Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [is] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondary action is action interfering with a contract of employment in one of the ways specified in section 13(1) where the employer under that contract is not a party to the trade dispute . |
| 2 | ‘ and not having attached thereto a sidecar ’ A flat tubular framework attached to a motor bicycle with a wheel on an axle welded to that framework is not a sidecar for this purpose ( Cox v Harrison , [ l 968 ] 3 All ER 8 11 ) . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , I 'll have to come clean ; that story is only a rumour . |
| 4 | He 's what they used to call an alternative comic , although that description is already a bit out of date . |
| 5 | I mean I I went in there yesterday , I think it was , or this morning erm he put wet shirts into the wardrobe admittedly with the doors open but that bedroom is not a bedroom that I like to get any dampness in at all , Brenda . |
| 6 | Pace Miss Baye , ‘ Savage Nights ’ declares that AIDS is not a subject like any other . |
| 7 | As I have already stated , I consider that that rule is merely a manifestation of the more general rule that the vessel must be operated from the flag state and that its use must be directed and controlled from the territory of that state . |
| 8 | But the Department of Transport says it 's important to ban the plates because simply having them on the car , changes the driver 's behaviour and the idea is that speed is always a danger on our roads and anything that contributes to safety is to be encouraged . |
| 9 | The equilibration procedure can be achieved either by changing the temperature or the pressure of the system , and the amount of this change is then a measure of the activity of the solvent in solution . |
| 10 | This decision is both a success for your organisation and for the international lesbian and gay movement . |
| 11 | Members might like to note that the first half hour is usually a chance to chat ; we try to get the talks under way by eight o'clock . |
| 12 | He might perhaps attribute the incompleteness of his account to the fact that he is a ‘ bourgeois ’ subject , who can only glimpse an alternative view ofthe individual ; but this defence is still a problem , for even a glimpse suggests that the ISAs of the capitalist totality may be more or less effective , and this variation will have to be explained . |
| 13 | But this recession is quite a problem . |
| 14 | For Robert Thornton , Mrs Gaskell 's honourable industrialist , this indifference is almost a matter of principle : ‘ The masters would be trenching on the independence of their hands , in a way that I , for one , would not feel justified in doing , if we interfered too much with the life they lead out of the mills . ’ |
| 15 | This contest is not a contest as to who is to lead the party , but as to who is to appoint the leader of the party . |
| 16 | What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power , and power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages … this contest is not a contest as to who is to lead the party , but as to who is to appoint the leader of the party . |
| 17 | THIS REVIEW IS NOT A TRACT OF POLITICAL DEMAGOGY . |
| 18 | Clinicians need to be aware that this condition is not a rarity in later life but is a quite common cause of ill health and misery . |
| 19 | Working on a sheet of this weight is truly a delight although the cost can be prohibitive . |
| 20 | This instrument is not a Fender Strat , however ; I believe it 's a Höfner President or something similar . |
| 21 | The reason is that despite the presence of what ? in the formula what do/does/did … do ? this question is really a substitute for the verb phrase as a verb phrase ; it does not assume any object for the verb : ( 25 ) the nurses swam at the weekend : what did the nurses do at the weekend ? |
| 22 | This check is not a substitute for servicing . |
| 23 | One exception to this requirement is when a view to the front can be obtained without first looking through the windscreen . |
| 24 | Many observers feel , however , that this difference is largely a matter of social role ; and that , as female sexuality becomes increasingly recognised and acceptable , sex-differentiation with regard to pornography is diminishing . |
| 25 | For some children , this clinginess is just a phase , which will disappear when she gets more used to the rough and tumble of the other children . |
| 26 | This site is about a quarter of mile along the modern Hinton Road . |
| 27 | Yeah , but this job 's just a bit different in n it ? |
| 28 | Depending on the precise details of the formulation , this process is either a copolymerisation of the HEMA with the polymer side chains , or homopolymerisation of the functional groups in the side chains . |
| 29 | This is several million years older than the previously oldest known fossil ape from Meswa Bridge in the Koru area , and if this specimen is indeed a fossil hominoid it puts the date for hominoid origins at least to 25Myr . |
| 30 | In 1909 D. W. Griffith directed A Corner in Wheat for the Biograph Company and the New York Dramatic Mirror announced to its readers that ‘ this picture is not a picture drama , although it is presented with dramatic force . |