 | Thus , electric currents in liquid metallic hydrogen are an obvious candidate for the source of Jupiter 's large internal magnetic dipole moment . |
| 24 | Decorative vegetables are an excellent source of oddities . |
| 25 | Since vegetables are an important source of vitamin C , the medical experts favour controlling nitrate intake via water rather than food . |
| 26 | Vegetables are an excellent source of vitamin A , B6 , E , C , minerals , protein and fibre . |
| 27 | There could have been greater consultation with both nursery nurse and life preparation students and due consideration given to the fact that completed craft projects are an important part of a nursery nurse 's final assessment . |
| 28 | There has also in many of these cases been an increasing awareness , not just of the local situation , but of the regional and National set-up , and a clearer vision of the more overtly political values , such as what sort of society communities would really like to live in . |
| 29 | These cases are an indication of the liberal attitude currently being taken by the courts , which have obviously recognised that the old saying that a security on a dwelling is ‘ as safe as houses ’ has become a bit of a mockery . |
| 30 | It may be that these cases are an authorial slip ; but the point seems to be that Lok is shown painfully developing analytic skills . |