Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must have been rich then a couple of years ago ? |
| 2 | Even so , I suspect that the visit of Pope next month would n't have been possible even a couple of decades ago . |
| 3 | As far as much of the rest of the world is concerned , we 're all just a bunch of queers . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're all just a bunch of crazies , ’ being one of them . |
| 5 | In Chapter 1 we argued that conscious awareness , the images and representations that people use to communicate with each other and the various forms of deliberate planning and foresight which they use are all partly a result of the myriad social relationships in which they are caught up , and partly a product of deep-rooted instincts and emotions . |
| 6 | If the leadership of educational institutions is to be effective then a number of fundamental changes are needed . |
| 7 | LEFT Home computers were unheard-of only a couple of decades ago ; now they have become routine magic' . |
| 8 | is that an Orkney way of doing it or is that just a sort of male thing ? |
| 9 | An alternative approach is to measure share price changes ; prices at any given time reflect the market 's estimate of future performance and if it is assumed that this estimate is reliable then a comparison of ‘ before and after ’ figures should provide an accurate guide to the change in earning potential brought about by merger . |
| 10 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 11 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 12 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
| 13 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 14 | Is this merely a definition of the limits of a gratuitous promise ( as in Thomas v Thomas , infra ) or is it an offer to contract , the consideration being P's forbearance from marriage ? |
| 15 | Or is this perhaps a product of the over-excited brain of a middle-aged and somewhat disparaged poet , when he finds that his ignored , his arcane , his deviously perspicuous meanings , which he thought not meanings , since no one appeared able to understand them , had after all one clear-eyed and amused reader and judge ? |
| 16 | It is all largely a matter of trial and error to find the string that will suit you best . |
| 17 | If it is all just a matter of philosophy , then anyone can voice an opinion on it , and there may be differing views of what ‘ humanity ’ consists of behind it all . |
| 18 | It is all really a matter of manual dexterity and self-confidence . |
| 19 | Was that quite a kind of regular thing ? |
| 20 | Now , now you were saying before your father er was unemployed quite a lot of the time during your childhood erm did he actually get any Unemployment Benefit while he was on the dole ? |
| 21 | Helen replied enigmatically that it was all just a question of experience . |
| 22 | It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in . |