Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [conj] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tang is shy and hides a lot and has recently started to look a bit tatty and pale in colour , although he feeds well . |
| 2 | I 'm sure that 's right and includes a lot of interest as well |
| 3 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 4 | I enjoyed ‘ Futility ’ very much as it is poem with a message for all people and like most of Wilfred Owen 's poems it is timeless and has a meaning not only for the first World War but for wars to come . |
| 5 | We would n't have got on to it except it happened to be a post office where the little old lady is careful and takes a note of the numbers of anything over a fiver . |
| 6 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 7 | Sometimes it 's quicker than buyin' a pack of fags in the pub . ’ |
| 8 | This imparts a rhythm to the neck even when it is straight and gives a sense of alertness and tensile strength . |
| 9 | Irrespective of the proportions of the crack or the means by which it is loaded the ratio of the maximum value of this stress parallel to the crack surfaces to the peak opening stress at right angles to the crack is constant and has a value of one to five . |
| 10 | There 's actually plenty of potential space on US cable sports TV networks for minority sports ( for example Aussie Rules is televised and has a following here ) and there are other sports magazines besides Sports Illustrated . |
| 11 | Money is tight and fashion a luxury that has , by many , been pushed to one side . |
| 12 | I do n't know what it means whether it 's electric or wait a minute there 's some more . |
| 13 | Do what is comfortable and keep a note of how many you can do . |
| 14 | Both clubhouse and course are candidly described — ‘ although not an imposing building the clubhouse is comfortable and contains a lounge , dining room , card room , etc. ’ and as to the course the following is typical — ‘ The 8th green is not particularly easy to putt on , being faster in some parts than the others ’ . |
| 15 | it 's better than throwing a lot of stuff away . |
| 16 | It 's better than getting a locum in — they cost the earth and sometimes do more harm than good . |
| 17 | Well it 's better than spending a lot of money |
| 18 | This is useful when telling a story , particularly as prostitutes appear in many ballets . |
| 19 | The Seagate ST3 144A hard disk is reasonable and ran a nose ahead of its uncached contenders . |
| 20 | Consider the following sentence : ( 21 ) Getting married and having a child is better than having a child and getting married Good arguments will be given in Chapter 3 to suggest that the word and of itself does not mean ( have the semantic content ) " and then " , but is neutral with respect to a temporal dimension . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , because everybody is busy and has a bit of money , the place is a haven of peace and tranquillity ’ |
| 22 | That 's noble and bespeaks a nation proud |
| 23 | It is important when evaluating a belief to weed out of consideration any form of pretence or hypocrisy associated with the people claiming to hold the belief . |
| 24 | It is important when testing a cat 's hearing to ensure that you make the noise to check its reactions out of sight of the cat . |
| 25 | Cleanliness is important when making a pipe joint and the first stage with elderly pipes may be to remove rust , old paint and congealed jointing compound . |
| 26 | Yellow Peril 's defenders insist like all good art it 's provocative and has a sting in the tail |
| 27 | The tuberous rootstock , up to 4ins ( 10cms ) long , is cylindrical and bears a rosette of leaves which are up to 12ins ( 30cms ) long and 3ins ( 71½–8cms ) wide . |
| 28 | Well , we can give a certain clear sense to saying that the hot coffee is able or has a power to dissolve the cube of sugar . |
| 29 | It 's compact and has a shortwave capacity to pick up stations around the globe . |
| 30 | If due account is taken of the present state of the law in regard to mortgages and choses in action , it is apparent that to make a distinction in the case of land would be to make just such an exception . |