Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These meetings are also a chance to swap ideas and plan what we 'll do the next day . |
| 2 | Lin McLean , a Strathclyde University student counsellor and AUT activist , said she had not had anyone come to her with problems over a tutor-student relationships in eight years , and that the guidelines were only a guide to help union members in a delicate area of their work . |
| 3 | German federalism is merely a cloak thrown over the relatively strong regionalism Which persists in Germany , and it was a system adopted by Germany , with the Allies ' approval , after the war as a way of preventing a return of totalitarianism , which is why the Germans associate federalism with the opposite of centralised power . |
| 4 | Whatever category your interviewer falls into you should remind yourself even at this late stage that an interview is basically a conversation to find out how well two sides of a potential deal might suit one another . |
| 5 | To advocates of the ‘ resolute approach ’ , crime is simply a choice to do wrong ; it is never the squalid last gasp of the outsider . |
| 6 | This makes good sense , as a headline is largely a device to put part of the message across and lure the reader into reading the rest . |
| 7 | It thus follows from ( 13.24 ) that r is also a future pointing time-like coordinate which increases from the collision at to the outer horizon at . |
| 8 | As a person , David was almost a man born out of his period . |
| 9 | CDs are literally a certificate given by a deposit-taking institution like a bank or building society to acknowledge the existence of a deposit made . |
| 10 | Well the handbrake is only a parking brake the handbrake only o operates on two wheels in any case |
| 11 | Before any submicroscopic helical structures ( such as molecules , microtubules , flagella and viruses ) were known , H. R. Crane , whom I mentioned earlier , said ‘ … any structure that is straight or rod-like when seen at low magnification is probably a structure repeating along a screw axis ( ie , it is a helix ) . |
| 12 | Many authorities would say that such a reordering of the series does not accord with serial principles ; yet on the other hand one can point out that serialism is only a method established for the facilitation of composition quality . |
| 13 | The power to define and enforce consents is ultimately a power to put people out of business , to deter the introduction of new industry or to drive away going concerns . |
| 14 | During the sixteenth century Myddle was essentially a society consisting of numerous smallholders and a few large farmers , but from the second half of Elizabeth 's reign onwards poor immigrants came into the parish in search of labouring work and the opportunity to erect a cottage in the woods or on the manorial wastes . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know how I dare confess it after that meal last night , but yes , ’ she admitted , privately thinking that in casual trousers , shirt and sweater Ven was certainly a man to make one 's pulses race . |
| 16 | Carl Leaburn was always a threat combining well up front with Alex Dyer . |
| 17 | The old hag was really a mummer mouthing lines taught to her and , once her part was played , she too had to die . |
| 18 | Brian Jewell in Fairs and Revels suggests that the queen was originally a man dressed as a woman , but George Burton believed the tradition began in 1789 during an attempted suppression of the ‘ sport ’ . |
| 19 | The early railway stations were often a pleasure to contemplate — imposing sometimes , and sometimes faintly romantic , like the first Crewe Station . |
| 20 | Well St Aldate 's in the Civil War is quite a problem to talk about really , erm in half an hour , because it 's so enmeshed in the story of Oxford in the Civil War which is a long , very interesting one , so what I 'm going to try and do is erm to pick out some of the local landmarks that did survive in the 17th century and relate them to what we know about some of the people and in this short half an hour , just try and picture what it was like to live in St Aldate 's during the civil war . |
| 21 | Well because I thought Paris was better for her , cos Romeo 's just a going killing people and especially her cousin . |
| 22 | The package is basically a DOS based drawing tool with which you can draw rooms , and then place objects within them and move them around until they are in the desired location . |
| 23 | Part of the station at North Road is now a museum devoted to the Stockton and Darlington Railway , the first regular passenger railway , opened in 1825 ( although its primary purpose was for freight ) . |
| 24 | Well , I give a vote that erm , because certainly not everybody 's aware that er , this er Service director is merely a way to get round to payments that different people have opt out of the social chapter . |
| 25 | Plough Monday was originally a festival to ensure the ease of ploughing and the propagation of the seed . |
| 26 | This property right was therefore a charge created by the buyers of the leather . |
| 27 | france crashing out at almost exactly 90 minutes with a great goal from kostadinov ( FC Porto , Portugal ) — that was fucking amazing when you think of that they went down to israel also at home in almost the same manner ( the other goals in this match was also a joy to watch — canto who said he never play in paris again was seen playing and scoring at least on my telly ) |
| 28 | At the time , Sydney was essentially a centre created around a convict population , yet eager to assert its status as the commercial and cultural capital of the continent . |
| 29 | The parchment was merely a list drawn up in a clerkly hand describing the effects and property of one ‘ Patrick Seton Esquire ’ . |
| 30 | But Luke 's room was hardly a place to convalesce . |