Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [adv] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An election may also be a realigning one in that it produces a long-term shift in the balance of support between the parties , perhaps installing one as the new majority . |
| 2 | To equate the will of the people with the will of the majority may often be a justifiable piece of political shorthand ; but those in a minority , whether it be on a particular issue or in a more long-term and fundamental way , are always entitled to remind the rest of society that they too are part of " the people " . |
| 3 | Also , there is a danger that in such a sensitive area a statute may well be a clumsy approach initially . |
| 4 | The other horse may even be a young stallion , and be large and overplayful , yet the foal finds it irresistible because it looks like mother ! |
| 5 | The future should always be a volatile mixture of trepidation and excitement and so it is for The Wedding Present . |
| 6 | The end result might only be a slight scratch , but the potential might have been in that situation for something a lot worse . |
| 7 | The result could surely be a damaging split between the different types of courses , with responsibility for the eligible areas potentially fragmented between the further education college , sixth form colleges and the remainder . |
| 8 | We used the Medellin documents as our guide and behind the discussions was our belief that only with structural changes in society could we form a truly Christian society , which to our way of thinking would also be a socialist society . |
| 9 | Racing : Nijinsky 's speed will always be a lasting memory |
| 10 | Losing your job as a result of a redundancy programme will often be a demoralising blow from which it is difficult to recover . |
| 11 | A good in-house lawyer will therefore be a valued member of his employer 's management team . ’ |
| 12 | A painful mouth will never be a responsive one and it is hardly surprising that the horse will try to evade the bit . |
| 13 | Standards of typography will rarely be a decisive factor in selection , but there is no doubt that small print is disliked by many readers — including those with good eyesight — and should be avoided on the relatively rare occasions that alternatives are available ( for instance , with the different editions of popular classics , or with light fiction , where the choice is very wide and content is less variable ) . |
| 14 | However in hybrid stepping motor systems the step angles are small ( typically 1.8 degrees , 200 steps per revolution ) and the price of the encoder can then be a significant proportion of the total closed-loop system costs . |
| 15 | Sir Karl Popper , whose ‘ Conjectures and Refutations ’ is crucial for understanding the recent philosophy of science , points out that the mind can never be a passive register of experience . |
| 16 | In June he lectured " On Poetry " at Concord Academy , in which he repeated his claim that the poet can never be a successful man . |
| 17 | It produces wine of great finesse and penetrating perfume which can dominate an entire cuvée even when its presence might only be a small proportion of the whole . |
| 18 | The twentieth-century preference for ‘ the colloquial ’ in poetry may well be a temporary phenomenon ; Donald Davie 's Purity of Diction in English Verse ( 1952 ) , together with his admiration for the late Augustans , represent one attempt to revive an interest in the use of a ‘ civilized ’ diction ; it is interesting that he has to go back to the age before Wordsworth . |
| 19 | The Dhofaris who were neglected by the previous ruler are now enjoying the fruits of extensive agricultural development , so that the region once famed for providing the ancient world with frankincense may soon be a major source of food for other Gulf states . |
| 20 | A case founded on a confession must always be a strong candidate for reinvestigation . |
| 21 | The sun must only be a rare visitor to this mysterious landscape where spring flowers push through the slowly melting ice . |
| 22 | Carver as a learned composer , and clearly conversant with some of his English contemporaries , but it was surely worth noting that evidence , however tantalisingly fragmentary , exists to suggest the existence of a long pre-Reformation Scottish tradition of Faburden singing , of which Pater Creator might therefore be a late , indeed consciously crowning example |
| 23 | The aircraft at Wellesbourne Mountford , under its new ownership might well be a suitable candidate and a fairly accessible location for public viewing . |
| 24 | Council was doubtful , however , if a system of internal validition could ever be a complete substitute for a system of external validation ’ . |
| 25 | A back-fitting gas circulator would also be a good choice for replacing an elderly solid fuel back boiler behind a new gas fire . |
| 26 | It is worth remembering here that space time as seen from free fall would locally be a Minkowski space . |
| 27 | The home will usually be a converted older house or even a large council house on an estate , and the children will go to the schools , churches and clubs in the neighbourhood . |
| 28 | Firmness will again be a strong feature in their social development . |
| 29 | Claiming benefit can often be a degrading experience and it would appear that this is the effect desired . |
| 30 | The case against environmental lead is very strong , but an argument that contains such exaggeration and error can only be a weak one . |