Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 14.9.1 Must each side be allowed a say ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is also opposed to the directive 's suggestion that the least damaging products in any given category be awarded a label . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Should such a union be called a marriage ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Would a rescuer be denied an action on the ground of ex turpi causa , e.g. if one burglar was injured attempting to assist another who had been placed in danger by the dangerous condition of the house they were breaking into ? |
| 12 | The value of shares over which each participant may at any time be granted an option under the Executive Scheme when added to the aggregate of the values of shares ( as at the date of grant of the options ) comprised in outstanding options granted in the preceding ten years under the Executive Scheme and any other employee share option scheme operated by the Company ( other than a savings related share options scheme ) is limited to four times the participant 's annual salary . |