Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [is] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On the contrary , an oddness of one sort or another is frequently a signal that an expression is being used creatively , in a novel extension of its usual sense . |
2 | To a foreign correspondent covering the British election for a foreign audience , whether a party leader appears energetic or decisive is simply a matter of objective reporting : a perception . |
3 | Whether one views this level of success as notable or disappointing is largely a function of personal perspective and professional choice . |
4 | And remember , every time you breathe out , you are adding even more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and that is also a greenhouse gas ! |
5 | After the latrines , a wash of hands and face , but no shave because shaving is done by the barber and that is once a week with the bath . |
6 | There is simply no way he would have been accepted for training in our Church — and that is perhaps a tragedy . |
7 | All I reckon we can do is be grateful for the good service , as you say Tim , and get on with what 's left — and that is quite a lot . |
8 | and that is quite a thing , ha |
9 | Day continues : ‘ Very few outlets would warrant more than one product , and that is usually a lager , so ale brands find it quite difficult to get in-trade distribution . ’ |
10 | ‘ And that 's largely a case of bad communication . |
11 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
12 | And that 's just a shelf , so when you 've got the stuff coming out . |
13 | Imagine Sun Ra and his Arkestra fumbling through a version of Funkadelic 's ‘ Maggot Brain ’ while a backbeat of earth-shaking dub hardcore metal and jazz squeal swirls in the distance … and that 's only a fragment of Praxis ' power ! |
14 | Well the majority of them are a , abused or get thrown out of mental centres , I mean , some of them just run away from home because they want to and that 's only a minority , lots of them have |
15 | And that 's quite a bit of saving cos |
16 | And that 's quite a time consuming step . |
17 | Ten miles to Ely , and that 's hardly a centre of riotous activity for . |
18 | For many people the problem of how to become fitter and healthier is more a question of method than intention . |
19 | And this is just a continuation of that that prejudice against those that appear to be living off the state and not justifying their existence and I think it does n't deserve the time that we 've spent on it tonight . |
20 | And that in fact what we already have in this county is a balance of policies which substantially favour environmental protection and this is just a means of adding another one which is another hurdle for any department to erm to actually er meet . |
21 | but that 's in Aran and this is just a double knit but |
22 | And this is just a fact : indeed an introspectible fact , which we can therefore all observe directly for ourselves . |
23 | Well they 've made it absolutely much more pressing and this is just a drop in the ocean . |
24 | It seems sure to be close and this is probably a race best watched but if forced to pass judgement , a narrow vote is advised for Katabatic . |
25 | Shareholders , banks and so on do not necessarily tightly constrain managers essentially because they lack enough information to do so , and this is either a result of some problem in the market for information ( e. |
26 | There 's a stretch-steel tension in the normally soothing make-up room , where nine intently concentrating make-up girls are tending the terrified contestants — and this is only a dress-run . |
27 | I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force . |
28 | So my suggestion and this is only a suggestion , the beards which in the past have been interpreted as a kind of erm epigrammatic signal , in other words a kind of erm sign on the face of the male as they 're deceived , my guess is that , th that beards may actually have evolved to protect the throat because erm the critical thing in , in killing somebody is to block the , the windpipe and that 's and in fact even , even lions do this , you saw in the film when a lion kills an antelope or something , he does n't go to all the trouble of making horrible gashes , he grabs the , the windpipe and holds on until the antelope or whatever it is is just er |
29 | France has a persistent trade deficit with Germany and this is sometimes a bone of contention between the two countries . |
30 | The only casualty along the way , and this is indeed a cause for distress , may be the modernist validity of social-scientific knowledge . |