Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Before commenting on these moves , it might be useful to consider briefly an extension of the reductivist argument . |
| 2 | You should be able to do quite a bit of useful contemplation about whether you actually love this boyfriend of yours . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Serrano was told by the electoral authorities that he would not be able to hold either a plebiscite or elections for a new Congress , which he had hoped to do . |
| 4 | Republicans say Mr Bush 's win on capital gains suggests that the White House might be able to put together a majority of its own for budget restraint , with or without the Democratic leaders . |
| 5 | who turned out to be able to read quite a lot . |
| 6 | Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents . |
| 7 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 8 | The government should be able to get quite a lot of the new indirect tax money it is counting on . |
| 9 | TV comedienne and writer Victoria Wood will be happy to have just a walk-on role when she appears at Sunderland 's Empire Theatre later this year . |