Example sentences of "is [prep] [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a part payment of money , which is made so that the seller will not sell the goods to anyone else : You must pay a deposit to the hotel if you want them to keep a room free for you compare earnest(1) 3 an act or action of depositing : The rate of the river 's deposit of mud is about one inch a year deposit account n. a bank account which earns interest and usu. from which money can be taken out only if advance notice is given . |
| 2 | It is also relevant that the ability of families to deal with risks of early childhood morbidity is in good measure a matter of social and economic conditions ( see e.g. Wray , 1971 ) . |
| 3 | As I see it , the ‘ passivity ’ is in one sense a consequence of the decision to write the sonnets from a man to a man — as Sonnet 20 made clear , no ‘ activity ’ is contemplated . |
| 4 | When I answer this in the affirmative , I am aware that a man 's marriage with the woman of his choice is in one sense a boon , and in that sense the reverse of a loss ; yet , as between the plaintiff and the party promising an income to support the marriage , it may be a loss . |
| 5 | A novel is in one sense a game , a game that requires at least two players , a reader as well as a writer . |
| 6 | The term wastes , as used in early documents , is in modern parlance a misuse of the word , as they also existed at lower levels where arable and pasture might be expected . |
| 7 | As C. D. Burns remarked in 1924 : " We have … developed in England a compromise by means of which the educational system is in great part a State system and the standard of education is largely set by the universities free from state control . " |
| 8 | The name ‘ Ostrich ’ is in all probability a corruption of hospice . |
| 9 | War is in some sense a feature of life that loses its distinction as an element of malice . |
| 10 | This aunt is in some sense a kind of female-father figure , just as the maternal uncle is in a sense a male version of the mother . |
| 11 | The impression is sometimes given by Ministers and judges that the size of the prison population is in some sense a product of forces of nature beyond political or judicial control . |
| 12 | Indeed , if it could be shown that any content is possible consistent with the general requirements of justice , then ‘ justice ’ or ‘ natural law ’ would be stripped of their critical function whereby that which does not exhibit conformity of content with ‘ justice ’ or with ‘ natural law ’ is disqualified as law or , at least , is in some way a law less compelling upon conscience . |
| 13 | It may be that the state of affairs in which everyone ( as opposed to just some people ) is guided by such a maxim is an impossibility , or it may be that it is in some way a thing that no individual can wish for . |
| 14 | And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to remain at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place . |
| 15 | And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to stay at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place . |
| 16 | A self-concept develops from interaction processes since it is in large part a reflection of the reactions of others towards the individual : hence the term ‘ looking glass self ’ coined by Charles Cooley . |
| 17 | ( It is in this sense a quality which is likely to be inflamed in the racism of British society . ) |
| 18 | It is in this way a world view , of which psychoanalysis forms an important part . |
| 19 | Here the intestate heir is again the nearest agnate , who is in this case a brother . |
| 20 | This is made explicit in most sets of disciplinary rules , but is in any event a term built in to your contract by the common law . |
| 21 | But it is equally clear that direct , participatory democracy is , if not impossible , at least not very practicable in the modern world , and is in any case a recipe for bad government : " a community in mass is ill adapted for the business of Government … all numerous assemblies are essentially incapable of business . " |
| 22 | Motivating very loving owners to adopt a ‘ nothing in life is free ’ policy can be tough , but a good way is to each place a money box on the mantelpiece . |
| 23 | Julius Caesar is to some extent a case apart , being not only one of his most successful operas when first performed in 1724 , but also the most frequently revived this century , recently even having the dubious distinction of being given the ‘ Peter Sellars ’ treatment on television . |
| 24 | Although this characteristic is to some extent a handicap in that they can not be used , for instance , with boiling water , there are very great manufacturing advantages since the stuff can be squirted out hot in the form of tubes and sections or else into an elaborately shaped mould where it can be hardened almost instantaneously by rapid chilling . |
| 25 | Carlotta de Leyva belongs to one of the liberal families opposed to the dictator Lopez and as the betrothed of the leader of that opposition , Don Manuel of Encinitas , she is to some extent a figurehead , a political symbol : moreover , to the youth of eighteen , Highworth Ridden , who is introduced to her soon after his arrival in Santa Barbara , she is an ideal because she is in effect the first woman who has ever touched his love , as someone to be served , not someone to aspire to . |
| 26 | Coal as an export commodity is to some extent a casualty of the shift in the economic mix of the Western industrialised nations away from energy intensive ‘ smokestack ’ industries and towards higher added value , higher technology industries . |
| 27 | In the United States this ideal is to some extent a matter |
| 28 | In very severe cases the toxin gets into the blood stream and their paralytic effects toxin i i is to some extent a neuro-toxin , and also there are effects of the heart . |
| 29 | The term ‘ pendentive ’ is to some extent a misnomer since it appears to define a form which depends from the dome instead of , as it does , supporting it . |
| 30 | As the Secretary of State has said , today 's debate is to some extent a re-run of the debate that took place on 16 April , and we shall be deploying some of the same arguments . |