Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] is [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I expect some people watching might think that wo wo football is a boy 's game , rather than a girl 's game , but of course that is n't the tradition is it ? |
2 | Of course that is not the case : we have not even reached the Committee stage , so the guillotine motion can not have been introduced on those grounds . |
3 | Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others . |
4 | If you fall into that category this is definitely a shoe you should look at . |
5 | I 've found that when the water is heavily coloured after a rain storm this is often the case and fish will be caught in bursts as they pass up and down the swim . |
6 | I think if that were the case , you would have far fewer problems , but er , of course this is n't the position . |
7 | Of course this is where a mountain bike could come in handy , but you 'd have to put up with walkers pointing at you and shouting ‘ tosser ’ , and landowners chasing after you with a stick as another slice of expensive path slides into the burn after being cut neatly away by fat tyres . |
8 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
9 | The input hypothesis This is probably the core of the whole theory . |
10 | The estimated difference in the present cratering rate shown in Figure 8.2 is largely the result of the different characteristics of each planet . |
11 | However , in the long term this is not the case , because of the extent of the power that can be gained by patrons . |
12 | In practice this is either a letter or a statement of value on HM Land Registry Form A4. ( e ) Insurance Insurance of the property should be placed in the name of the wife alone , the husband 's name being deleted from the policy . |
13 | In practice this is never the case . |
14 | As a rule this is not the case and grave confusions can result . |
15 | In essence this is still the procedure used today . |
16 | Force 6 is not a gale , it has to be force 8 or more for that , but it is still rough enough , with every wave breaking over the bows and sometimes over the whole boat , drenching us as we sat in the cockpit at the back . |
17 | Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen . |
18 | Quadrant 2 is certainly the area where the risks are high . |
19 | Although the legend refers mainly to the late-lamented Glasgow Empire , actors have long and highly trained memories , and having the theatre demolished in the middle of Act Three is not an experience that the Brotherhood of Thespians is liable to forget in a hurry . |
20 | Two 's company , three 's a crowd , but when you 're talking about this generalized and more desexualized supplemented narcissistic libido to do with ego , then of course three is not a crowd in fact three erm is , is , er is the is er just as easy to accommodate as three thousand or three million , because it 's , it can be channelled into the group . |
21 | One grade coarser is twice the size of its predecessor and one grade finer is half the size . |
22 | In the case of the Fiesta used by the spouse this is not a business asset . |
23 | Daytime casual is typically the leather and denim look , with close-fitting leggings and high-heeled boots . |
24 | ‘ The Italian Album ’ is infinitely more varied in its contents ( although I 'm note quite sure that Gabrieli 's Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2 is quite the thing for a candle-lit dinner . |
25 | Person 2 would certainly not pay the higher price necessary to induce a competitive supplier to expand production beyond the output Q. Person 2 is thus a free-rider enjoying person 1 's purchase Q. And the total quantity privately produced and consumed in a competitive market lies below the socially efficient quantity Q * ; |
26 | I 've not , Alastair accused me of being topical because of a member of the royal family this week this is not the reason but I 've gone for Leotard in the one twenty five at Cheltenham . |
27 | In our theory this is simply an example of the competitive process at work . |
28 | By definition this is largely an enterprise of elders and women who are charged with transmitting these traditions to a new generation . |
29 | Even back at the estuary all is not the sweetness and light that events like this week 's launch suggests . |
30 | This tale is set in Antwerp , and the major difference between it and the Miller 's Tale is that the woman concerned is not a wife but a prostitute , who lives in Coperstraten ( apparently Merchant Street , although it has been suggested it should really be Coeperstraten , Cow Gate Street ) . |