Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But while you 're here leave it covered like this and it 's a bit . |
| 3 | There is however considerable interest among some of the younger members in doing this and there is a project that some of us will return to the Talyllyn when it can be arranged . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , the legal position is far from clear and there is a lack of authority on this point . |
| 6 | However , when the market is sharp and clear and there is a need for very strong , talented individuals to fill the position , when the client is looking for someone with outstanding ability to run the business or to be a senior director , then talking to a headhunter may well be the best first step . |
| 7 | But because of the bad experiences , when the drug companies have said for years , trust us , we 've researched it , we 've developed it , you know it 's it passed the F D A rules , and then there 's Atavan and Valium and all the things that we had Halcyon and there 's a horror story at the end of the day . |
| 8 | If either one of us wanted to sleep with other people then that should be OK and it was a question of something we could work out and that would not necessarily break the relationship even if in fact it actually did . |
| 9 | philosophical side of Marxism which is very interesting and there 's a lot of very deep thoughts but what we 've been given your definition , is what I 'd say is the political strategy that Marx said er was necessary to achieve the philosophical ends . |
| 10 | It felt that this was wrong and there was a danger in an over-reliance on voluntary effort . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ But one of the leading consultants said his calcium levels were too high and there was a danger that he might slip into a coma . |
| 13 | He 's kicking 50 years old and it 's a bit manic . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | Sentences tend to be shorter and there is a preponderance of nouns and verbs , with only gradual increase in other parts of speech as children get older . |
| 18 | In Madeira , as in Portugal , poetry is very much alive and popular and there are a number of modern poets who publish occasional volumes of poetry , much of it about Madeira . |
| 19 | Albert Pacey will be leaving the county at a time when there are two unsolved murders , the crime rate is soaring and there 's a staffing crisis . |
| 20 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 21 | European pistes are becoming more and more overcrowded and there is a move away from the endless queues for the ski-lifts . |
| 22 | Tabulation is a crude method so the answer using that is slightly different and there is a range of possible transfer prices rather than a single accurate one . |
| 23 | They started pecking one another and it was a job to get them stopped . |
| 24 | They know what areas they 've got to cover in maths or English and it 's a question of their motivation . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Some theorists feel that the : is too imprecise and there is a need to state the nature of a relationship , not just to signal its existence . |
| 27 | nice and really warm and there 's a sweater dress and a jumper and |
| 28 | Outside it was foggy and dark , but the room was bright and warm and there was a bottle of good whisky on the table . |
| 29 | Its herdbook was formed in 1892 and there was a breed society from 1920 to 1938 but it was reconstructed from a few remaining individuals , with the result that there was considerable inbreeding and a particularly popular bull , widely used for his whiteness , was later found to have spread a serious genetic defect ( hypoplasia ) correlated to the degree of whiteness . |
| 30 | The door to this chamber is bolted from the outside and there is a Ward of Forbiddance spell cast upon the door . |