Example sentences of "[is] that [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Chimpanzees for instance have enormous canine teeth , but the males have them and not the females , so the idea here is that normally a big canine tooth , a sexually dimorphic canine tooth is probably related to inter-male conflict , rather than to killing and , and whether , how that affects your er what you say about the spacing I 'm not sure , but certainly it would be a safe erm generalization to say normally big canines are an aspect of sexual dimorphism and in mammals are very common . |
2 | The choice of this measure is not arbitrary , for the argument now is that typically a bourgeois client brings an issue to a lawyer , which the latter translates into a meta-language in terms of which a binding solution can be found . |
3 | Deep in the shade of the forest , few flowers are formed and pods are even rarer , for another peculiarity of cocoa is that only a tiny proportion of flowers — less than one per cent — are successfully pollinated . |
4 | The good news is that only a tiny percentage of these viruses are found in the ‘ wild ’ , perhaps as few as 50 . |
5 | The first feature to note is that only a small minority of the listed inhabitants — five persons out of forty-seven — owned any land at all . |
6 | One of the advantages of using stripes for a garment is that only a small amount of each yarn is needed and the width of the stripes can also be varied , depending on the amount of each yarn which is available . |
7 | It is clear from the above that under the new provisions the general principle is that only a private investor has a right of action for a contravention to which s.62 applies . |
8 | ‘ So the problem then is that only a little sliver of the tip of my cock was going to make it in range of the footprint of a normal eight and a half by eleven copy . |
9 | The essence of the public choice problem is that only a single decision can be made and the conflicting preferences have to be reconciled . |
10 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |
11 | ‘ All I 'll say is that only a foolish dog barks at a flying bird . ’ |