Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] [is] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elaine is too modest to admit that , but it is clear that she 's a woman with a special style all of her own . |
| 2 | If we had included more papers in the sample the coverage might have appeared more dense , but nevertheless it is clear that it is a minority of unusual cases which get most press exposure . |
| 3 | I wish to make it clear that it is a safety net clause which follows on similar provisions made for the telecommunications , electricity and water industries . |
| 4 | on the Children 's tape , although the first sentence inside makes it clear that it 's a leaflet for children/young people . |
| 5 | 12 ALTHOUGH he is an Italian , created by a Japanese , a recent New York Times editorial said : ‘ Not having a Nintendo is like not having a baseball bat . ’ |
| 6 | will er the the younger people will be encouraged to start to accept this and it is a change in our thinking , that it , I find it difficult as well . |
| 7 | But while you 're here leave it covered like this and it 's a bit . |
| 8 | By snubbing Napoleon III , Bismarck made the provocative nature of his policy quite clear and it is a measure of how confident he felt that he scarcely bothered to conceal it . |
| 9 | But if the polls are wrong and it 's a fight to the finish , the verdict may not be known until the West Coast results are in . |
| 10 | It 's old Jackdaw 's — a thousand years old if it 's a day . ’ |
| 11 | He 's kicking 50 years old and it 's a bit manic . ’ |
| 12 | That 's a dog lost from Bulwell on Sunday morning it 's a Jack Russell with er long hair it 's white and black and it 's twelve years old and it 's a bitch , seven five two seven nine O if er you can help there . |
| 13 | Stuart was only 17 years old and it is a tribute to his strength and personality that he was still conscious when the rescue team arrived , one and a half hours after I left him to go for help . |
| 14 | Henry Stalwort , forty-five if he 's a day ; two daughters , one nearly as old as our Jessie . |
| 15 | Billed as the Wedgwood Group Carnival Day 1993 and It 's A Knockout , one of the main attractions will include a pottery antiques roadshow with valuations by expert Peter Williams , author of ‘ Wedgwood — A Collector 's Guide ’ . |
| 16 | They know what areas they 've got to cover in maths or English and it 's a question of their motivation . |
| 17 | ‘ We are happy to do this but it is a struggle to meet our debt . |
| 18 | Agnew and Hill combining to get is clear but it 's a corner and that cross caused real problems to Leicester . |
| 19 | It is also fair to say , and I must be up front about this because it is a matter of it is probably the most sensitive aspect of this whole debate , is about B eight warehousing and distribution . |
| 20 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 21 | Harry is a King penguin — he 'll look like this when he 's an adult . |
| 22 | Deep sea fishing off the island 's coast is as popular as it is a challenge , with plenty of record-breaking specimens of sailfish , marlin or tuna to be hooked . |
| 23 | The one on test here is a bit different as it 's a Windows product . |
| 24 | ? It 's not an animal , but it 's just possible that it 's a dog . |
| 25 | It is clear that a gift can amount to a potentially exempt transfer if it is an outright gift to an individual or it is a gift to an accumulation and maintenance trust or indeed it is a gift to a trust under which the beneficiary has an interest in possession . |
| 26 | For instance , there is no superordinate for the nouns knife , fork and spoon : that , there is no X such that It 's a knife , It 's a fork and It 's a spoon all entail It 's an X . |
| 27 | ‘ We are fortunate that ours is a man of genuine , first-rate scholarship . ’ |
| 28 | Although I do not know Charles well , I am convinced that he is a gentleman . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Mrs Lavender is convinced that it 's an infatuation that will pass once they leave here . ’ |
| 30 | The tone of these programmes tends to be relentlessly promotional , but the occasional clip might be useable and it 's a source worth investigating if you are short of materials . |