Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [be] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its use is intended to be for characters that walk , where you do n't want to have a Michael Jackson Moonwalk effect ( although that 's a doddle to do — you just move an actor backwards while it 's animated to walk forwards ) . |
| 2 | Far worse than this was a decree issued by the British Treasury to the effect that all money paid out was to be at the old pre-invasion rate of 72 lire to the pound ; the rate in 1945 was actually 1760 lire to the pound . |
| 3 | I want those subsidies to be phased down by the Community , and I also want to encourage British coal to be exported to Germany if that is a way to deal with the problem . |
| 4 | But he admitted with a grin : ‘ If that was a trial run for Sunday I would n't have minded a bit more notice ! |
| 5 | In addition , there should if possible be a right to enter upon adjoining premises to make connections and for the purpose of repair . |
| 6 | These remarks concerning If this is a man do not describe the kind of book which runs easily to sequels , and which is easy to live up to . |
| 7 | ‘ If this is a ploy to force up the price , you 'll be disappointed , ’ he said harshly . |
| 8 | Molly smiled back , by no means certain if this was a conversation meant to be taken seriously . |
| 9 | The whole thrust of the article seems designed to justify BR 's corporate performance against a shortfall of government funding , and while you accept and refer to the shocking conditions experienced by passengers , you do so as if this was a problem imposed on BR rather than as a function of its own management performance at operating level . |
| 10 | If this was a practice inherited from his predecessor , it may be that those of Æthelred 's followers well able to afford the levies could also acquire fairly cheaply the estates of those who were not . |
| 11 | Because this is a resonance process the effective area or cross section of each atom is increased by perhaps 100 000 times . |
| 12 | In our case this will almost certainly be the murder , since this is a novel based on the detection of a murder . |
| 13 | The rumour that he used his notoriously smooth tongue to get himself recognized as seneschal of France suggests that he was aiming at Anjou , since this was a title claimed by the Counts of Anjou . |
| 14 | I wondered how it was possible to love many men when you had once loved one more than your immortal soul , and whether Lili had ever loved like that , or whether this was a torment saved for ridiculous people like myself . |
| 15 | ( As this was a programming exercise I did n't ‘ wrap ’ the edge of the motifs . |