Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comedians and sportsmen , who are mostly from a working-class backround , will be limited to the OBEs , MBEs and CBEs . |
| 2 | you are on to a good thing , you 'll end up with knitteds that suit you because they fit . |
| 3 | Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are on to a good thing . |
| 4 | Judging by the trade and the spirited bidding , Scotland 's hill farmers now know that they are on to a good thing . |
| 5 | However , a group of assessors under the President of Ukraine and President Kravchuk himself are obviously of a different opinion ; they are credited with the authorship of the agreement . |
| 6 | On the first issue , teachers are obviously in a crucial position to detect cases of abuse of children in their care . |
| 7 | Earlier marriages with fewer children means that couples are together for a long time after their children have left home . |
| 8 | It is assumed that the fact that teachers and pupils are together in a special classroom implies the presence of an educational programme relevant to the development of children ; also that the presence of a teacher provides effective educational programmes … in practice none of these desiderata have been met . |
| 9 | This is what they teach fighters in Britain and that 's why most British fighters are only of a certain calibre . |
| 10 | In view of this , proposals for the northern part of the Section are only at a preliminary stage , and are therefore not included in this leaflet . |
| 11 | This to-one-side posture of novelist and novel explains how it is that Raskolnikov and Marmeladov are pointedly at a loose end while Crime and Punishment is anything but pointedly sociological . |
| 12 | ‘ We are in for a long afternoon , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 13 | HAYDN-LOVERS are in for a good time this autumn : coming up are the Haydn at Esterhaza concerts at the Wigmore Hall ( part of the Magyarok Britain Salutes Hungary Festival ) ; already on display is the Haydn and England exhibition at the British Library ; and just started is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 's QEH Haydn series concentrating on his late choral works . |
| 14 | Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion . |
| 15 | PARISHIONERS and visitors to the Church of St John the Evangelist on Belfast 's Malone Road are in for a real treat next month . |
| 16 | Habitues of the Institute 's old restaurant are in for a big surprise . |
| 17 | LIGHT opera buffs in Londonderry are in for a musical feast with the return this year of the Derry Festival of Light Opera . |
| 18 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
| 19 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 20 | If he is back to his best , Haydock racegoers are in for a thrilling contest , but I prefer to wait until Playschool has shown his old sparkle before backing him . |
| 21 | Anyone believing that the personal computer price wars have abated are in for a rude shock this week when Compaq Computer Corp brings out a plethora of new machines , including its first stab at a multimedia model , and cuts prices significantly on its existing products . |
| 22 | The Old Loughtonians ' ground , in Chigwell , is one of eight regional qualifying venues for the re-jigged county championships and Woodward believes Essex are in with a great chance of winning through to Cannock . |
| 23 | In football , although the team lost the national league final they are in with a reasonable chance of retaining the All Ireland cup . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ We are in with a good chance in this competition . |
| 25 | Assuming the Boss and Big Boss can score a few wounds you are in with a good chance of winning the combat . |
| 26 | Someone 's going to break the States pretty soon and — with ‘ Only One I Know ’ a college radio hit on two thirds of the US 's 500 stations — The Charlatans are in with a good chance . |
| 27 | Someone 's going to break the States pretty soon and — with ‘ Only One I Know ’ a college radio hit on two thirds of the US 's 500 stations — The Charlatans are in with a good chance . |
| 28 | Leicester are in with a strong chance of the play-offs and will be keen to avenge a 3–0 early-season defeat at Ayresome Park . |
| 29 | Middlesbrough are in with a fine chance of that second automatic promotion spot , especially as they do not appear to have a difficult run-in . |
| 30 | A number of pupils and staff are away on a four-day school trip and efforts were being made today to contact them and break the dreadful news . |