Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [conj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The two criticisms commonly levelled at Prince are that a particular song is ‘ overdone ’ or that it 's ‘ unrealized ’ .
2 Yet whenever you feel the urge to venture forth into civilisation again — perhaps for a romantic dinner a deux , or a soothing massage in the capable hands of a master masseur — the first class Hotel and adjoining Country Club are but a short walk from your front door .
3 I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me .
4 Not only that , the word from the Other Side is that a new man will soon be looming in Diana 's life .
5 The result is that a complete flowchart of both wings of the Chemical Products business — which manufactures up to 800 different specific chemicals — strongly resembles a bowl of spaghetti .
6 Then , the basic result is that a new solution of the source-free equations , depending on an arbitrary real parameter x , is given by ( 12.23 ) where ( 12.24 ) It can be seen that f and g are respectively the norm and twist potential of the Killing field .
7 The result is that a large proportion of the elderly are solely dependent on the basic state pension , with supplementary benefit .
8 ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’
9 The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands .
10 The stonking irony is that a disappointing Fall gig remains worthy of two of most other bands .
11 But the irony is that a human being , with all his potential capacity for understanding , is actually so cut off from his fellow humans that a plant sometimes has better perceptions at the subtle level than he has !
12 The most widely quoted medical ‘ fact ’ I hear at parties is that a moderate alcohol intake is good for you .
13 A further uncertainty is whether a legislative text remains ambiguous or obscure for the purposes of the relaxed exclusionary rule once it has been judicially interpreted or construed .
14 Indeed one of the major conclusions to be drawn from the historical and sociological discussion in this chapter is that a proper analysis of the operation of ‘ race ’ as an element in British society and education requires an understanding of its interrelationship with the structured and cultural divisions which derive from class and gender relations , in the context of an understanding of Britain 's past imperial domination and its continuing legacies .
15 An important question that could not be addressed in this study is whether a single dose of IPV would also reduce the risk of infection with wild poliovirus and subsequent spread to susceptible contacts .
16 Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted .
17 Morton 's rule is that a double bond is advantageous and that a double barrier must never be permitted .
18 One of the issues that has inexplicably failed to get even a whisper of an airing in the campaign wars of words is whether a graphical interface is the preferred environment for a large proportion of desktop users .
19 Suppose that one set of Gaussian coordinates which covers space–time is and a second set is .
20 The fear is that a nationwide network of police computers could swap unsubstantiated gossip and suspicion about individuals .
21 The best news for schools is that a special price is available making it possible for schools to acquire the discs , a laser vision player and an Acorn Archimedes computer for £899 .
22 The principal disadvantage is that a limited company invariably incurs some additional costs .
23 The disadvantage is that a large number of animals feeding in a small area will exhaust the food supply much more rapidly than would a small number .
24 The second recommendation was that a single budget should be established for the care of elderly people in the community , with contributions from the NHS and from local authorities .
25 His recommendation was that a commanding officer be appointed with an administrative staff .
26 The first allegation was that a misplaced catheter gave misleading readings of oxygen pressure .
27 The result was that a great deal of effort went into recording the habitats seen to be under threat , and the material collated within the Symposium volume ( Boyd , 1979b ) proved to be of immense value .
28 The rule was that a personal action died with the person to whom it attached .
29 The most popular story concerning her conception was that a golden egg tumbled out of Chaos in the beginning of the world .
30 The re-emergence of the basement in the Podolia Massif of the Ukraine is but a larger version of the Ozarks .
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