Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That Noel Falconer be appointed a director of British Gas .
2 14.9.1 Must each side be allowed a say ?
3 We understand that there is a dog working party of Council officers already established and we would formally request that the responsible dog ownership group be allowed a representative on that working party to ensure that the views of the two thousand plus petitioners and over two hundred and fifty persons who have written individual letters on the subject to Mister of the recreation division are considered .
4 Should private individuals be given a remedy through the courts ; or should it , rather , be left to some public official , such as the Attorney-General , or to Parliament or an ombudsman , or to some officer or body within government itself to supervise the activities of government ?
5 The group suggest that , in return , farmers be offered a range of financial incentives for countryside conservation , such as leaving " wildlife corridors " and unmown field headlands , planting appropriate woodland and cutting back on use of pesticides .
6 It is also opposed to the directive 's suggestion that the least damaging products in any given category be awarded a label .
7 Speaking of the alleged reprocessing facility he stated that " if it were in operation and complete , then it would certainly in our terminology be called a reprocessing plant " .
8 The Committee even considered the possibility that the occupant of the Chair be given a cut-off button or that other devices be employed to override demonstrations or disturbance in the galleries or on the floor of the House , but it rejected such innovations .
9 County Council and the department transport strategy right now is to see the A one three four , north of Bury St Edmunds be made a trunk road and the
10 In an action for recovery of land , any person in possession ( by himself or by his tenant ) and not named as a defendant may by leave be made a defendant on filing an ex parte application showing that he is in possession , by himself or by his tenant , and giving grounds for the application .
11 Should such a union be called a marriage ?
12 That in line with the Area Staff Commission and understanding the need to give adequate administrative support on an equitable basis , Regional Coordinators be given a budget of certainly not less in real terms than at present , to allocate to administrative support for regional colleagues wef April 1st , 1993 .
13 They would remain subject to general company law and there would still be a third member of the board , the club secretary , who could in no way be called a cat 's paw .
14 In his tract justifying the activities of the Commons in the Parliament of 1701 , when the Tories had made a number of attacks on the policies of the Court Whigs , culminating in the attempted impeachment of some of the Junto Lords , the High Anglican Tory , James Drake , found it plausible in one place to quote Algernon Sidney in support of his argument about the rights of the lower House ; the tract as a whole , however , makes it clear that Drake can in no way be considered a convert to Sidney 's particular brand of radical Whiggery .
15 Richard Beddall says … it 's a great amateur sport which cane be done a shoestring … with old landrovers and jeeps … and it 's a safe sport … a lot of other people come in from other sports such as motor racing and motor cycling
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