Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a leisurely breakfast accompanied by the Sunday papers , perhaps you 'd like to discover the local beauty spots of which Royal Deeside is justifiably proud . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps we 're all wrong about Mons. Perhaps Napoleon is just swinging open the front doors and ignoring the back gate . ’ |
| 3 | The revolving crane in Super-Phenix is still not working properly . |
| 4 | Cos the general view in Morecambe is n't what they say it is . |
| 5 | Northamptonshire is often referred to as the County of ‘ Spires and Squires ’ , but village churches often have towers . |
| 6 | There , raggamuffin rules and Tuff Gong is just a part of the dollar-hoover tourist industry . |
| 7 | The road to Fleetwood is not one of the best and any extra traffic must bring extra problems . |
| 8 | The race through the streets of Phoenix is not a useful guide to a car 's potential on more conventional circuits , but the US Grand Prix did prove that McLaren and Honda have emerged from the winter stronger than ever . |
| 9 | My own favourite , putting price aside , was the Western Systems , but if you want value for money then the Phoenix is well worth a look . |
| 10 | The Kuwaitis certainly did not share their thinking with Sir Peter , but the message from the Gulf seems to be the same as the message from the London market — Lloyds is out of the running . |
| 11 | Manager Malcolm Crosby is already without regular strikers Don Goodman , Peter Davenport and Colin Pascoe . |
| 12 | It says the company 's marketing of Cisco is dangerously deceptive ; it induces unsuspecting teenagers to guzzle it as if it were a standard spritzer . |
| 13 | Though packaged to look like a low-alcohol spritzer — all soft lines and pastel colours — a 12-ounce bottle of Cisco is as intoxicating as five shots of 100-proof liquor . |
| 14 | Ya , Rohit is so talented . |
| 15 | To tie up all the loose ends of my previous articles , the Monday night series at Home Pierrepont is now over . |
| 16 | Harrogate figure has more or less doubled , Selby is slightly increased , Ryedale is slightly increased . |
| 17 | In June 1964 , The Autocar 's testers remarked , ‘ In its appointments the Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII is now more or a touring car than a sports car . |
| 18 | Raine Spencer is not so much a person but a phenomenon . |
| 19 | I do n't think the Stanley Spencer is right over the fireplace . |
| 20 | Mr Gorbachev is already pulling troops and tanks out of Eastern Europe . |
| 21 | Besides , why seek a deal on looser Soviet control in Eastern Europe when Mr Gorbachev is already loosening his grip ? |
| 22 | As a result both agencies have to continue claiming that Russia is facing terrible threats from the West and therefore that their existence is essential despite the fact that Gorbachev is busily telling the Russian people that co-existence is not only possible but desirable as are many aspects of capitalist society . |
| 23 | For now Mr Gorbachev is just managing to continue what he does best : keeping his show on the road . |
| 24 | President Gorbachev is as uncertain as everyone about what the future of the two — perhaps one — German states will be , but there is no doubt that the Gorbachev vision of a new Europe had to encompass the Wall 's disappearance . |
| 25 | In the past , whenever he has erred on the side of too much order , the judgment inside the Soviet Union and outside has been that ‘ Gorbachev is as good as we 'll get ’ . |
| 26 | Finally , at 58 Mr Gorbachev is still at the height of his powers . |
| 27 | All our lot are well , though there is some parental concern that Ewan is not yet speaking fluently ( well , not at all , actually ) but he makes up for it by taking a keen interest in all musical instruments . |
| 28 | Epsilon Cephei is just in the × 7 field with Beta Lacertæ ( 4.4 ) . |
| 29 | Mu Cephei is only of the fifth magnitude ( at least , generally so ; it is somewhat variable ) , so that with the naked eye it is not impressive even though it is actually redder than Betelgeux . |
| 30 | Cunningham is here as a deputy for Scott Hastings . |