Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That must have been the only man ever to get no points three times in a row . |
| 2 | D Vincent of Glastonbury and Stefan Ellis of Pontcanna , Cardiff are the fortunate duo soon to receive a 65 litre Profile 2 rucksack retailing for £140 . |
| 3 | While they were first with the obituary column — I think we 're the only publication ever to offer a free service . |
| 4 | Publishing the old figures compiled from Job Centres , said Mr Hibbert , alongside the new ones might have been a good idea just to show how misleading the old ones had been . |
| 5 | These corals look pretty disgusting when they shed mucus , and I ca n't be the only person ever to throw out a perfectly healthy specimen thinking that it was decomposing ! |
| 6 | With strategies like these for saving the day , it had to be a hardy individual indeed to do what Solly tried . |
| 7 | This can be a good opportunity also to make the final consumer curious . ’ |
| 8 | Given the requirement that medical evidence has to be served with the proceedings , and given the long waiting lists that now apply for very senior surgeons , it might be a good idea either to get an initial report from the treating surgeon or to use one of the independent physicians mentioned above . |
| 9 | Does he further agree that it would be a grave injustice indeed to put swingeing extra taxes on the savings of these people as a result of the profligacy of socialism ? |
| 10 | It might be a whole lot safer to keep thoughts of Ryan very firmly in her head . |
| 11 | Outer London authorities were mostly likely to report a decrease in allocation of money : only Wales and Northern Ireland uniformly reported no decreases , while Northern Ireland authorities were the only group uniformly to report an increase in expenditure . |
| 12 | Amstrad is the only company also to appear in the return on capital bottom 10 . |
| 13 | Karl Lagerfeld , as the presenter of a talk show said recently , is the only German ever to have conquered Paris without weapons . |
| 14 | BELFAST motor cycle dealer Ernie Coates holds a race record — he 's the only man ever to lap the Isle of Man TT course at over 100mph on a solo machine as well as on a sidecar outfit . |
| 15 | We 've established that 's a nice table there to tell you . |
| 16 | Villagers have contributed an average of three pounds each towards the video camera scheme , most say that 's a small price indeed to pay for some added peace of mind . |
| 17 | It 's a curious thing suddenly to find oneself walking . |
| 18 | then it 's a good idea just to do another one and make sure . |
| 19 | You must get the lecturer 's permission to record and use the recording and it 's a good idea too to find out in advance what aids will be used . |
| 20 | it 's a terrible mistake just to say that the government 's fault and they should give us more money . |
| 21 | It is no small matter then to suggest that western religious thought , which has been so fundamental to western culture , has been ideologically loaded against women . |
| 22 | Both Historie and Geschichte may be translated as ‘ history ’ , and both historisch and geschichtlich as ‘ historical ’ ; and there is no easy way directly to represent in English the contrast he drew between them . |
| 23 | For it is characteristic of an agnostic to hold that the existence of a god is a possibility in which there is no good reason either to believe or disbelieve ; and it is characteristic of an atheist to hold that it is at least probable that no god exists . |
| 24 | While there is no legal requirement actually to carry out those test , it is clearly a good way of ensuring that products comply . |
| 25 | Modern secateurs are now so good , however , that professional opposition to them has virtually disappeared , and it is a rare sight indeed to see a knifesman carefully honing the curved blade with his special fine-grained carborundum stone , invariably kept in an oilskin tobacco pouch in his apron pocket . |
| 26 | It is a strange sight now to see vegetables growing on the pure white substrate . |
| 27 | Also , a Get 'em result will only result in fighting between Mobs if there is a suitable target nearby to attack . |
| 28 | It is a good idea actually to write out in simple words the points that need to be made . |
| 29 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
| 30 | It is a good time now to buy is n't it ? |