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

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1 Yeah but you know what I mean dad , it 's only a seaside thing is n't it ?
2 You just wan na measure the volt , it 's just a test meter is n't it ?
3 I think there 's just a Registry Office is n't there ?
4 Yeah , let's kick some ass man , what do they call a blow job cos , it 's not a blow job is it ?
5 He 's not a stud dog is he ?
6 Where what is now a carriage museum was once a woollen mill where the red shirts for Garibaldi 's army were made .
7 The thing is this is n't a credit card is it ?
8 Well it is n't a bus service is it , you know ?
9 The only control that is n't a membrane switch is the parameter change dial , which BOSS refer to as the ‘ Shuttle Dial ’ .
10 This is where a phase book is most important .
11 I suppose the , the example of that is where a house wall was pushed in by the , the mass that was thronging outside the Brunwick gates .
12 Probably the most studied biolayer is where an enzyme layer is used over an electrochemical transducer , producing an enzyme electrode .
13 The pillowcase on what was obviously a chair cushion was also presumably his .
14 One dog who was already a UK champion was exported to Ireland : Ch. and Irish Ch.
15 But this was just a game , and before some one points out that the stock market is itself just a game ( for somewhat privileged people ) , I should add that this was just a family game being marketed in Sheffield for Christmas .
16 Whether an equivalent car would be made available to a company secretary who was not a family member is a question of fact — perhaps depending on the size of the company and customs in the particular trade .
17 They are part of a captive market , for every other outlet in what was once a shopping promenade is now burned out , abandoned or both .
18 Anyone who was n't a wheels-on railwayman was demonstrably stupid .
19 TIME was when a slide rule was the ultimate in classroom one-upmanship , but these days , it seems , no pupil should be without his , or her , robot .
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