Example sentences of "be [prep] [det] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is after all not a lot that sets franchise outlets apart from other businesses . |
| 2 | It seems reasonable that they should share the cost of what is after all only a system of humane debt collection acting on their behalves . |
| 3 | I return again to the point that I made originally — why is it that this vulnerable , waif-like , often frighteningly naive girl who always speaks her mind — but is after all only a pop singer — is taken seriously at all ? |
| 4 | Whatever the official view of police work , to those on the ground , it was above all else a job . |
| 5 | when I was in that nearly a fortnight . |