Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | In some ways that is a statement of astonishing banality , for who supposes otherwise ? |
| 3 | I have been extremely interested in the youth of Shropshire for many years and I try to express this by such activities as being a confirmation catechist , working with young adults with physical and mental disabilities and also attending a week 's work experience at Dehon House . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The former Teesside and District Society for the Blind workshop has been empty for six years and is a magnet for vandals . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It got rid of nationalised monopolies that were a drain on taxpayers , allowed the people to own them and ensured services improved . |
| 8 | This lexicon contains over 70,000 words and is a combination of the Text710 dictionary and words from the ( training ) LOB corpus . |
| 9 | She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’ |
| 10 | This is not to deny that random changes are not automatically beneficial , but the direction towards improvement comes from natural selection ; i.e. from genetic changes that were an aid to survival . |
| 11 | He is married with three children and is a member of the Felixstowe Ferry golf club . |
| 12 | The Plaza Girls , a troupe of tall dancers that were an instant hit with the public . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This is possibly the most difficult of all skills and is a lifetime 's study . |
| 15 | He had visited many nations and was a Greek not only in language , but in soul . |
| 16 | Erm and in due course , they are hoping , that body is hoping to extend not just to independent schools but to all schools and be a design and technology education association for all schools . |
| 17 | In these novels , ‘ history ’ no longer ( as in the past ) provides illusory certainties nor is a gallery of misleading models ; but neither is it a moment of critical verification or problematical comparison . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sir Edward Bailey 's lucid explanation of these deposits was that the boulders ( up to more than loo feet long ) fell from a submarine fault scarp , probably triggered by earthquakes which also produced the clastic dykes that are a feature of the sections . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Frankly one of your a hundred and forty pounds because at a hundred and forty thousand pounds that is an insult |
| 22 | The point is surely that the properties of being good and being yellow are not complex properties as being a horse is , which is ( we may take him to be supposing ) a matter of having a whole lot of simpler properties , such as having a certain sort of head , a certain sort of tail , and so forth . |
| 23 | They passed four months just wandering about the countryside , pitching their tent , swimming in the numberless ponds that are a feature of the land , and living off game they shot , chickens they snatched , and hand-outs from the rejoic-ing peasants . |
| 24 | They need better leisure facilities , certainly , but given current trends that 's a market we ought to be considering anyway . |
| 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 peasants ' allotments were significantly smaller than those they had used before Emancipation ; the ‘ cut-offs ’ withheld by landlords were particularly large in the fertile black-earth regions and were a source of intense and lasting bitterness . |
| 27 | He has five older sisters and is an uncle six times over . |
| 28 | And if they want to exercise those prejudices that 's a matter for them . |
| 29 | He and his board have identified the main problem of Italian fairs as being a lack of buyer confidence in the vetting procedures . |
| 30 | Once both hands are across , the feet will inevitably follow , smearing cautiously on another of those rounded breaks that are a trademark hereabouts . |