Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun sg] is [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this article is really a resume of previous thoughts and writings on the subject , except for those who have not yet tried drifting for pike ( are there any ? ) . |
| 2 | Despite the more stable pattern of Soviet — Latin American trade since the 1970s and its firmer organisational base , its most prominent characteristic is still a sharp imbalance in favour of the Latin American nations . |
| 3 | Parents have expectations of the school based on previous knowledge — a more responsive school is also a more demanding school . |
| 4 | The once bustling riverside is now a quiet street , with many of the old buildings well preserved . |
| 5 | But the world 's most famous drink is also a source of sustenance to the troubled UK balance of trade , and — through excise duty — to the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 6 | Although it stands as an important account of new anthropological theory and purports to throw a revealing light on the social organisation of Balinese society , its carefully organised narrative is also a good story arranged so the shifts between Geertz 's account of his gradual development as an aficionado of cockfighting and the development of his theory of the social significance of this sport merge . |
| 7 | Sassoon Sassoon was a public school man ( read his book Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man ) and his slightly cold style is only a front for his real feelings . |
| 8 | The sense of the Canadiens ' insecurity is indicated by the belief that Canada 's now official multiculturalism is simply a plot aimed at crushing francophones ' special needs under the political weight of multiculture , and it is , reinforced by the patent preference of the 3.5m post-1945 immigrants to have their children educated in English , which opens far wider career perspectives in North America than French . |
| 9 | It must be recognised that knives are a common feature of everyday life and that , in the wrong hands , almost any bladed or sharply pointed article is potentially a lethal weapon . |
| 10 | Even lower inflation is just a consequence of far higher unemployment . |
| 11 | The lack of even basic knowledge is probably a fault encountered more when dealing with a consultancy than with in-house PROs . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe this year is just a bit too early for me , but I should be reaching my peak in the two or three years after that — who knows ? ’ |
| 13 | Until then hot breakfast is just a bowl of porridge with a banana , followed by some fruit as a morning snack and a filled chunk of French stick and yoghurt for lunch . |
| 14 | The thick and quite shaggy coat is usually a reddish brown like the Highland , or sometimes yellow , white or Shorthorn roan . |
| 15 | The sadly ubiquitous Bolero is also a shade coo , yet here rattle 's meticulous approach scores a bulls-eye . |
| 16 | The recently rebuilt market is now a bright , exciting shopping centre with elevators , fountains , entertainers , restaurant , boutiques and specialist shops . |