Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adj] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | IRONY is useful enough as a writing device . |
| 2 | Like much of the decor , the chef is Thai too via a five star hotel in Bangkok . |
| 3 | In that case it is no obstacle to freedom that actions are predictable ; indeed , free and rational action is possible only in a predictable world . |
| 4 | Where sexual penetration is present together with a full range of aggravating factors , criminal sexual conduct in the first degree is committed . |
| 5 | In a 4,000 word decision , the Californian Court of Appeal ruled that in some instances the threat of homosexual rape is fearsome enough for a prisoner to seek justifiably to escape from jail — The Times . |
| 6 | Experiments with rat embryos suggest that this increased demand for oxygen is due both to a change in metabolism , from a predominantly glycolytic source of energy to utilization of the Kreb 's cycle and electron transport system , and to a necessary compensation for the absence of a functional chorioallantoic placenta which serves in vivo as an important organ of respiratory exchange ( 18 ) . |
| 7 | That the Assembly was sovereign over the Council is true enough as a generalization , but it represents the conclusion of most modern interpretation , rather than the ancient theory . |
| 8 | The applications programming interface is available now as a Software Developers Kit at $200 , and Novell DOS 7 will include several Protected Mode Services client components including disk cache and compression drivers , a peer-to-peer server , and CD-ROM extensions . |
| 9 | The cliche is true only in a crashingIy trivial sense , the same sense in which Shakespeare never wrote anything except what his first schoolteacher taught him to write — words . |
| 10 | The other variable suited to binocular observation is the red semi-regular R Lyræ , whose colour is evident even with a low magnification . |
| 11 | Presentation is excellent throughout with a clear , attractive board layout and easy-to-use menus . |
| 12 | An infant who damages another by carelessly running into him on his bicycle is liable just as a person of full age would be . |
| 13 | A minute is long enough for a thief . |
| 14 | Alum Pot is straight ahead in a plantation of trees and is reached on foot in a few minutes , arriving there simultaneously with Alum Pot Beck which enters the plantation and disappears into the depths . |
| 15 | Legal abortion is available here in a grudging way ; and if a woman is refused one for any reason , her only resort is a private operation if she 's determined to control her own body — or to go ahead and have the baby . |
| 16 | The schema is evident also on a formal level in the breakdown of traditional narrative techniques . |
| 17 | " Life is possible only within a movement which calls the world into question " , he was to note later in Le Cheval de Troie . |
| 18 | This offence is punishable only with a fine , whereas reckless driving carries a maximum of two years ' imprisonment . |
| 19 | Remember how it is often difficult to think clearly when the air is heavy just before a storm , or how your mind seems to become clear and sharp in the crisp , clean air on a mountainside or beside the sea . |
| 20 | Whether the increased release of the precursor in type II diabetes is due primarily to a low β cell mass or to insulin resistance is unclear , but the serum concentration of 32–33 split proinsulin in the men reported on by Hales and Barker correlated inversely with their body weight at 12 months . |
| 21 | Looking , for instance , at grammatically equivalent substitutions , main is possible only in a , ajar only in b , disappear only in c , and hit only in d . |
| 22 | This is not to dismiss the problems of realisation and effective demand that Luxemburg pointed to , rather I merely point out that equilibrium growth is possible even with a rising organic composition of capital . |
| 23 | We think the Dutch version of Guitarist is a fine publication , but remember that the UK version is available abroad on a subscription basis . |
| 24 | First , the global standardization of taste is global only in a class sense . |
| 25 | The oral shield is triangular often with a distinct distal projection giving the shield an arrow shaped . |
| 26 | The oral shield is rhombic sometimes with a distinct distal lobe . |
| 27 | Thirstlessness is usual even with a fever or the dry mouth which is also commonly present . |
| 28 | ‘ The way is clear now for a base rate cut within the next few weeks , possibly within the next few days . |
| 29 | Notice that the pyramid shape is typical only during a period when medical care is deficient ; birth and death rates are then high with probability of death being relatively constant at all ages . |
| 30 | Soon one lioness is close enough to a zebra to attack . |