Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and is a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is our SW regional buyer and is a school teacher . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He spent some time in the Navy , worked in light engineering and is a watchmaker to trade . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The former Teesside and District Society for the Blind workshop has been empty for six years and is a magnet for vandals . |
| 8 | He has a keen interest in contemporary music and is a founder member of the ensemble Capricorn . |
| 9 | The series 3 , 2 , 1 is known as graphic form and is a time honoured layout for newsprint . |
| 10 | This lexicon contains over 70,000 words and is a combination of the Text710 dictionary and words from the ( training ) LOB corpus . |
| 11 | 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 " . |
| 12 | She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’ |
| 13 | He is married with three children and is a member of the Felixstowe Ferry golf club . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Institute of Geological Sciences was formed by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with the Overseas Geological Surveys and is a constituent body of the Natural Environment Research Council . |
| 16 | This is possibly the most difficult of all skills and is a lifetime 's study . |
| 17 | c Applied to timber it is meant to keep fungi away by killing spores , but it remains active for many years and is a health hazard not only for people in their homes , but also for the workers who make it . |
| 18 | It should be apparent from this overview of some of the major elements of the planning system that it intrudes in many places and is a factor which has to be taken into account at every stage of considering what , if anything , should be done with land or buildings . |
| 19 | The mystery bird is an immature rose-coloured starling which hails from eastern Europe and is a vagrant to Britain . |
| 20 | ‘ Languages of Ireland ’ , which runs from October 12 to 16 , takes as its theme the centenary of the founding of the Gaelic league and is a celebration of the rich diversity that currently exist in Irish writing . |
| 21 | A church was first consecrated there in AD 649 , but the present cathedral dates from the thirteenth century and is a monument to the Split school of architects who gave new life to the Romanesque style in Dalmatia . |
| 22 | If on the other hand residential accommodation is granted for a term at a rent with exclusive possession , the landlord providing neither attendance nor services , the grant is a tenancy ; any express reservation to the landlord of limited rights to enter and view the state of the premises and to repair and maintain the premises only serves to emphasise the fact that the grantee is entitled to exclusive possession and is a tenant . |
| 23 | Here the reward or payoff acts in a negative way and is a form of punishment . |
| 24 | He is a good entertainer and is a chance to see if he can use that as a springboard for a new career . |
| 25 | Illustrated with engravings of chemical apparatus , it went through many editions and is a landmark in the transformation of alchemy , with its strong mystical element , into chemistry as an exact science . |
| 26 | The second fee is known as the initial contribution and is a payment towards the Solicitors ' Compensation Fund . |
| 27 | The difference in alteration between tissue type plasminogen activator antigen and activity , and urokinase type plasminogen activator antigen and activity in columnar epithelial carcinomas has been seen before in colonic neoplasia and is a consequence of the complex regulation mechanism of the activity of both proteases . |
| 28 | The α subunit carries a binding site for cholinergic ligand and is a target for pathogenic autoantibodies in the neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis ( MG ) ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) . |
| 29 | He knows our manuscript room like the palm of his own hand and is a peritus , an expert in Arthurian life . ’ |
| 30 | Fitness was , as ever , a big problem and is a deficiency which will not be easily made up during the Championship . |