Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had occurred neither to them nor to the British that a diplomat was involved . ’ |
| 2 | It is from the mechanical that a block is made for printing . |
| 3 | Coke died in the 1840s and a monument was erected to him at Holkham , guarded by a cudding Devon cow carved in stone . |
| 4 | ‘ Some were for the better but a lot were for worse . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , as has been said previously , the principles by which claims are handled are the same whether a Writ is served or not , and it is , therefore , of paramount importance that the insurer should not feel that he must defer to the advice of his solicitor once proceedings are raised . |
| 6 | And three twelfths is the same as a quarter is n't it . |
| 7 | Police said a report had been prepared for the procurator-fiscal and a man is expected to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Monday . |
| 8 | The longer that a person is deprived of oxygen the bluer a person becomes . |
| 9 | Rice and crates of soft drinks survived the capsize and a system was rigged up to collect rainwater . |
| 10 | Riding through Gloucestershire yesterday some of the best cyclists in britain as the 1993 Tour of the Cotswolds got underway … the first race was way back in 1951 but this could be the last unless a sponsor is found to save the race … |
| 11 | Well it , I mean let's face it it is n't gon na be no bigger than a clock is it ? |
| 12 | Most of this level is involved in the physical functioning of our bodies — breathing , circulation , heartbeat and so on — and no more than a quarter is available for dealing with our conscious thought processes . |
| 13 | So no more than a canter was practicable , and even so Ramsay , peering urgently , was much concerned with possible upset and consequent break-up of the formation , if not worse . |
| 14 | It is possible to have lawyers ' time recorded on Psions or directly into a terminal but a compromise is for lawyers to complete time sheets manually that are then inputted by a member of the accounts team on to computer . |