Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apartments themselves are spacious with a separate bedroom , lounge with sofa-bed , a fully equipped kitchenette as well as a shower , bath , wc and balcony . |
| 2 | He had been an unsuccessful amateur jockey some fifteen years ago and had then been assistant to a leading jump trainer in Lambourn . |
| 3 | In view of the diversity of the environment , the variations in cultural , social and political organisation as well as rapid population growth , there is an overwhelming need for development and management plans that are practicable at a local level , are politically acceptable to all Himalayan nations and are equally beneficial to those extra-Himalayan regions that are affected by intra-Himalayan policies . |
| 4 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 5 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 6 | For example , nearly all locations on the south coast of England are hopeless in a northerly wind . |
| 7 | These are such things as jealousy ( like my experiences of it ) and also if you are friendly with a popular person , they may not have enough time to get to know you as they are too absorbed in other friends . |
| 8 | His own money has been hard-earned as a shrewd farmer and dealer , with timing on his side as the property market hit a peak in the late 1980s . |
| 9 | In general , brand names have been excluded from the text , except where products are unique or where instructions are specific to a particular manufacturer 's product . |
| 10 | Saying that we should teach terms for discourse types and encourage students to use them raises the issue of whether these types are specific to a particular culture . |
| 11 | And if skills associated with the new technology are specific to a particular occupation rather than to a firm , why should either employer or employee prefer a long-term contract with one employer rather than a consultancy contract for a particular piece of work ? |
| 12 | Data , information and expertise are domain specific , ie they are specific to a particular application . |
| 13 | If you have been guilty of a fundamental breach of your obligations under the contract , you will , of course , have been lawfully dismissed and therefore entitled to no compensation . |
| 14 | Unless stated to the contrary , all rotary generations in these examples are clockwise on a rectilinear grid . |
| 15 | However , unplanned readmissions that are due to a new disease are not necessarily suggestive of poor care . |
| 16 | The results are due to a regular structuring of an individual 's life-style ; they are a reflection of the regularity of our habits rather than of some body clock . |
| 17 | He believes all his accidents are due to a cosmic conspiracy . |
| 18 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 19 | Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively . |
| 20 | The spinelets are low with a wide base and a trifid or rugose crown . |
| 21 | The best Javanese coffees are strong with a fine acidity that is hardly noticeable . |
| 22 | To the extent that we do this I believe we are guilty of a modern form of syncretism which is of necessity unsatisfactory . |
| 23 | We are grateful for a flysheet-pitch-first tent in the Tromsdalen campsite and as we work speedily on its erection , the man in the camp reception hut watches us through the windows . |
| 24 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 25 | Some of the scenes in the film of people at play are almost comical now because of their seriousness , though harsh lights and cameras could hardly have been conducive to a relaxed atmosphere . |
| 26 | If you have a few grey hairs and want to blend them in , lowlights are subtle with a natural result . |
| 27 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 28 | FAMILY SIZE — Though , in other contexts , it may refer to the size of the family ( i.e. the number of family members ) , in connection with fertility studies it usually denotes the number of live births to a woman ( sometimes only those children who are alive at a given time , e.g. at the time of the observation ) . |
| 29 | However , the essential contrast between those who are alive in a real sense — the three escapees — and those who are either dead but alive ( the zombies ) or alive but dead ( the soldiers and Logan ) is maintained . |
| 30 | The massive transportation of goods by air would not have been possible without a faster method of documenting shipments . |