Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | enable your opponent to abandon a commitment by : describing all the concessions you have made so far suggesting that the circumstances have changed blaming some other party or situation for the present position , such as the government , another union , the economy , the personnel department suggesting that somehow there has been a misunderstanding referring the whole matter to another individual or group . |
| 2 | It might have been a cat knocking an empty tumbler off the bar — except that they did n't keep a cat , and all the glasses had been washed up and put away before they went to bed . |
| 3 | Police in Salvador noted that in their city , on average , there has been a mob lynching every three days for the last three years . |
| 4 | Later I learned that the wedding had nearly been postponed , as the two families thought I might have been a terrorist uttering a veiled warning against the nuptials . |
| 5 | These were the irregular marks of a pit saw and , to me , are a feature showing the hard work which went into them , reminding us of how lucky we are to have modern machinery . |
| 6 | At worst , they are a facade hiding the worst excesses of management . |
| 7 | Our belief is that if there is any change it is likely to be a change requiring a certain proportion of the grant to be spent in the domiciliary day care area rather than the residential area to enforce this wish of developing those sort of services . |
| 8 | A system might be a beaker containing a known amount of water or it might be a heat exchanger used in a chemical plant . |
| 9 | You could be a lorry coming the other way . |
| 10 | Although there wo n't be the saturation advertising that usually attends popular capitalism , there will be a prospectus containing a supportive letter from the Prince of Wales , and offers of preferential access to the centre 's facilities . |
| 11 | One very obvious possibility would be a time-window preceding the important event . |
| 12 | Finally , there 's a note-book weighing a mere 3.6 ; pounds . |
| 13 | And all of this is a problem facing the new actor coming out of training . |
| 14 | He is a child aping the conventional responses of an adult . |
| 15 | The area around Chapel-le-Dale is scenically attractive and prolific in surprises : it is a wonderland deserving a separate expedition and a leisurely exploration . |
| 16 | Here is a compass showing the eight cardinal points . |
| 17 | About a quarter of a mile down this road , off to the right , is a memorial commemorating a tragic death on the hillside . |
| 18 | In the magnetic system the grids are used to detect the position of the stylus which , in this case , is a coil radiating a pulsed high frequency signal . |
| 19 | In the magnetic system the grids are used to detect the position of the stylus which , in this case , is a coil radiating a pulsed high frequency signal . |
| 20 | We require to solve RA = I for R. Write the known matrix A as A = B — C , where B is a matrix having a known ( or easily found ) reciprocal . |
| 21 | Literature for Nizan is a mirror reflecting an alternative way of living . |
| 22 | Planned for 1993 is a monograph reviewing the complete works of Jusepe de Ribera by Nicola Spinosa . |
| 23 | ( iv ) The following terms , used alone or in combination , will be deemed to indicate that a person is a solicitor holding a current practising certificate , unless it is made clear that the person is not so qualified : |
| 24 | Often there is a symmetry underlying the superficial irregularity of the twigs , a basic radial pattern or an equally deliberate criss-cross arrangement . |
| 25 | This church is situated on the summit of a hill ; its façade has only one western tower complete and , between , is a gable containing a fine , five light , sculptured window with portal below . |
| 26 | Particularly interesting is a cameo depicting a cupid 's head and wings which he gave to his wife , Fanny Waugh , whom he married in 1865 . |
| 27 | From this it would seem that Kuhn is a rationalist specifying a universal criterion with respect to which the relative merits of theories can be assessed , namely , problem solving ability . |
| 28 | ‘ the basal reason for binding the creditor with equities arising from the conduct of the husband is that in substance , if not technically , the wife is a volunteer conferring an important advantage upon her husband who in virtue of his position has an opportunity of abusing the confidence she may be expected to place in him and the creditor relies upon the person in that position to obtain her agreement to become his surety . |
| 29 | Growing along the side of the house , is a vine producing a lesser known wine , ‘ Chateau Weaver ’ ! |
| 30 | This regular pattern only continues for a short time , and after about eight hours , the embryo is a blastula comprising a hollow ball of about 1000 cells . |