Example sentences of "[prep] [num] is [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lotus marketing manager , Neil Hudspeth , says , ‘ considering there is n't a fully operating Alpha system out there yet , the next generation of 1–2-3 is still a twinkle in the eye . ’ |
| 2 | The father of ten is now a figurehead to thousands . |
| 3 | His first volume of poems published in 1764 is essentially a tribute to the gardening skills of his patron , William Shenstone . |
| 4 | The inclusion of this explicit provision in 1977 is undoubtedly a result of the experience of twentieth-century conflicts that the prohibition of attacks on the civilian population is ineffective unless it explicitly includes reprisals , and it therefore constitutes a highly significant development of international law . |
| 5 | One British worker in four is now a part-timer . |
| 6 | Also , if a woman at twenty-six is still a virgin it suggests she is not an overemotional type . |