Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traffic-free routes in the Forest of Dean are already a big attraction for cyclists . |
| 2 | When representatives of the offending authorities are called to account by the Committee , they will need to come up with some better answers to justify their past actions than that members of CPRW are just a fractious minority . |
| 3 | However , before getting too carried away and concluding that detailed activity-based accounting may soon be outdated , and replaced by more simple machine-time analyses , it must be remembered that the extremes of CIM are still a long way off for most industries . |
| 4 | It 's quite surprising really , because you see the dockers at Sharpness are not a militant bunch anyway and the last thing I anticipated was a walk out by their guys this morning . |
| 5 | Relations with the LEAs are also a fruitful source of tensions and confusions at the moment . |
| 6 | As Turbosoft were not a limited liability company , the proprietors are personally liable for the losses and could be made bankrupt . |
| 7 | The race through the streets of Phoenix is not a useful guide to a car 's potential on more conventional circuits , but the US Grand Prix did prove that McLaren and Honda have emerged from the winter stronger than ever . |
| 8 | Jeff 's not a quarrelsome person . |
| 9 | McCoist insists this reputation is undeserved : ‘ Mo is n't a bad guy , he 's a bit daft at times , but there is no bad streak in him . |
| 10 | ‘ Haworth is not a big town , or a beautiful place . |
| 11 | Albert Hill is normally a forgotten area of Darlington . |
| 12 | Although the very latest version of Ventura is only a minor upgrade in terms of version numbers it marks a major change in the product . |
| 13 | Pakistan is now a net tea importer . |
| 14 | The Eisteddfod town of Llangollen is only a short distance away . |
| 15 | WordPerfect is not a single product organisation , not by any means . |
| 16 | You mentioned Scott a moment ago , and Scott is certainly a profound influence on American fiction in the erm earlier part of the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | Thame is certainly a planned town , founded by the Bishops of Lincoln in 1219–21 , and Marlborough is likely to have the same origin . |
| 18 | The low rate of accumulation in the United States is undoubtedly a crucial symptom of the declining relative strength of US business . |
| 19 | Bogle 's Family Restaurant on Eighth Avenue is not a famous place , but if you need a large cheap meal , then Bogle 's is the place for you . |
| 20 | ‘ Newbegin is not a Russian name . ’ |
| 21 | Once an ambassador for Britain and head of the Diplomatic Service , Sir Patrick Wright is now a non-executive director of BP . |
| 22 | Official Hungary is not a pleasant place to live in , say the statisticians : GDP fell by 5% in 1990 after a decade of near-stagnation . |
| 23 | Bear in mind that Nottinghamshire is quite a large county there are about one million people living in Nottinghamshire . |
| 24 | Verity is finally a Rod-free zone . ’ |
| 25 | When Mrs Jones says : ‘ My Johnny is really a good boy but got to running around with the wrong bunch and got into trouble ’ , she is making a set of assumptions which , when spelled out more explicitly , constitute the foundations of an important school of thought in the scientific study of juvenile delinquency . |
| 26 | ‘ Cabbing is traditionally a male business . |
| 27 | The geography of the Outer Hebrides is thus a fascinating product of the interplay of physical and human factors with powerful historical undertones . |
| 28 | 100 ) , but Macedon was only a secondary theatre in the Decelean and Ionian Wars , so that he does not figure very much in the narratives of Thucydides or his continuator Xenophon . |
| 29 | Remaindering was rather a dirty word in the book trade , and those involved were known as ‘ vultures ’ and ‘ scavengers ’ . |
| 30 | Anything less like a conventional date she could n't imagine , but she was rapidly beginning to realise that David Markham was not a conventional sort of person , and besides , she told herself firmly , even if he had been , he was the last person she would arrange a date with . |