Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [is] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gamma Virginis or Arich is also a binary ; the identical components can be split with almost any telescope , though not with binoculars ( they are much less wide apart now than they used to be 50 years ago , and the separation is decreasing steadily ) . |
| 2 | First , it should be understood that Skymaster is simply a part of Prestel . |
| 3 | It is also now doubted that Pluto is really a planet at all , although , ironically , astronomers believe they have discovered a ‘ tenth planet ’ named Planet X. In addition some scientists believe the Sun , like many other stars in the galaxy , may be part of a binary system and have a twin . |
| 4 | One explanation for the link with food intolerance runs as follows : although Candida is normally a yeast ( individual egg-shaped cells ) , it can convert to a hyphal form ( tiny threads , as described above ) in certain circumstances . |
| 5 | O'Donnell was keen to correct the impression that Harris is primarily a defence contractor , citing its $1,700m US Air Traffic Control system past . |
| 6 | After meeting with Klibi on July 21 Shaikh Sabah appeared optimistic of a peaceful settlement , stating that " what is between the brothers in Iraq and Kuwait is merely a summer cloud which will go away " . |
| 7 | The Berlin Wall came down the year before , but John Major is not Prime Minister yet and EuroDisney is still a building site . |
| 8 | Well because I thought Paris was better for her , cos Romeo 's just a going killing people and especially her cousin . |
| 9 | The differences between what is eaten in the richer countries of the northern hemisphere and what is eaten in much of Asia and Africa is now a commonplace ; it was already becoming visible . |
| 10 | who 's probably the orthodox first at position a yard or two behind Jack Russell and Gooch is probably a yard in front of Jack Russell at second slip and Lewis a foot or two up on him at third . |
| 11 | Maintaining the appearance of the civilised centre fighting the savage margins ( and Europe is still a margin for some ) displaces any confrontation of potential savagery at the centre , and the anxieties that raises . |
| 12 | Although the orang-utan of Sumatra and Borneo is primarily a fruit-eater , it takes a wide variety of foods including leaves , young shoots , flowers , pith and bark and occasionally mineral-rich soil , insects and possibly small vertebrates and birds eggs . |
| 13 | ‘ Simon Osborn is like a choirboy , Gareth Southgate is a clean , fresh player , Bowry is only 9st 7lb , and Ndah is still a youth player . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you , Mr Oak , ’ replied Mrs Hurst , ‘ but Bathsheba is only a visitor here . |
| 15 | But IRAS is only a survey telescope , with simple detectors and a planned lifetime of around seven months , during which its main task is to sweep the entire sky and catalogue the sources it finds . |
| 16 | But DataEase is definitely a class act that deserves its position . |
| 17 | Erm of which there , of course is erm impeccable logic er you might think well there are n't any coal mines in Didcot , which of course there are n't , but Didcot is actually a railway junction as I mentioned and in fact it 's on the main line from the midlands erm and they can get coal in from the Midlands very easily er it 's on the main line er also from South Wales and they 're getting co getting coal from , from er South Wales in the days when they built Didcot power station they still had coal m m mines in South Wales , so this was an obvious place to locate a large coalfired power station . |
| 18 | It 's hard driven , but Tommy is unmistakeably a jazz drummer , very crisp and energetic and clearly leading the group . |
| 19 | Because Kikkoman is undoubtedly a drop more natural . |
| 20 | If I were pedantic I would have to exclude it from my description of the Basque country , because Sauveterre is definitely a Béarnais and not a Basque town ; but it is close to the edge of Basse-Navarre , and worth a visit , so I shall rope it in here . |
| 21 | He knows that the West would still not send its troops to help rebellious East Europeans , because Russia is still a superpower . |
| 22 | Now , a true Brit like Brian may delude himself that this is of no great consequence since Scotland is just a part of Britain and no different from a region of England . |
| 23 | What falls less easily into place is the judgment about relative importance , urgency , contemporary relevance , nearness to reality ; because Raskolnikov comes over as a very grand and accessible conception , a nineteenth-century bohemian Hamlet was one way of putting it , whereas Verkhovensky is just a wrecker . |
| 24 | While SUGA is mainly a group for social events and self-help , the local carers officer , help members to plan sessions on careers guidance for the 50 or so members . |