Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior cataloguer who has brought in significant new business through proven negotiating skills may be offered a Deputy Directorship at £20–25,000 . |
| 2 | At many large computer centres they are literally costed in money ; or each user may be allotted a ration of time , measured in seconds , and a ration of space , measured in ‘ words ’ . |
| 3 | A LIFESPAN database will typically consist of many hierarchical package structures and within these structures a module instance may be referenced a number of times . |
| 4 | The re-building of the science base must be given a priority in the longer term planning of the University . |
| 5 | Since the defence must be given a copy of the statement of a proposed witness who has not made a deposition , it must follow that , if a Crown witness 's evidence is intended to depart significantly from his deposition and to be based on his statement to the police , it is the duty of the Crown to give the defence a copy of that statement in advance of the hearing . |
| 6 | When presenting his petition , a creditor should be owed a sum equal to or exceeding what is known as the bankruptcy level . |
| 7 | Usually accompanied by a village or hamlet , such a caput may be called a villa regalis , but the terms aula , mansio and maerdref are also used . |
| 8 | For instance , Falmouth may be called a tourist resort , although it is also a shopping centre for local residents , and it has dockyards , a fishing industry and some light industry . |
| 9 | It seems to me , if a literary critic may be allowed a comment on these linguistic matters , that the function of the first- and second-person pronouns is rather to relate two people , to set up a plane of relationship which includes them and excludes all others . |
| 10 | Thus in one field the U- figure may be given a value of 90 per cent as take up is known to be very strong , while in another it is given a value of 25 per cent since only 1 in 4 of such applicants is thought likely to accept . |
| 11 | In theory , any matter which is relevant to whether the applicant should be awarded a remedy at the hearing stage is also relevant to the decision at the hearing stage of whether the application should be allowed to proceed ; in other words , leave to apply for judicial review can be refused on any ground on which a remedy could be refused at the hearing stage . |
| 12 | Tobacco is a drug and addicts should be given a chance to ease off gradually . |
| 13 | A research programme must be given a chance to realize its full potential . |
| 14 | Talent should be given a stage on which it can perform . |
| 15 | And police have suggested that soccer fans should be charged a hooligan levy when buying their match tickets , the money would go towards the cost of security at soccer grounds . |
| 16 | Ok I agree that Speed should be given a chance in the middle of the park now I 'll be controversial and say leave Batty out let Speed do the tackling with Mc Allister also in the middle . |
| 17 | The clever ones soon discovered that while banknotes could be seized a bank balance could not . |
| 18 | One way of indicating this intention would be to take some action contrary to the object and purpose of the treaty , but such signalling action could be deemed a breach of Article 18 . |
| 19 | The college could be improved a lot . |
| 20 | Under the reforms , the President would chose the head of the new electoral commission , and any party receiving 35 per cent of the national vote would be guaranteed a majority ( 50 per cent plus one seat ) in the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 21 | Around her neck would be placed a bib of gold which reached to her waist . |
| 22 | Local Management of Schools will be judged a success if it has been up and running reasonably well since 1 April 1990 . |
| 23 | Each department will be assigned a factor describing the risk of being unfairly sanctioned , which varies according to the numbers of studentships , which it will then combine with a measure assessing the department 's performance against a target rate of 70% submissions within four years ( for full-time students ) . |
| 24 | Ticket-holders for the performances will be given a refund . |
| 25 | Applicants for Entrance Bursaries who are not offered a Bursary but who achieve the standard necessary for entry will be offered a place in the School . |
| 26 | ‘ The shock waves will be felt a lot further than the streets of Tyneside . ’ |
| 27 | The most usual situation is for the Commissioner to be asked to advise on the selection of a solicitor , and the applicant will be given a list from which to choose . |
| 28 | All power-ups can be upgraded a maximum of five times , and you get more money to spend after each race depending on your finishing position . |
| 29 | Any suspense is negligible , since the baddies can be spotted a mile off : one wears a Mephistophelean beard , the other an insane grin . |
| 30 | Since it is impossible to guarantee that every potato with a fault can be removed a tolerance of not more than 5% of all faults is permitted . |