Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you are using models a good deal keep a model book with notes on how each one has been used before , what they look particularly well in and any other relevant notes . |
| 2 | It is a status that we give to very few public servants , but we are giving teachers a special status because we realise that their professionalism and commitment are essential to a good teaching service . |
| 3 | This seems to be pitching things a good deal too high , but the current London Film Festival , which continues until Sunday , tends to confirm the impression that 1989 has been a less than vintage year for the movies . |
| 4 | One alternative to the present system of allowances would be to pay councillors a full-time salary . |
| 5 | Councillors decided the broken down buildings , smashed fences and forgotten scrubland were giving passengers a bad impression of the town . |
| 6 | In fact the proposal which he 's promoting needs a three mile new road cutting across the landscape . |
| 7 | Warrington-based NWW , the first of the major water companies to report results , is paying shareholders a total dividend of 21.4p per share . |
| 8 | The aim of the programme is to give students a thorough grounding in the basic rules and patterns of English pronunciation , from the sounds of vowels and consonants to the complexities of stress , intonation , and connected speech . |
| 9 | The aim of this option is to give students a broad understanding of modern and contemporary Europe , with special reference to the process of Western European integration , the main developments in Eastern Europe , and the place of Europe in the wider world . |
| 10 | The easiest way I have found to assess the strength of this group of goals is to give individuals a single sheet of paper and to ask them to write down in five minutes what they hope to achieve in the next five years . |
| 11 | One of the most important rules of interviewing is to give candidates a clear understanding of what the job entails . |
| 12 | And each breach at state level makes it harder to justify the national ban , particularly if banks can show that their presence is giving consumers a better deal . |
| 13 | An obvious ploy is to offer customers a wide range of products . |
| 14 | That should n't take away the value of the announcement : Cognos , a company well regarded as technically sound and with much work on exploiting object-orientation quietly under its belt , is offering users a firm bridge into distributed and client/server computing while preserving their existing applications . |
| 15 | West Bromwich Building Society ( 021-525 7070 ) is offering homebuyers a fixed rate mortgage of 6.99% fixed until 1 January 1996 . |
| 16 | By holding mock interviews you are offering students a valuable learning experience . |
| 17 | This was to give teachers a greater understanding of the dynamics of their classroom and to enable interdepartmental discussion about how the new Humanities course was working . |