Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody 's little fingers are stronger than a man 's hands . |
| 2 | Nestled on a mountain terrace nearly 1,000 feet above the azure sea , from here the views are magnificent and a cablecar links you to Taormina Beach below . |
| 3 | At a more general level , what remedies are available when a confidence in this context is breached ? |
| 4 | He is lean , hard , and his doggy brown eyes are bright as a terrier 's . |
| 5 | The authors are unconvinced that a reliance on business , left to its own devices or even pump-primed , is sufficient , without full-scale and direct attention to the needs of all residents , those in both the paid and the unpaid workforce , and their dependants . |
| 6 | And selling agents , Eric Cairns Partnership are hopeful that a deal will be clinched within a matter of days . |
| 7 | Landowners along the proposed routes from Lackenby to Picton and Picton to Shipton were worried that a planning blight would affect a large swathe of their land until the outcome of the inquiry was known . |
| 8 | His ears were sharp as a jackal 's and he could spot the tracks of a hippo from an extraordinary distance . |
| 9 | Once the contractor is satisfied that a sub-contractor holds a valid certificate no further inspection is necessary unless : ( a ) The date of expiry , which should have been noted in the builder 's records , has passed . |
| 10 | However , a baby seat is safer than a carrycot for your baby . |
| 11 | A research programme is better than a rival if it is more progressive , the progressive nature of a programme depending on its degree of coherence and the extent to which it has led to successful novel predictions , as discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 12 | The human mind is more than a computer : Computers have dull and exact memories — what went in can come out again , exactly as it went in . |
| 13 | ‘ In Denmark we say that aquavit is strong as a Viking , fiery as a lover , cold as an iceberg and fresh as a virgin . |
| 14 | Man for man a unit of Elf longbowmen is more than a match for most opposing troop types . |
| 15 | In the West , a car is more than a way of travelling ; it represents freedom and flexibility and is a potent status symbol . |
| 16 | Service of a notice under s 146(1) for breach of covenant other than for non-payment of rent is essential if a right of re-entry or forfeiture for breach of such covenant is sought to be enforced . |
| 17 | The effect is similar when a District Health Authority pays a private hospital to perform operations on NHS patients . |
| 18 | This effect is noticeable when a stream of sunlight passes into a darkened and dusty room . |
| 19 | A criterion is satisfied when a skill involved is used satisfactorily in accordance with a teacher 's judgement . |
| 20 | The Tomy Cradle Carrier is more than a carrier . |
| 21 | However , maintenance is more than a cost centre because it affects aircraft availability . |
| 22 | The experiment was short-lived and a failure ; but it suggested that the young king might not be able to reckon as a matter of course on wielding all the powers of his great predecessor . |
| 23 | The crews knew them as Spivs , and initially their speed was such that a driver complained : ‘ I 've been catching seagulls with that thing ! ’ |
| 24 | The result was disastrous and a scandal to the country 's law and trade . |
| 25 | The search was thorough and a number of items were removed ; there was talk of ritual sexual abuse . |
| 26 | The Brontosaurus , for example , was big as well as being a herbivore , and T. Rex was big but a carnivore . |
| 27 | The countries are hopeful that a commitment of substantial financial aid will take the heat out of demands by six southern African states for the resumption of controlled ivory trading , the profits of which , the southern Africans claim , would help to fund further conservation measures . |
| 28 | Ramblers are angry that a golf clubhouse is being built across the route of a long distance footpath . |
| 29 | More thoughtful Conservatives are aware that a movement towards greater inequality can not continue indefinitely in a democratic society . |
| 30 | ( b ) If the elements addressed by A and B are smaller than a word , we are ill the realm of the character string operations of 2.5 . |