Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 Maybe they are only a crime problem and not the crime problem .
2 I am not a taxi driver and I do not have seven Cure albums .
3 ‘ Everyone I meet seems pleased that I am not a merchant banker or barrister from London , ’ he said .
4 I am not a city person and have never lived in a city in my life I represent a rural area , a hunting area , a hunting area erm I believe the terrier men from the some of them live in my area .
5 At Barclays we have responded by creating a specialist team to give expert advice and assistance to people interested in franchising — whether you are already a Barclays customer or not .
6 Lowe says his company went further than its original plans for a 5,000-mile range aircraft because customers wanted it , and that the GV and its performance figures are not a paper exercise or design concept , but a wind-tunnel-proven reality .
7 ‘ We 're not a drugs band and we 're prepared to fight for our beliefs . ’
8 There are also an application development and a manufacturing technology transfer operation : together , the work done by these for third parties account for 10% of the turnover of Montpellier .
9 ‘ I 'm only a rookie boss and no doubt some people will tell me it wo n't work .
10 I 'm not a software expert or anything but I had discovered some interesting loop holes in procedures .
11 And er why he sent for me because I 'm not a shop steward or anything .
12 I 'm not an expert fighter and I did n't know I was going over the top .
13 I 'm already a mountain instructor and have worked at national centres and as a freelance guide .
14 UI will no longer be just a requirements body or a marketing arm for USL .
15 The difficulty is that a recruitment system has to be both a production system and an information system , and this is what makes it so much more complex than personnel records .
16 Section 39 Trustee Act 1925 provides that where a trustee desires to be discharged from the trust and where after his discharge there will be either a trust corporation or at least two individuals to act as trustees , then if the trustee by deed declares that he desires to be discharged and his co-trustees consent , he shall be deemed to have retired from the trust .
17 The numerical score may be either an age equivalent or a standardised score .
18 A I band sizes are frequently a strain characteristic and inter-strain differences can be used , for example , to monitor for genetic contamination ( 16 ) .
19 , William ( 1903–1971 ) , bookmaker , was born in Birmingham 16 July 1903 , the second son and fourth of the eleven children ( there were also a twin son and daughter who died at birth ) of William Hill , journeyman coach-painter , and his wife Lavinia Knight , the daughter of a farmer , who also kept an inn on the border of Warwickshire and Leicestershire .
20 the Longbridge train , were n't a Longbridge train but
21 At the end of the day you are either a sticker person or not a sticker person .
22 And she said er it 's only a lady owner and she knew her and , who lived in Burston , lived not far away so
23 Right now it 's only a technology demo but it 's believed it will be marketed to system OEMs as part of motherboards and CPU daughtercards .
24 Even so , it 's only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so .
25 On page one seven five you 've got how to check the circulation , after you 've put the bandage on to make sure it 's not too tight , it 's not stopping all the blood supply , press a fingernail if there 's only a finger nail and the , it should go white of course if you press it , then the blood should go back and it goes back pink again or an area of er skin , always check your circulation after you 've put your bandage on .
26 IntePlan is basically a diary/database program and although the sample supplied was a self-running demo it certainly seemed attractive .
27 Alan Milburn , Labour 's prospective parliamentary candidate for Darlington said : ‘ People will see that this budget is merely an election bribe and it wo n't wash .
28 Every advertisement has to appear in some advertising medium or other , even if it is only a roadside sign or a newsagent 's window .
29 You see it is only a routine matter and they will not be able to understand why I could n't get you to fill it in .
30 The most dramatic new facility is the blend tool which is not a kitchen utensil but rather a means of modifying one form or colour into another .
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