Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] is the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're all covered with smoke and grime left over from before they passed the Clean Air Bill , and the only place that might once have looked good is the Methodist Chapel at Southwark that 's been taken over by Fundamentalists . |
| 2 | Not all , exactly : getting old is the last display for the bread-and-circuses culture . |
| 3 | A similar example of a type of assimilation that has become fixed is the progressive assimilation of voice with the suffixes and ; when a verb carries a third person singular ‘ -s ’ suffix , or a noun carries an ‘ -s ’ plural suffix or an' — ‘ s ’ possessive suffix , that suffix will be pronounced as if the preceding consonant is fortis ( ‘ voiceless ’ ) and as if the preceding consonant is lenis ( ‘ voiced ’ ) , thus : |
| 4 | To be firm and remain courteous is the great art , especially when you feel threatened or are greatly provoked . |
| 5 | I guess spiritual is the right word . ’ |
| 6 | Drugs in rugby will become a much more widespread problem if the sort of ducking and diving that took place when Messrs. Swart , Du Preez and van den Bergh tested positive is the only form of official discouragement on offer . |
| 7 | Clarify Inc is the latest newcomer on the turnkey customer service management scene , a firm cut from the same cloth as ProActive Software Inc , Scopus Technology Inc and Aurum Software Inc , a noticeably popular fashion in start-ups this season . |