Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] a [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ask away , oh anxious one , for you are lovelier than an aardvark and I can deny you nothing , ’ said the seal , whisking the waves into a fountain with her mighty tail . |
| 2 | You are pretty as a picture and we would not want you drawing attention to yourself , would we ! ’ |
| 3 | To expand on that ; many girls would retain the values of civilisation and would want democracy and order and all that , as Ralph did , and eventually I am sure that a girl or girls would break away , causing a rift in the group , I think that the causes of the rift would be more trivial and the arguments more verbal and less brutally physical than the boys , but girls are capable of a great deal of spite and bitter unforgiveness and if more than one leader-figure emerges , they may later argue . |
| 4 | They are more than a spark but less than a small fire and exporters have high hopes . |
| 5 | I 'm stiff as a board and want to stretch my legs . ’ |
| 6 | Should be more than a bit but I got Marg . |
| 7 | I told Neil I would n't be more than an hour and he gets fussy if I 'm late because of the Whistler . ’ |
| 8 | We were fearful that a halt or a delay would result in other unfortunate occurrences in the Soviet Union . |
| 9 | At Aldridges of Bath recently , for example , auctioneers and saleroom alike were astonished when a Pountney and Allies meat plate , showing a view of Hotwells with the Irish packet St Patrick sailing up the river , sold for £1,600 . |
| 10 | By analogy with other Zechstein carbonate units , it is possible that an oolitic-barrier or reef complex also may have been deposited at the edge of the platform but no evidence of this has been reported so far . |
| 11 | It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools . |
| 12 | It is clear that a baby or a young person is able to grow anatomically and physiologically without hearing stories or reading books . |
| 13 | Advantage : the closet is larger than a pit and therefore lasts longer also it is easy to empty . |
| 14 | That women 's seventy and a day and she 's got the body of a young girl ! |
| 15 | With David Robinson all about how Super Nintendo is better than a Megadrive or Megadrive is better than a Super Nintendo big argument |
| 16 | Other dinosaur track evidence reveals a medium-sized biped weighing about half a ton , seeming to run at 43kph , which is faster than a man but still considerably slower than a racehorse . |
| 17 | One thing you will notice at times when you are watching the barbel is the extraordinary way they flip belly-upwards to take food that is more than a foot or so off bottom . |
| 18 | They are prone to picking up camcorder machine and handling noise and are not very good at recording speech if the source is more than a metre or so away from the camera . |
| 19 | His glorious book is more than a history and more than a 25,000-mile travelogue , although it is also both of those . |
| 20 | ‘ We have proved conclusively that the human is more than a body and a limited intellect . |
| 21 | But the world of the mystic is more than a garden or harvest , we must become the painters and dyers of our thoughts so that our minds will become great landscapes . |
| 22 | Dealing firstly with the question of risk , it is our view that if the balance of medical evidence is that the deterioration will occur , then that is more than a risk and the appropriate course is for the Court to award damages on the basis that it is probable that the deterioration will occur . |
| 23 | But the shaper is more than a surgeon or scientist or sculptor : he does more than repair or re-form : he energizes inert matter , turning a slab of foam into a fibreglass dolphin . |
| 24 | ‘ The Law Society is proud that a solicitor and member of its Council has been chosen for the important post of Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission . |
| 25 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |
| 26 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes , to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |
| 27 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes , to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |
| 28 | Deferred tax should be accounted for to the extent that it is probable that an asset or liability will arise . |
| 29 | Deferred tax should be provided to the extent that it is probable that an asset or liability will arise . |
| 30 | A kick is stronger than a punch and has a much greater reach . |