Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wedding rituals in either case are a classic example of how the statements made by participants in a particular context should not be taken literally or at face value but must be interpreted as standing for something else , rich in ambiguity and figures of speech . |
| 2 | David , just looking at your situation , I know you 're er , a young chap and you have a young family , and we 've er , discussing your existing circumstances and I can see that at the moment er , funds in the family budget are a little bit tight . |
| 3 | The Bugis ' prahus are a magnificent hybrid between the original island boats and the seventeenth-century Portuguese spice-trading galleons . |
| 4 | The symptoms of angina are a heavy cramp-like pain across the chest which can spread to the neck , shoulder , arm and even the jaw . |
| 5 | They find their thinking and decision-making dominated by market and resource considerations which in their scale and complexity are a long way indeed from the traditional concept of primary headship ( Audit Commission 1991 ) . |
| 6 | The eyes of the male are a uniform dark brown ; a pale-ringed iris distinguishes the eyes of the female . |
| 7 | Golden-leaved marjoram , yellow-variegated lemon balm , white-variegated pineapple mint , purple-leaved sage , blue rue , the filmy leaves of bronze fennel , and the pink , purple and blue , leaf-like bracts of clary are a few herbs of this kind . |
| 8 | Although her black garments and veil are a sure omen of death , the Black Baroness 's charming laugh and exquisitely beautiful face ensure she always traps her victim . |
| 9 | The symptoms of TB are a persistent cough , a feeling of general ill-health , listlessness and weight loss . |
| 10 | Sometimes these similarities are quite obvious : the ferocious teeth of a predatory dinosaur are a sure indication of hunting habits , with hardly a glance at the fangs of living mammalian carnivores . |
| 11 | This has of course been a gradual process but has achieved results ( see figure 2 ) . |
| 12 | This problem of ‘ additionality ’ has of course been a long-standing one in relation to the British government and European Community assistance — as discussed in the Obair Report . |
| 13 | More particularly , they assert in several ways that values of one variable or parameter are a certain function of values of other variables or parameters . |
| 14 | France is the best-known example of this but there are plenty of others ; the riots in Tuscany in 1790 provoked by measures of this kind are a good example . |
| 15 | Golden plover are a widespread breeding bird in the summer , and whether this is a gathering of locals or birds from further north , I have no way of knowing . |
| 16 | She shows that unequal access to cash is a source of friction , and that rows about money are a common cause of the domestic violence which is now coming to light ( Pahl , 1983 , 1985 ; see also Brannen and Wilson , 1987 ) . |
| 17 | The pores in the skin are a classic example : they ‘ can not become perceptible to us by themselves , but yet their presence in the skin can be deduced from sweat ’ . |
| 18 | The latest in the field are a soft top and station wagon Defender 90 models from Land Rover . |
| 19 | Clarke ( 1979 ) , having noted that the areas of experience are a good starting point but too generalised , suggests that they be elaborated by specifying for each , the basic skills , specific experiences and factual knowledge involved . |
| 20 | Areas of experience are a valuable heuristic device for teachers in thinking about the curriculum . |
| 21 | Among newly-invented cheese dishes which seem to me worth a trial are a French Welsh Rabbit and an Anglo-Irish fondue . |
| 22 | Constant vigilance and isolation are a wearing combination , wearing and depressing . |
| 23 | The developments in relation to jointly funded residential care by Health and Social Work , in partnership with voluntary organisations such as Church of Scotland and Bield Housing Association are a positive step forward ; they can develop specialist skills , though again the question is how many specialist facilities will be required ? |
| 24 | In reply , the Welsh side are a hundred and twenty-four for seven off forty-seven . |
| 25 | As I said before , the key factors in the determining foreign investment are a stable economic environment , a commitment to a free and open market and a lack of intrusive social and industrial regulation . |
| 26 | These three fat volumes of anecdote and reminiscence are a useful source for biographers and historians of the period , and provide an insight into the lifestyle of the Victorian and Edwardian upper classes . |
| 27 | Kinloss Canoe Club are a mixed bunch of desperate characters ( you have to be to paddle the Findhorn in early January with 10 degrees C of frost ) from all walks of life , based loosely along the inner Moray Firth coast and the town of Forres . |
| 28 | This club are a serious inconvenience to the high and mighty through having a home in one of England 's most remote corners . |
| 29 | The bar serves snacks and meals and the village shops , bars , and tennis club are a short walk away up the hill . |
| 30 | Also part of the programme are a wide variety of workshops and panels , led by media practitioners from North America , Britain and Australia . |