Example sentences of "be an [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buses and road humps are an unhappy combination and a lot of these reports , in fact all of them bus routes to get a standard objection now from , from bus operators and it , of course it 's not just in this county , it 's , it 's nationally . |
| 2 | He remained there for what must have been an anxious day and a night while the elephant returned to and from a nearby stream with trunkfuls of water with which it was finally able to loosen the roots of the tree , push it over , then trample its victim just as his belated rescue-party arrived on the scene . |
| 3 | On balance it has been an enjoyable task and a great privilege to undertake on behalf of the Club necessitating searches through some 4,000 documents , including old copies of the Standard back to 1895 . |
| 4 | That it should require a lid painting at all suggests that it can not have been an English instrument or a Ruckers , and , if its shape is drawn as carefully as the presence of an accompanying scale would indicate , the rather blunt double curve of the bentside would suggest one of the Hamburg makers . |
| 5 | That does not prevent the Crown from proceeding to enforce the law under its general powers ; but it would be an extraordinary situation if a local authority , acting under a statutory duty , was required to give an undertaking in damages , whereas the Crown was not . |
| 6 | For the top third of the project sample their problem may be less of a conceptual one , but there seems to be an automatic assumption that a single division on a scale represents a single unit of some kind . |
| 7 | ‘ In determining the total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) above , or the liability or total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 2 ) above , no account shall be taken of any liability in respect of a deposit if … ( c ) the institution is a former authorised institution and the deposit was made after it ceased to be an authorised institution or a recognised bank or licensed institution under the Banking Act 1979 unless , at the time the deposit was made , the depositor did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that it had ceased to be an authorised institution , recognised bank or licensed institution . ’ |
| 8 | At no time in the day must there be an idle moment or a silent one ; any spare time must be filled with prayer . |
| 9 | Among at least 12 people killed in other incidents in Junín and Lima were an Australian nun and a Canadian pastor , killed by Sendero Luminoso guerrillas in separate incidents in the week May 20-25 . |
| 10 | In Wales , Welsh is an official language and a core subject of the National Curriculum for pupils in Welsh-medium schools or classes — the only pupils for whom English is to be disapplied at key stage 1 ; no such language other than English is in such a position in England . |
| 11 | In each territory , Standard English is an official language and a language of education , at least in the current phase of that territory 's history . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ It is an absolute disgrace that a new hospital should have so many faults and defects in its water systems . |
| 13 | When such top growth can be persuaded to produce its own roots as with a cutting , the best you can expect is an indifferent plant and a poor root system . |
| 14 | There is an immediate hubbub and a distant voice calls , ‘ Trouble with the electrics , mate . |
| 15 | Past colleagues of mine who are still serving in the Royal Navy tell me that she is an outstanding success and a tribute to British shipbuilding . |
| 16 | Philip is an outstanding competitor and a very devoted and dedicated servant to his sport , who has given sterling service over many years . |
| 17 | ‘ New Cross Crescent is an outstanding project and a great credit to all involved . ’ |
| 18 | The debate is bedevilled by the problem of definition ; a problem which is exacerbated by a common failure to clarify whether aggression is an experiential state or a way of behaving . |
| 19 | There is an elegant lounge and a pianist entertains guests in the piano bar several times a week . |
| 20 | There is an elegant restaurant and a piano bar . |
| 21 | There is an increasing realisation that a need exists to bridge the ‘ theory-practice ’ gap in nursing . |
| 22 | There is an increasing recognition that a well-developed package of study material can provide quality learning that will fill a training need and interest the learner . |
| 23 | In a decision which was widely predicted , Mr Patten has declared himself minded to uphold the view of the department 's inspectorate that Consortium Developments , representing several of the country 's major home-builders , had not made a sufficiently strong case for the development of 4,800 houses in what is an abandoned quarry and a conifer plantation . |
| 24 | Reinhard Stawinski , spokesman for the Protestant Church in Berlin , says : ‘ This is an equitable system and a cost-effective system . |
| 25 | This is an undesirable situation because a user of a script recognition system would not expect to write a word , and have it recognised as something which is not a word . |
| 26 | There is an inviting restaurant and a comfortable , bright lounge and bar with lovely views . |
| 27 | What remains is an infectious rhythm and a driving bass beat . |
| 28 | The question of which form of BSL is to be attained , whether it is an English-based form or a deaf form , remains to be established . |
| 29 | The point of all of this is that Niki is an excellent self-publicist and a determined mystifier . |
| 30 | He is an excellent musician and a great enthusiast . |