Example sentences of "[be] [coord] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of you 'd be surprised how gullible a lot of people are and frankly a lot of shopping problems do turn out to be the shopper 's own fault . |
| 2 | The Jews of his day had come to see the Old Testament law not as a pointer to the life of trusting obedience in God which it was meant to be but rather a code to be scrupulously followed in every detail . |
| 3 | He 's older than she is and probably a lot more experienced . |
| 4 | This appears to be reflected in the character of the Anglo-Norman fabliaux , which — small though their number is and therefore a rather unreliable basis for generalizations — tend to concentrate upon the adventures of knightly characters , and to develop the characters they contain in terms which , however facile , represent the aristocratic or courtly ethos : characters are frequently identified as " " bel " " , " fine " , for instance , and given " noble " motives for their actions , such as the lady of Un Chevalier , sa dame et un clerc , who , superficially at least , gives herself to the clerk as an act of pity , in order to avoid his dying of his " " maladie " " of love . |
| 5 | What we wanted to look at to start with was why training is so important , whose responsibility training is and lastly a systematic approach to training . |
| 6 | Then , his head bent forward , he noticed that the shadows were long on the grass ; in fact , there was but merely a streak of sunshine bordering the flower garden now . |