Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The following four German folktales relating to this theme , as collected by the Grimm brothers in the nineteenth century , are typical but only a fraction of the many variants known .
2 Being a forward-thinking ‘ man of science ’ it seems highly probable that our present-day Darwin would be computer-literate and certainly a user of word processors .
3 New shares are applied for on the expectation that the issue will be underpriced and hence a profit might be made on the difference between the immediate market price and the issue or striking price .
4 The pelvic floor needs to be free for the voice to be free and then a voice has both highs and lows .
5 That 's why I 'm glad that WISE thing , I mean it 's about time they bloody realized — I 'm convinced that once a woman gets into science she 's just as good as if not better than , any man .
6 The part number , like the module name , must be unique and therefore an error will be indicated if you try to reserve a package name equal to a part number which already exists .
7 The part number , like the module name , must be unique and therefore an error will be indicated if you try to reserve a module name equal to a part number which already exists .
8 It differs from the Biogas specimen in the shape of the dorsal arm spines , which appear to be equal and nearly an arm segment long .
9 It is hoped that courses tailored to particular IT topics will be available as both a control and a development provision .
10 God knows what Pybus saw in him , because if you could buy skill Meek would be bankrupt and still a crap player .
11 Foolish in that it gave a great deal away to the other woman , and she could tell the woman looked at her as someone who could be aggressive and perhaps a bit vulgar , someone who said things which ought never even to have been thought .
12 Benefits were low because only a minute proportion of copulations result in a reared cub in the next generation ( Journal of Zoology , vol 177 , p 463 ) .
13 They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked .
14 For a moment Ruth wondered if he were real or just a ghost .
15 Modern harbourside developments are increasingly popular.At Admiral 's Quay in Falmouth , part of the old waterfront , six flats and four houses in Phase I are new and only a minute 's walk from the town .
16 It is noticeable that even a writer like J. 5 .
17 And this involves both the right to decide that a breach of the law of nature has taken place , a right to decide what punishment is appropriate and also a right erm to implement this judgment .
18 Such a stern demand is appropriate because once a man becomes a Christian he finds himself enlisted on God 's side in a lifelong battle .
19 It is false that only a person in authority is an authority .
20 The NCR 3450 departmental or workgroup server is available as either a uniprocessor or multiprocessor , expandable to four iAPX-86 microprocessors and the NCR 3550 is designed for use as a powerful symmetric multi-processing server for transaction processing and database applications and is expandable up to eight microprocessors .
21 The NCR 3450 departmental or workgroup server is available as either a uniprocessor or multiprocessor , expandable to four iAPX-86 microprocessors and the NCR 3550 is designed for use as a powerful symmetric multi-processing server for transaction processing and database applications and is expandable up to eight microprocessors .
22 The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold .
23 I know it 's commonsense but unfortunately a lot of people still tend to leave these er objects lying about in easy reach of the young child , okay ?
24 The establishment is open but once a week at present and is then usually manned by a civilian worker .
25 But if knowledge is relative and ultimately a matter of human constructs , then such work may alter the very boundaries of our disciplines , and indeed help us to overcome the ‘ artificial ’ constraints of compartmentalized knowledge ; and the appropriate label is ‘ interdisciplinary ’ .
26 It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot .
27 Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise .
28 It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit .
29 The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities .
30 The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor .
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