Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [be] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title of Willie van Peer 's The taming of the text is intentionally and instructively ambiguous , since , as the editor himself points out in the introduction , " the text may be either the subject or the object of the " " taming " ( p. 7 ) . |
| 2 | Pugh may be nearer the truth . |
| 3 | ECCENTRIC MEYERSON MAY BE JUST THE CURE |
| 4 | This distinction is familiar enough to the jurist for whom the fairness and therefore the acceptability of a trial may be more a matter of the way in which the trial was conducted than whether or not the verdict reached was in some further sense the right one . |
| 5 | The lack of liquid refreshment during a two hour meeting could be seen as a lack of courtesy and , if this occurs again , it is suggested that a tactful reference to the need for a drink be made during the meeting — the result may be only a glass of water , but that is better than nothing ! |
| 6 | The invasion of Afghanistan may be less an exception to this rule than many think . |
| 7 | WHETHER he 's a scratch player or just learning to tee off , My Golfing Record by Studio Designs could be just the thing for any dad this Father 's Day . |
| 8 | In Ukraine the result could be either a return to the Russian fold , or a reversion to authoritarian rule , compounded perhaps by civil war in the Russified eastern regions of the country . |
| 9 | Ironically , Ernst & Young chose almost the same moment to issue a plea for a simplification of the rules governing disclosures in company accounts — if this ASB warning is not acted on , the result could be exactly the opposite . |
| 10 | Aston Villa could be just a day away from their first trophy of a new season , they play Arsenal tonight at Wembley in the fourteen Maceeter tournament with the prospect of a final tomorrow against Samdoria or Rael Sociadad live on television . |
| 11 | If you have a space problem , then the loft could be just the place to put to good use . |
| 12 | This discrepancy arises from the ever present difficulty of deciding whether a particular cell could be either a lymphocyte or part of a macrophage , neutrophil , or fibroblast . |
| 13 | A mild , wet spring would be just the ticket for Stowmarket-based lawnmower maker Atco Qualcast , whose management team has just bought the firm from cement group Blue Circle Industries . |
| 14 | A Hollywood blue movie would be just the kind of bonus to keep his agents sweet . |
| 15 | A leaseholder ( unless prohibited by his own lease ) can himself grant a lease for any term less than that which he holds ; a grant for an equal or greater term would be merely a transfer of his own interest . |
| 16 | If serious conflict breaks out with regard to any one of these types of demand the result will be either a neurosis ( conflict between the ego and the id ) , a manic-depressive disorder ( conflict between the ego and the superego ) , or a psychosis ( conflict between the ego and reality ) . |
| 17 | This Livebearer can be quite a fighter and so keep just one male with a few females . |
| 18 | Starry eyed lovers , spoilt brats and feuding parents may be just the ticket for the maiden aunt but what the old fashioned bit of Victorian nonsense is doing surfacing in the West End in recession-hit 1992 is a mystery . |
| 19 | The British parliament , by contrast , just reiterated the view that the Council should be merely a meeting place for discussion and ideas , while in Scandinavia the recommendations were not even debated . |
| 20 | I thought to myself , Computers are in danger of making people furious , but the theatre as a job of work might be just the meat . ’ |
| 21 | All that has happened in tokamaks has been consistent with the 1970 view , formulated by Lev Artsimovich , that achieving the conditions required for thermonuclear ignition in tokamaks would be only a matter of time and of larger machines and the development of ways of heating the plasma . |
| 22 | However , where the charge had been well laid before the magistrate , on its face bringing itself within his jurisdiction , any error would be only an error within jurisdiction . |
| 23 | A beautiful diamond necklace which recently fetched £11,000 at Bonhams would be twice the price in an ordinary jewellers . |
| 24 | The first misunderstanding that I should like to clear up is the assertion that the Government have chosen King 's Cross as the terminal for the channel tunnel link and that Stratford will be merely a station along the route . |
| 25 | The SPRED session for your son/daughter will be once a fortnight . |
| 26 | Whether you break down , have your car stolen , or need the police or an ambulance , help will be only the press of a few buttons away — without leaving the car . |
| 27 | ‘ My move from accountancy to law will be both a challenge and a change of emphasis ’ said Mr Toghill , ‘ I am aware of the present employment difficulties in the profession . |
| 28 | Anthony will be just the man for it , the Bishop said . |
| 29 | HOTLINE TO THE FUTURE By the end of the century , the telephone will be just a telephone no longer — enter the personal communications centre |
| 30 | Here the problem of trespass from neighbouring urban areas can be almost a way of life for some harassed farmers with continual problems of damaged or stolen crops , dumped rubbish , damage to fences , gates and farm buildings and machinery and the worrying of livestock . |