Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adv] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for Mr Goldin the folly of admitting , even temporarily , as New York 's mayor , Ed Koch , did last year , that , perhaps , in a province with a large pro-British majority , the British are not an occupying army after all . |
| 2 | This is both an interesting topic in itself and a theoretically important one ; for one of the questions I will ask about linguistic reform is what constraints and limitations there might be on its effectiveness . |
| 3 | In practice however , this is generally an unsatisfactory arrangement since the grips damage the metal and cause premature failure at the ends so that the result is unreliable . |
| 4 | This is surely an unsatisfactory way of dealing with these cases , where the degree of emotional disturbance is likely to be no less than that involved in most provocation cases . |
| 5 | This is rather an unusual request . |
| 6 | This is not an absolute necessity , but it will allow any outstanding file transfers to be processed immediately on LIFESPAN startup . |
| 7 | This is not an absolute rule : for example , it may be easier to construe as an offer a price list or catalogue issued by a manufacturer rather than by a wholesaler or retailer . |
| 8 | Of course this is not an absolute distinction , as historical descriptions depend on some kind of theoretical orientation , and theory depends on systematic observation and description of linguistic forms ( otherwise there is nothing to have a theory about ) . |
| 9 | Coal mining imposes costs on others because of subsidence , but this is not an external cost as British Coal is liable to pay compensation . |
| 10 | However , this is not an invariable rule . |
| 11 | This is not an inconsequential item , particularly when in practice many managers doubt the value of producing more elaborate accruals accounts . |
| 12 | This is not an immutable law , but the correlation has been sufficiently demonstrated to be a valuable guide . |
| 13 | But this is not an essential feature of the procedure . |
| 14 | The main trunk lines can be of optical fibre and the secondary links of coaxial cable , but this is not an essential feature of the switched-star system . |
| 15 | This is not an empirical assertion , for if it was it would no doubt sometimes be false and usually impossible to prove one way or the other . |
| 16 | This is not an educated guess , call it a completely uneducated guess , but I have an odd feeling that this is one of your planes , sir — an American plane . |
| 17 | This is not an unreasonable request , unless of course there have been ‘ true ’ representations — eg an information memorandum about the Business — which may well have induced the Purchaser to start negotiations . |
| 18 | This is not an unreasonable provision , and even though the accountant may be an appointee of the landlord , one would expect him to act fairly . |
| 19 | Since some forms of eyedness are apparently under genetic control ( Merrell , 1957 ) this is not an unreasonable suggestion . |
| 20 | This is not an uncommon result of this type of analysis and stresses the difficulty of the craft of the designer , particularly under time pressure . |
| 21 | This is not an uncommon result of this type of analysis and stresses the difficulty of the craft of the designer , particularly under time pressure . |
| 22 | This is not an uncommon pattern with central institutions , but it does strengthen the case for sending the Library 's exhibitions ( in photographic form ) to other parts of Scotland , and possibly to other areas of the City . |
| 23 | This is not an uncommon occurrence because birds of prey have what is known as ‘ tunnel vision ’ — which means that although they can focus with deadly accuracy on the prey straight in front of them , they have difficulty seeing anything outside that direct line of sight . |
| 24 | This is not an uncommon occurrence as the law on calculation of the EDT is becoming even more complex . |
| 25 | This is not an elegant solution . |
| 26 | ( 1.1 ) unc This is not an associative law in the usual binary sense of unc but is analogous in the context of occam 's constructors , which can take an arbitrary finite number of arguments . |
| 27 | ‘ This is not an ordinary acquisition , ’ Dr Smith said yesterday . |
| 28 | This is not an immediate problem in the hectic process of establishing the great new structure . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ he hedged , ‘ as this is not an immediate matter we must speak of it again , ’ and turned away . |
| 30 | In corporate terms it has to be made more dangerous to acquiesce than to dissent and this is not an easy trick to turn . |