Example sentences of "be [prep] [adj] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’ |
| 3 | Thus , the value of the firm is equal to the total value of its expected future stream of cash flows , discounted to take account of the ‘ time value of money ’ ( ’ a pound tomorrow is worth less than a pound today ’ ) and risk . |
| 4 | The Kaduna-based Hausa language newspaper Gaskiya ta fi Kwabo ( ‘ The Truth is Worth More than a Penny ’ ) , took this allegation further by quoting from a leading Kaduna State politician : |
| 5 | Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested . |
| 6 | Lewis 's popularity was part of this , and it was with more than a scent of victory in the air , victory over the agnostics and freethinkers , that he consented to be involved with the foundation of the Socratic Club in Oxford in 1941 . |
| 7 | And they used to let us come out of the pit at three quarter time , there were six of us , all of a size , strong as young bulls and er we used to have to i if the body was within less than a mile from the church , you see ? |