Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child can only be placed under the supervision of a probation officer if the local authority request this and there is already a probation officer working with another member of the household ( Sched 3 , para 9(2) ) . |
| 2 | It 's rather oily and it 's quite a a dense liquid . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's extremely unsafe and it 's only a matter of time before someone is badly hurt . ’ |
| 4 | For once she was early and there were only a handful of girls in the yard , all stamping their feet and huddling in their cloaks to keep out the bitter cold . |
| 5 | I felt really down when the baby was due and there 's still a sense of loss . ’ |
| 6 | The aims and objectives of all experiments were not always formulated as clearly as possible and there was sometimes a tendency for instrumentation to be set up in the hope that a specific problem would arise once measurements were obtained . |
| 7 | Two of three women with adenocarcinoma had accumulated more than 45 pack years each and one was also a heavy drinker . |
| 8 | general studies and that 's , you know , er she 's n not randy in that but she 's knows all the all the interesting bit , I du n no we have her for erm , yeah for that and she 's quite a laugh and she does n't take any shit from the boys at all . |
| 9 | I give you that and it 's probably a big mistake . |
| 10 | Because the ruler takes on such an exalted role , his power is unchallengeable and he is therefore a despot . |
| 11 | It is all very costly and there is sometimes a limited choice of what is available for your client to sponsor that makes economic sense and will attract media and consumer attention . |
| 12 | They are all exclusive to Club 18–30 and there 's always a really lively atmosphere day and night . |
| 13 | Both are effective and it 's really a matter of personal preference which you choose . |
| 14 | By that stage , the stadium will have a capacity of 67,500 and there is already a match against South Africa scheduled for November 1994 . |
| 15 | There is , in fact , an organisation in France that runs world championships for the speedsail , where tactics are unimportant and it is just a matter of courage as speeds of up to 50mph . |
| 16 | It started to make er a bit of a horrible noise around the ten second mark and from there it was aborted immediately , erm the sledgehammer was handy and it was just a matter of seconds after that . |
| 17 | The new wood models are more refined and there 's also a 12-string model which has got a monstrous range . ’ |
| 18 | Now I 'm seventy-seven and I 'm hardly a day older . ’ |
| 19 | They look rather sickly and there is rather a lot of black dust on the leaves and fruits . |
| 20 | Staff got frazzled , speakers got angry and there was almost a fist fight between some of my colleagues and the lighting technicians . |
| 21 | is automatically void and it is then a pure question of severance as to whether or not |
| 22 | For the early Free Presbyterians , who had joined the Church when it was still small and there was still a great deal of personal contact between Paisley and his followers , there was a strong personal commitment to Paisley 's political analyses because they had come to trust and respect his judgement and ability as a spiritual leader . |
| 23 | According to a married 35-year-old credit manager : ‘ At our school we were all approaching our 16th birthdays and it was like anyone who reaches 16 and he 's still a virgin — what a nancy . |
| 24 | My approach and preparation are slower and I am also a different person mentally . |
| 25 | Ways of retreat from this point are various and there is even a metal ring — I hesitate to say bolt — to facilitate an abseil. the able can reverse the climbs on the pinnacle 's short side and the crazy always have the option of hobbling away with a sprained ankle after ‘ successfully ’ negotiating Cook 's Leap , the jump across the gully to the main edge ! |
| 26 | Only in the last few years have real efforts been made to equalize provision for different groups of the disabled and there is still a long way to go before we can claim to have adequate social security in this area . |
| 27 | She was being so ghastly and there was probably a very good reason for those locked rooms , if only he would tell her what they were . |
| 28 | This time I 'm seeing a woman , who is more of a therapist than an analyst ; I prefer this because the sessions are more conversational and practical and there is even a certain amount of role playing . |
| 29 | THE sigh always comes first and it 's always a loud one . |
| 30 | It sailed a sea painted sky-blue and there was even a figure with eyes and a mouth in a crow's-nest smaller than an acorn . |