Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [is] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is our SW regional buyer and is a school teacher . |
| 2 | For the record , the darkened piece of centuries-old wood that is a link with a 1,400-year-old cult is now kept in a safe . |
| 3 | But this conclusion would be quite misleading , since the pattern described is typical of all British sites and is a reflection of the coins circulating in Britain throughout its occupation by the Romans ( fig. 25 ) . |
| 4 | A register is a statutory designated body that is a basis for designating liability , and a list is a source of administrative efficiency for the use of the local authority . |
| 5 | Erm and some place that 's a skiing resort in the winter |
| 6 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 7 | THE UNITED STATES has shelved plans to cut a military road through a pristine Honduran rain-forest that is a staging post for guerilla raids on Nicaragua . |
| 8 | Born deaf , and now aged 30 , Shaw holds diplomas in chemical and electronic engineering and is a person with many hobbies including computer programming , car maintenance , photography squash , travel and reading . |
| 9 | In some ways that is a statement of astonishing banality , for who supposes otherwise ? |
| 10 | He spent some time in the Navy , worked in light engineering and is a watchmaker to trade . |
| 11 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 12 | Each of those subjects is , in fact , a willing volunteer and is an extrovert by nature , and so allows himself to become part of the entertainment . |
| 13 | In addition , Peter Wood , who founded Direct Line and is a director of Royal Bank , is believed to be keen to see the company floated on the stock market . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose you know gypsy women do vulgar dancing that 's a disgrace ? |
| 15 | The exponent n is the Avrami exponent and is an integer which can provide information on the geometric form of the growth . |
| 16 | He is chairman of the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers and is a member of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry . |
| 17 | The former Teesside and District Society for the Blind workshop has been empty for six years and is a magnet for vandals . |
| 18 | Well , that 's , that 's what we 're doing , but I mean , it 's just a lot of its wasted as there is just one little bit on the second page that is a continuation of the client contact . |
| 19 | He has a keen interest in contemporary music and is a founder member of the ensemble Capricorn . |
| 20 | The series 3 , 2 , 1 is known as graphic form and is a time honoured layout for newsprint . |
| 21 | But such a world is vastly more remote from the actual world than is a world in which , when you are sitting reading , you believe that you are . |
| 22 | The first train at 0830 on December 22nd will celebrate the return of steam-hauled passenger trains after 32 years and is an addition especially for the enthusiasts . |
| 23 | This lexicon contains over 70,000 words and is a combination of the Text710 dictionary and words from the ( training ) LOB corpus . |
| 24 | The most popularly accepted story , probably greatly altered since its origins some 300 years ago in 1676 , concerns jealousy , greed , murder , the eternal triangle and every other human emotion that is a foreplay to disaster . |
| 25 | Utopian thought has often been denigrated for its idealism , yet I would argue that , unlike religion , " the sigh of the oppressed creature , the heart of a heartless world … the spirit of a spiritless situation … the opium of the people " ( Marx , Contribution to the Critique of Hegel 's philosophy of Right ) — Utopian thinking represents a conscious attempt to pose historical goals for human action and is a stimulant for action and change " the amphetamine of the people " . |
| 26 | A university education is likely to result in a better-paying job than is a nonuniversity education . |
| 27 | She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’ |
| 28 | This gender difference in mortality is not specific to later life but is a pattern which is observable at all ages ( see Table 3.1 ) . |
| 29 | He is married with three children and is a member of the Felixstowe Ferry golf club . |
| 30 | This pleasure would appear to have been remote from the adult satisfactions mentioned in the previous paragraph and is a manifestation of the ‘ joie de vivre ’ which is at the very heart of the urge for life , which is itself the product of ‘ desire ’ as introduced and discussed in the Second Period . |