Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] is [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make such an abstraction is to remove oneself to so rarefied a plane that the object of one 's interrogation becomes an eternal category and is therefore a pointless exercise . |
| 2 | It occupies a long trench caused by a geological fault and is over a thousand feet deep , a much greater depth than the sea into which it debouches . |
| 3 | Porlock is not only famous for its steep hill but is also a superb centre for touring Exmoor . |
| 4 | Katsaris 's third reissue offers a Schumann recital : Kinderszenen , which has an affectionate poetic feel but is also a touch wilful ; a strongly characterized Waldszenen ; and most successful of all , Albumblätter which ends the recital impressively . |
| 5 | ‘ It is an eight-page booklet and is basically a plan to improve the canal and river corridors . ’ |
| 6 | Lambeth — whose leader , Joan Twelves , resigned this week — has been run notoriously badly by a Labour-controlled council and is almost a byword for filth and incompetence . |
| 7 | Indeed it is used , in 26 of its 27 occurrences , literally ; in the other case , " The highway of the upright is to depart from evil " ( Prov 16.17 ) , we have the impression that the metaphor is freshly minted for the occasion , and there can be little question that is typically a literal road . |
| 8 | The school is situated in the Garden District of Santa Cruz ( pop 195,000 ) , a city of contrasts which retains much of its colonial charm and is only a short drive away from the nightlife of the resort of Puerto de la Cruz . |
| 9 | Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell . |
| 10 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 11 | Mexico has a long culinary history and is therefore a must for any travelling cook . |
| 12 | To provide a dramatic contrast that is also a unity , the sun must be truly dominant and its satellites must be a family that shares a common property of shape and size : just like an atom or a solar system . |
| 13 | This statement of the legal base has always been important to the European Court , because it helps situate a measure in its legislative context and is thus a valuable aid to the schematic method of interpretation . |
| 14 | Jill ( see front page ) is Lizzie 's second surviving daughter and is now a little over two years old . |
| 15 | A particularly interesting pair of variables to which to apply this is provided by the energy E and the time t : unc At first sight this is a puzzling relation , because time is not quite an observable property of a system in the normal sense but is rather a parameter marking when an observation is made . |
| 16 | It is a measure of success , not in the commercial sense of the word but an exploration into just why The Smiths connect with so many and whether that connection invokes a solid and lasting influence or is simply a mere fad . |
| 17 | So when they see an apparent egg that is really a stone , the fact of its being a stone ( not that they have found a stone on the beach , say , which happens to look just like an egg ) swamps their judgement ; similarly when they see a white card changing colour — the blueness is salient not the fact that it started white . |
| 18 | However , it can not be proved or disproved in any final way and is unavoidably a political statement . |
| 19 | The pool area is an ideal spot for soaking up that golden tan and is only a short step to the beach . |
| 20 | Of course drugs is , is one of the wonderful examples that the very thing that Katherine was talking about , something that was n't there in the beginning and that has been produced by modern technology and is now a big problem , but is not a problem to Australian Aborigines because they do n't have any drugs er to speak of , of course now they do and alcohol is a terrible problem with Australian Aborigines I talked to David McKnight about it . |
| 21 | The historic cost is the result of a past decision and is therefore a sunk cost and irrelevant in decision-making . |
| 22 | So if you have a cold starter and dessert and a main course that is either a one-pot meal , like a casserole , or a roast , where the oven temperature can be adjusted to cope with delays in starting , then you should avoid disasters . |
| 23 | Hoare Govett is a leading UK institutional stockbroker that is now a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Bank , the largest bank in Holland . |
| 24 | She was transferred to the department last October by Mr Newing after making her formal complaint and is now a detective . |
| 25 | Oct-11b has diverged at 10 nucleotides in a total of 90 within the POU specific domain compared with the structural gene and is therefore a clearly distinct but related sequence ( Figure 8 ) . |