Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Print workers too were said to have improved in character : " a printing office was like a public house on a Monday when I was an apprentice , and now we have no drinking at all " . |
| 2 | Under the plan there were to be changes in public finance policy ; budget deficits were to be limited to 10 per cent of total revenue ; government bonds were to be issued on the Muscat securities market to replace dependence on foreign borrowing ; the state general reserve fund was to be strengthened by a transfer of oil revenues ; a contingency fund was to be created to " cope with any international or domestic variables " ; and privatization of selected assets was to go ahead . |
| 3 | In the ‘ embedded ’ case a text block is at the end of a link ( see Figure 2 ) . |
| 4 | She just knew that a basement room was for sitting in , a children 's ward for visiting , and railway stations had been prime targets for being bombed . |
| 5 | The stereo-typical image of a building worker is of a hard macho man who does n't care about other people 's feelings . |
| 6 | The fact that the dead wood has been shaped for use as a building material is of no consequence to a fungus or a beetle . |
| 7 | AN ELECTRICAL retailer , a garden centre and a milk processor were among the winners of this year 's Scottish Marketing Awards . |
| 8 | Diplomacy in a CAD manager is to be treasured . |
| 9 | To find out that she was a drug user was like finding out your twin was a murderer . |
| 10 | A COMPUTER hacker is to be charged with spying after allegedly testing American Defence Department security . |
| 11 | After this , a CAA Surveyor was to be asked to inspect the modifications to determine whether the CAA would categorise them as Minor or a Major Modifications and to establish the details of the flight testing required . |
| 12 | Modelled here by Adele Curry , a student at the Blackpool and Flyde College of Hair and Beauty , the amazing creation which took two weeks to complete and stands well over a foot high is in celebration of Blackpool Tower 's £13 million transformation into Tower World . |
| 13 | No admission is charged at present , instead a donation box is in place . |
| 14 | There 's so much to see in the Black Forest and a fly-drive holiday is by far the best way to visit . |
| 15 | A cinema organ is like a big jelly mould , illuminated from within , a most spectacular thing that changed colour according to whether a major key or a minor key was being played . |
| 16 | The shape of the legs was formed to make sure that each face that had a rail joint was at right angles to the rail which reduces the time and effort needed for angled joints . |
| 17 | The earliest formal County Record of a Henley Lady was in 1937 when Mrs. Spratt served on the Committee , she was followed by Flora Woodburn-Bamberger in 1938 who became County Vice-Captain . |
| 18 | ‘ You wanted to know what a truck ride was like . |
| 19 | IT 'S a woof life being on the old dog and bone all day … |
| 20 | One of the popular reasons for buying a knitting machine is to be able to knit very quickly . |
| 21 | One question on a calculator test was about patterns formed by multiplying numbers together . |
| 22 | The bird 's flapping became as frantic as a wind-up toy 's for a few seconds , but this quickly petered out and its body became limp . |
| 23 | Julian was telling me that erm he 's house on a Friday night is like a mad house because his daughter does a bit of hair dressing on the side , and she 's having people come to have their hair done |
| 24 | An impulse passing along a nerve fibre is in some respects similar to an electric pulse passing along a wire . |
| 25 | Well the wattage of a fan heater is about what ? |
| 26 | Under section 14(2) , a fishing vessel is to be regarded as being British-owned if the legal title to the vessel is vested wholly in one or more qualified persons or companies and the vessel is beneficially owned wholly by a qualified company or companies or , as to at least 75 per cent. , by one or more qualified persons . |
| 27 | REPORTS that foreign ships fired live shells near a fishing port are to be investigated by the MoD . |
| 28 | The remains of a sandwich lunch were on the side table . |
| 29 | CHELSEA 'S battle with their landlords escalated last night when Cabra Estates gave notice that a winding-up order is to be issued against the club . |
| 30 | Cabra has today advised Chelsea that a winding-up petition is to be issued . ’ |