Example sentences of "[det] [be] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less than this is probably a self limiting viral throat . |
| 2 | If you think of a less developed country , you might find some big industry , this is just a way to divide the . |
| 3 | Also Tore-Andre Flo — the young brother of Jostein Flo is supposed to train for a week or two at Sheff Utd ; but this is just a training stay — nothing to do with Sheff Utd offering him a contract or so . |
| 4 | but that 's in Aran and this is just a double knit but |
| 5 | Instrumental theorists ultimately conclude that while the state may have a degree of political neutrality , this is just a sham to mask the dominance of the state by the interests of the dominant class . |
| 6 | This is also a belief held by my squad and so , neck-high in wallop , come three o'clock we were eleven hangovers in search of a kick around . |
| 7 | This is principally a path following a narrow undulating ledge which runs across the northern face of Pillar . |
| 8 | This is quite a lot to achieve with a single process . |
| 9 | I know climbers are not always the most considerate of folks , but this is definitely a place to adopt a ‘ softly softly ’ approach , even if you are finding your chosen route a little hard going . |
| 10 | This was probably a man called Michael Sidnell , from Bristol , who had carved a memorial tablet in Alderly Church in 1732 , and had later gone on to make designs for the court-house at Westbury on Severn . |
| 11 | I can remember as a boy walking to Rochester via the ferry and Wouldham on many occasions but this was only a stroll compared with some of the older inhabitants efforts . |
| 12 | This was usually a person undergoing great emotional strain , such as a girl experiencing a particularly traumatic puberty . |
| 13 | This was once a world reserved for specialists . |
| 14 | This was originally a flexiblestrip used by railwaymen to get smooth curves when laying railway lines . |
| 15 | Perhaps this was merely a ruse to trick them into a crossing at Forteviot . |
| 16 | For instance , sometimes the Profitboss will disagree with a decision made by his boss ; but that 's rarely a reason to resign . |
| 17 | Erm , so that 's just a question to ask when you next come to erm this passage . |
| 18 | No , that 's just a thing attached |
| 19 | That 's just a label used by the Tories . ’ |
| 20 | With average salaries currently at the £12–14,000 mark that 's quite a shortfall to make up if you want to be a working composer . |
| 21 | This bruiser 's called Tyson — that 's quite a lot to live up to . |
| 22 | And that 's quite a time consuming step . |
| 23 | Erm I think that 's possibly a term called allocation . |
| 24 | They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things . |
| 25 | ‘ That was simply a letter delivered at the gate just before dusk . |
| 26 | That was just a pretence to cover up her real affaire . |
| 27 | Oh that was almost a classic build up was n't it ? |
| 28 | With a new rabbit and a short-haired piebald guinea pig in a box , Victoria arrived at a once-grand Queen Anne house in Wiltshire that was now a school devoted to raising the daughters of the gentry . |
| 29 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 30 | As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased . |