Example sentences of "[noun] [be] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However you make them , your notes are a record of what you have read . |
| 2 | Like the ideologies of ruling groups , he argues that utopian ideologies are a way of seeing the world which prevents true insight and obscures reality . |
| 3 | SDOs are a means by which the government can grant consent for extensive activities , for example , for Mercury 's cable-laying for their alternative communications system , under the Town and Country Planning ( Telecommunication Networks ) ( Railway Operational Land ) SDO 1982 . |
| 4 | I have no quantitative evidence for this , and the reasons are a matter for speculation , but the difficulties some users have in getting through to us show that a remarkable degree of persistence is sometimes demanded . |
| 5 | ‘ Major religions also exhibit dominating tendencies , and these tendencies are a result of the exclusivity of such religions . ’ |
| 6 | In and near Moscow are a number of other monasteries and churches built between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries , all of Byzantine character but displaying individually Russian features particularly in the domes and the stepped ogee , triangular and rounded shell formations ( called kokoshniki ) which topped the main building and acted as a base for the tower or cupola drums . |
| 7 | The book creates the impression that accounts are a jungle into which the untutored layman should not venture without good rations and a reliable guide . |
| 8 | Schools Minister Baroness Blatch said : ‘ Accurate writing skills are a requirement of the world . ’ |
| 9 | I know we are playing well and Sunderland are a bag of shite but its a cup match and we seem to be shit at cup matches . |
| 10 | Enquiries before contract are a method of ascertaining as much practical information as possible from the seller about the property to be bought . |
| 11 | Platforms such as CD-I and CDTV are a step in this direction . |
| 12 | As Nietzsche wrote , ‘ The Germans are a people of the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow ’ Germany , like a happy wanderer , must go off in search of its fortune , shaking off parental tutelage and political adolescence . |
| 13 | The key settlement policies are a case in point . |
| 14 | The radicals say the pragmatists ' policies are a betrayal of Khomeini 's legacy and that the move away from state control of the economy will harm the poor . |
| 15 | Phosphates are a group of chemicals that are essential to life . |
| 16 | In this case , the operations are a series of overlays , designed to remove infeasible areas from the base coverage . |
| 17 | Reorganization and change are a feature of the switched-on company , but the reorganizations and changes come from recognized broad strategic needs and are explicable . |
| 18 | Attitudes are a way of making sense of the world , of organising what we see and what we experience . |
| 19 | Attitudes are a statement of a position an individual has about an object , an event , a person or a belief . |
| 20 | It is interesting to speculate whether the boys ' attitudes are a result of their own experiences or are simply a reflection of the attitudes of the adults in their household . |
| 21 | The defences are a series of trenches with high stone and turf earthworks in between . |
| 22 | The defences are a series of trenches with high stone and turf earthworks in between . |
| 23 | John Jarvis went on : ‘ Among those registered under the EAP are a family of four from Winsford who , if they proceed , will be purchasing their third Redrow home . |
| 24 | The persuasion rests on the assumptions that the forms of consultation practised and of participation prompted by the best employers are a measure of industrial democracy , but not enough : that the representation of employees on company boards is necessary to establish complete industrial democracy ; that total industrial democracy , in this prescription , will so far improve industrial efficiency as to benefit materially the general interest ; and that the implicit loss or diminution of the rights of ownership should not be allowed to preclude the realisation of that benefit . |
| 25 | Hence , over-cooked vegetables are a thing of the past , thus preventing waste and food loss ( you place 2lbs of peas in the oven and you get 2lbs of peas out again ) . |
| 26 | Nautical William are a band for the Nineties steeped in three decades of pop star culture : Sly Stone meets Marc Bolan in an Adam And The Ants video . |
| 27 | These projects are a breakthrough for the Company especially for the projects department and hopefully will be two of many more to come . |
| 28 | The results of the PSSRU projects are a testimony to the way in which productive incentives for better care were engendered . |
| 29 | LONG court cases are a drain on the taxpayer and must be stopped , lawyers were warned yesterday . |
| 30 | These phenomena are a result of infiltration by lymphocytes of the affected exocrine glands . |