Example sentences of "[is] [adj] and [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mr Milburn and Mr Fallon are playing with statistics because to a degree one is right and to a degree the other is .
2 we witness his growth and personal development , times when he is content and in a lot of cases not content , he relationships with friends and people around him ( and how they get along together ) , but also we see how money and wealth can affect a little boy 's life so suddenly and drastically .
3 ‘ Then the remains arrived next day and the sister Mary , who is 89 and on a walking aid , objected to her grave being dug and being used by Katherine at that stage .
4 Gordon lives in Rutherglen , is married and as a hobby , is a keen yachtsman .
5 The Irish team is talented and in a couple of years will be a threat to anyone .
6 He 's unconscious and on a life support machine .
7 Whilst it is accepted that the total provision for the County , erm five hundred and sixteen hectares about twenty five he per cent above the approved plan provision , the County Council considers this is justified on the basis that it provides the most generous level which can be justified on the information which is available and at a time when changes in the distribution of business use are to say at the least unpredictable .
8 Er you ca n't imagine this I do n't suppose , but nevertheless it 's true and in a time , the men in the shop they was mass-production , you know what I mean and they wanted this or that or the other , well I had the authority to go down the machine shop and tell them , look here , so and so wants this you do that .
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