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 . |