Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [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 Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future .
7 ‘ It is an eight-page booklet and is basically a plan to improve the canal and river corridors . ’
8 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 .
9 If you 're looking for the perfect Valentine 's prezzie for your perfect man that 's just a bit different check these out !
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell .
14 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 .
15 Mexico has a long culinary history and is therefore a must for any travelling cook .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Jill ( see front page ) is Lizzie 's second surviving daughter and is now a little over two years old .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 However , it can not be proved or disproved in any final way and is unavoidably a political statement .
24 The pool area is an ideal spot for soaking up that golden tan and is only a short step to the beach .
25 Of course drugs is , is one of the wonderful examples that the very thing that Katherine was talking about , something that was n't there in the beginning and that has been produced by modern technology and is now a big problem , but is not a problem to Australian Aborigines because they do n't have any drugs er to speak of , of course now they do and alcohol is a terrible problem with Australian Aborigines I talked to David McKnight about it .
26 The historic cost is the result of a past decision and is therefore a sunk cost and irrelevant in decision-making .
27 So if you have a cold starter and dessert and a main course that is either a one-pot meal , like a casserole , or a roast , where the oven temperature can be adjusted to cope with delays in starting , then you should avoid disasters .
28 Hoare Govett is a leading UK institutional stockbroker that is now a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Bank , the largest bank in Holland .
29 She was transferred to the department last October by Mr Newing after making her formal complaint and is now a detective .
30 Oct-11b has diverged at 10 nucleotides in a total of 90 within the POU specific domain compared with the structural gene and is therefore a clearly distinct but related sequence ( Figure 8 ) .
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