Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [pron] a " in BNC.

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1 So am I a little bit .
2 Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and
3 Not only are they a natural weak point , they also entrap any intersecting line and form an unwelcome hazard .
4 If you can share a job when all around are losing theirs , not only are you a big man , but an unselfish one .
5 John T. Reid , not only are you a religious groupie , a thwarted poet of the Romantic School , a fitness freak , a possible paedophile , you are an artistic snob as well …
6 With the recognition problem not only are there a number of possible word combinations , the majority of the possible combinations are to be rejected .
7 ‘ After that write-up , it had better be something a bit more decisive than tossing each other off in the bogs . ’
8 I was going to ask you about your crane driving , how long were you a crane driver ?
9 So were you a sergeant when you started ?
10 the character of the store ( eg is it a ‘ popular price ’ store ? )
11 All be it a tenant , whether or no a tenant farmer must have the privilege of deciding who is invited onto his farm .
12 I would like to ask , why , when there co-operation at the , the Strathclyde bus company they have buses that are running choc-a-block constantly full , but then again suddenly a bus that does n't pay its full way is taken off and people that are dependant on that bus are left without any transport , why ca n't the busy bus subsidise the bus that is n't ? , because after it its public transport , so is it a complete and utter profit that the buses are running for or is it for the convenience of the public ? because it is
13 So is it a function ?
14 The problem is that annuity rates fall as interest rates fall , so is it a good time to buy an annuity when interest rates are low and what can be done about it ?
15 So is it a good li lovely meal .
16 So is there a ‘ best method ’ of filtration ?
17 I ca n't afford to have it reslated now so is there a stop-gap solution ?
18 This looks like a rather odd product — there is already multi-user native Pick for the personal computer , and there is single-user Pick for MD-DOS , so is there a market for a version of Pick that will support multiple users , while a person sits on the server and uses MS-DOS ?
19 Right so is there a necessity to do something about it if you 're an A type ?
20 So is there a , a bar there and all this caper ?
21 Law is not a business ; nor merely is it a profession , which is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as a vocation or calling , especially one that involves some branch of learning or science , but is one of three learned professions .
22 But not only is it a way of classifying policemen and women : the term is also used to criticize those outsiders who think they know something about policing , such as lawyers , academics , researchers , and journalists ; it is also a self-appellation of praise .
23 Not only is it a move into a realm where the distinction between life and death seems , as in ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , to have broken down , it is also a crossing to the world of the ‘ cannibal isle ’ which is revealed as only another version of the life left behind , and where the realization that ‘ Life is very long ’ is not escaped from , but reinforced .
24 Not only is it a way of cheating on the partner , and likely to hurt at least one of the three people involved , but it causes damage that goes deep .
25 But not only is it a city of views and skylines , it is a city of skies .
26 Not only is it a bad conductor of heat — so putting up running costs — but the fur can reduce the effective internal diameter of a pipe and can eventually lead leaking , immersion heaters burning out , and noises in the water heating system .
27 It is a sad sight for not only is it a famous Belfast landmark but to anyone who has spent an enjoyable evening there taking in anything from a popular musical to a classic play it must feel like a personal loss .
28 And erm I think Road is the key element of this traffic because not only is it a question of the estate but it 's the main through road from the up to Gatwick Airport and this is why er I understand that the calming proposal in road has yet to receive the M O T authority to use it because scheme .
29 Not only is he a tremendous prospect as an off-spinner , he averaged 38 last season , so he 's a useful middle-order batsman , too .
30 ‘ Not only is he a good ball winner , he makes good angles and scores regularly .
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