Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] be [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the success of this lesson has to do with more than structure ( indeed , I am not suggesting that structure is all a teacher needs to know about ! ) . |
| 2 | The shows that year were such a success with holiday-makers and residents that they continued to produce entertainment there for twenty-five years . |
| 3 | How canst thou tell people that sin is such a thing , and that so much misery is upon them and before them and be no more affected with it ? |
| 4 | Few agencies now have the time or the staff to train new entrants in specialist skills , and research is such a skill . |
| 5 | ‘ It would n't matter if you were at home and lunch was half an hour late . |
| 6 | The persons solicited in this way reacted with annoyance , perhaps indicating that they supposed that they were being solicited for the purposes of prostitution ( the magistrates having found as a fact that ‘ it would be impossible for anyone so touted or solicited without enquiry to appreciate the purpose of the solicitation , and that a solicitation for this purpose in the circumstances of time and place was such an affront that it might provoke a breach of the peace . ’ ) |
| 7 | GLOOM and doom are all the rage in Eastern Europe . |
| 8 | If sexuality is such a liberator why are there so few revolutionaries ? |
| 9 | Madness and Civilization was such a study , but the assumption that it was possible simply to lift the repression and to let otherness speak for itself was questioned by Derrida in his well-known critique , ‘ Cogito and the History of Madness ’ . |
| 10 | Changing classrooms from solely competitive places to ones where all pupils can learn the vital skills of co-operation and collaboration is such an instance . |
| 11 | Lingerie that doubles as clothing is all the rage : a bustier under a suit ; a bra as a bikini . |