Example sentences of "be [adj] and [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | This menu is used mainly for keyboard operation as most operations are quicker and easier with a mouse . |
2 | Zena a Kurdish representative in London says the two are safe and well in a secret guerilla camp . |
3 | We asked her mother who , in spite of being Jewish and already in a precarious position , did not hesitate for a moment . |
4 | In a random sample of women in Camberwell , the researchers found the following relationships between provoking agents and depression , first among a sample of women who were vulnerable and secondly among a sample of women who were not . |
5 | Its low drag offers lines that are taut and straight throughout a broad wind window . |
6 | Yet , despite an increase of spending on health in the UK from 3ΒΌ per cent of national income in 1948 to over 6 per cent ( of a much larger national income ) forty years later , it is alleged that the NHS is underfunded and periodically in a state of near collapse . |
7 | Suddenly its noise was distinct and loud like a tractor coming over the western horizon . |
8 | And er it was salted and then For a few days , and then it was put in what we called brine , s more salt , and covered and it would be there for six weeks . |