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 . |