Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [be] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty is that a recruitment system has to be both a production system and an information system , and this is what makes it so much more complex than personnel records . |
| 2 | That has to be quite an achievement . ’ |
| 3 | From the point when the Government 's high interest rate policies start taking effect to the point when companies start calling in the receiver , there tends to be quite a delay — liquidity problems do not suddenly emerge unless something dramatically goes wrong . |
| 4 | In this way , casting ceases to be just an intermediary stage in the act of creation but is itself the finished product of that act . |
| 5 | It just appears to be just a fraction out of focus maybe , I do n't know . |
| 6 | The Pelagian connection appears to be just a confusion with the earlier myth . |
| 7 | The outstretched arms of the great statue of Christ overlooking Rio no longer appear to the inhabitants of the favelas below to be open in benediction or welcome ; in this city of violence , insecurity and ravaged humanity , it appears to be rather a gesture of resignation and despair . |
| 8 | The dark staining characteristic of rock surfaces in arid regions , which is also observed to a limited extent in more humid environments , appears to be primarily a result of biogenic processes . |
| 9 | Most surprisingly , as von Klitzing and his colleagues showed only a couple of years ago , the Hall resistance at each plateau , measured as the ratio of the Hall voltage to the longitudinal current , appears to be precisely a multiple of fundamental constants , h/Ne 2 , and is completely independent of all experimental parameters . |
| 10 | At Barton Farm , Orpheus looked to his right and runs very thick fingers across what appears to be more a grille than the strings of a lyre . |
| 11 | Today , being an active member of a political party seems to be neither a qualification nor a disqualification for appointment . |
| 12 | This gene seems to be neither an oncogene nor tumour supressor gene , but could be responsible for an increase in genetic instability by way of multiple replication errors within the genome . |
| 13 | The actual composition and size of groups seems to be largely a consequence of the formation of particular types of mating and rearing unit . |
| 14 | Institutional labels would suggest not ; it seems to be largely a matter of historical accident whether a university , polytechnic or college has a faculty/school of humanities or one of arts ( or even letters ) . |
| 15 | In a country such as Sweden where most manual workers ( although not necessarily white-collar employees ) are organised in industrial unions this seems to be partly a reflection of prior employer organisation on an industry-wide basis ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 16 | This difference seems to be partly a consequence of the relative homogeneity of Australian English on the one hand , and the heterogeneity of Belfast English on the other . |
| 17 | There seems to be rather a lot of names for those who share a proclivity for their own sex . |
| 18 | There seems to be rather a lot of the latter about , if those astute fellows , the marketing and advertising men , are anything to go by . |
| 19 | It seems to be almost a perception of physics as an ‘ arts ’ subject ; indeed , Jane told me that she had been equally good at arts and sciences but had chosen sciences because of the job and university prospects . |
| 20 | It seems to be quite a talent she has . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There seems to be quite a lot of room for our clothes , ’ said Penelope . |
| 22 | There seems to be quite a number . |
| 23 | There seems to be quite an increase over the year , erm , virtually double . |
| 24 | It seems to be only a matter of time before sufficient urification is achieved routinely to permit the full range of diagnosis based on the polymerase chain reaction as above . |
| 25 | Such sons can either succumb to being the passive agent of their mothers ' neurotic ambitions or can try to rebel , often in a manner which seeks to be both a proof of the son 's independent masculinity and a revolt against the awesome maternal authority . |
| 26 | Gandhi claims to be simply a seeker after Truth , ceaselessly searching for it , occasionally having glimpses of it , yet not finding it . |
| 27 | Again the Chancellor comes to be usually a lawyer : Lord Shaftesbury under Charles II was the last Chancellor who had never been a practising lawyer . |