Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The snag to this is that although a pan-head can rotate through a full circle , your hips are limited to about a quarter of this movement .
2 Ah , ‘ t is a sorry pass we are come to when a lady is robbed of the clothes on her back . ’
3 While the latter seems the most likely cause in many blends where specific interactions have been identified , miscible blends can also be obtained when certain statistical copolymers are mixed with either a homopolymer , or another copolymer , in which no such interactions have been located .
4 New compact five-speed manual and four-speed automatic gearboxes are mated to either a 135bhp multivalve 2-litre engine or the smooth and powerful 170bhp 3-litre V6 unit .
5 Bred in vast numbers in the Far East they are sold for under a £1 .
6 Kits are customised with either an EISA board , an AT board or software only .
7 It is astonishing how many cultural vanguardists actually seem to welcome a situation where musical tastes are defined by either a handful of multinationals on the one hand or a relatively tight cabal of university-educated journalists on the other .
8 We are faced with almost a month of lies , halftruths , gossip , innuendo and invective from the two main parties .
9 Otherwise you are pampered like only a Mercedes driver can be .
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