Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [adj] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we can be fairly confident , as a starting-point , that Rizzio , Darnley and Bothwell , chief actors in the drama of the last two years of her personal rule , are at best only a part of the explanation . |
| 2 | There is after all not a lot that sets franchise outlets apart from other businesses . |
| 3 | It seems reasonable that they should share the cost of what is after all only a system of humane debt collection acting on their behalves . |
| 4 | I return again to the point that I made originally — why is it that this vulnerable , waif-like , often frighteningly naive girl who always speaks her mind — but is after all only a pop singer — is taken seriously at all ? |
| 5 | As more than half the population do not pay income tax this is at best only a half-truth . |
| 6 | Whatever the official view of police work , to those on the ground , it was above all else a job . |
| 7 | when I was in that nearly a fortnight . |
| 8 | The occasion of the most recent serious attempt was in 1968 when a Bill designed to further limit the power of the Lords received a second reading in the House of Commons but it foundered . |
| 9 | Okay and erm when Dennis was on okay about a week ago |