Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [is] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make such an abstraction is to remove oneself to so rarefied a plane that the object of one 's interrogation becomes an eternal category and is therefore a pointless exercise . |
| 2 | It occupies a long trench caused by a geological fault and is over a thousand feet deep , a much greater depth than the sea into which it debouches . |
| 3 | Porlock is not only famous for its steep hill but is also a superb centre for touring Exmoor . |
| 4 | The place of coal in the NEP appears to be to generate electricity instead of oil , although whether it has a long-term future in this rôle or is merely a useful stopgap is unclear . |
| 5 | Katsaris 's third reissue offers a Schumann recital : Kinderszenen , which has an affectionate poetic feel but is also a touch wilful ; a strongly characterized Waldszenen ; and most successful of all , Albumblätter which ends the recital impressively . |
| 6 | Mr Sangster 's filly Musicale overcame several obstacles to retain her unbeaten record in yesterday 's Gainsborough Stud Fred Darling Stakes and is now a best-priced 6–1 favourite for the 1,000 Guineas on April 30 , although Coral 's reacted extremely cautiously by offering just 3–1 . |
| 7 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
| 8 | ‘ It is an eight-page booklet and is basically a plan to improve the canal and river corridors . ’ |
| 9 | There is good evidence from the old literature and more recent studies to show that single dose treatment is highly effective in this context and is also a useful guide as to how to manage the woman for the remainder of the pregnancy . |
| 10 | But the most exciting use of media occurs in Head of an Oriental in Profile by Castiglione which distantly seems like one of Leonardo da Vinci 's ink-blot games but is actually a monotype — Castiglione 's personal innovations . |
| 11 | If you 're looking for the perfect Valentine 's prezzie for your perfect man that 's just a bit different check these out ! |
| 12 | It takes its name from Betchworth Castle , a medieval mansion that was altered in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries but is now a ruin . |
| 13 | Lambeth — whose leader , Joan Twelves , resigned this week — has been run notoriously badly by a Labour-controlled council and is almost a byword for filth and incompetence . |
| 14 | Indeed it is used , in 26 of its 27 occurrences , literally ; in the other case , " The highway of the upright is to depart from evil " ( Prov 16.17 ) , we have the impression that the metaphor is freshly minted for the occasion , and there can be little question that is typically a literal road . |
| 15 | If the more rural areas show up on the whole slightly better than the more populous places that is perhaps a feature that occurs in other aspects of Scottish life ; and let the indwellers in those backward centres of population not repine . |
| 16 | This method has been successfully conducted by many researchers and is now a routine method in our laboratory . |
| 17 | Many of the in-house executive recruitment and search people are paid only relatively modestly and in many cases that is unfortunately a fair reflection of their ability . |
| 18 | The school is situated in the Garden District of Santa Cruz ( pop 195,000 ) , a city of contrasts which retains much of its colonial charm and is only a short drive away from the nightlife of the resort of Puerto de la Cruz . |
| 19 | Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell . |
| 20 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 21 | Mexico has a long culinary history and is therefore a must for any travelling cook . |
| 22 | To provide a dramatic contrast that is also a unity , the sun must be truly dominant and its satellites must be a family that shares a common property of shape and size : just like an atom or a solar system . |
| 23 | The hamlet of Castle , a mile South of Lostwithiel , has also been suggested as the site of the palace from which Iseult watched for her Tristan across what were then tidal waters but is now a small stream . |
| 24 | This statement of the legal base has always been important to the European Court , because it helps situate a measure in its legislative context and is thus a valuable aid to the schematic method of interpretation . |
| 25 | Jill ( see front page ) is Lizzie 's second surviving daughter and is now a little over two years old . |
| 26 | A particularly interesting pair of variables to which to apply this is provided by the energy E and the time t : unc At first sight this is a puzzling relation , because time is not quite an observable property of a system in the normal sense but is rather a parameter marking when an observation is made . |
| 27 | It is a measure of success , not in the commercial sense of the word but an exploration into just why The Smiths connect with so many and whether that connection invokes a solid and lasting influence or is simply a mere fad . |
| 28 | So when they see an apparent egg that is really a stone , the fact of its being a stone ( not that they have found a stone on the beach , say , which happens to look just like an egg ) swamps their judgement ; similarly when they see a white card changing colour — the blueness is salient not the fact that it started white . |
| 29 | It is based on cattle from the six Dales counties of northern England and is specifically a milking breed rather than dual-purpose . |
| 30 | The expression for dva can be written compactly as where is defined by All the vectors v , da , and db appearing in ( 7.2 ) are quite arbitrary ; dv is the difference between local vectors at the same place and is also a vector . |