Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well I 've er , I 've er fibre I 've a fibre underneath and a feather cos , when I had a fibre I do n't know why , but me ears seemed to be deaf every morning
2 It is in fact a purely physical problem associated with excessive amounts of gas ( usually atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen ) dissolved in the water in which the fish finds itself , be that an aquarium , pond or indeed lake .
3 So to be complete the model should have three input systems and three output systems , plus a central ( semantic/cognitive ) system .
4 If the glider is stalled and enters a spin at height , the inability to recover must be due a lack of spin recovery training .
5 Anyone earning over £9 a week and over age 18 at the time would probably have paid graduated contributions and be due a pension .
6 For any stepping rate limit the motor torque can be read-off the torque/speed characteristic and the corresponding rate of acceleration calculated from : Acceleration = motor torque/inertia In general the motor is able to decelerate faster than it can accelerate , but if a single p is to control both acceleration and deceleration the ramp rate must be shed to the acceleration rate .
7 Borland International Inc president and chief executive Philippe Kahn says the company will report profit for the fourth quarter to March 31 , and adds that he is comfortable with analysts ' estimates of profits of about $0.10 a share : Borland 's target is to be profitable every quarter in the coming fiscal 1994 — Paradox for Windows is ‘ doing great ’ and is on a winning track and Quattro Pro is now picking up .
8 If a decision is held to be non-justiciable the court will decline jurisdiction over it .
9 Tell her there will be half a pie for her tea otherwise she do n't get none .
10 An acceptable detection period would be half a day , which gives a measurement tolerance of 24% .
11 The average wait before this is located would be half a revolution if the whole overflow track were full .
12 It may consist of a tape-slide sequence which can be shown to classes and groups or viewed singly by individuals , and conveying a particular unit of information or stimulus ; it may , on the other hand , be half a term 's work programme for a class , meeting twice weekly for an hour and three quarters each time It may appear as a number of elements in a schedule of work which also includes directed teaching , use of text book , and practical formal exercises , as well as enquiry work , the consultation of sources , and a problem-solving exercise involving the study of a filmstrip in relation to a work-sheet or a passage in a novel .
13 This means that tour captain Gavin Hastings will be half a game ahead of his colleagues , as he came on to replace Hunter against North Auckland in Whangarei .
14 Oz and Pommieland may be half a world apart in distance , but we are joined by a bond of friendship which ignores the distance between us .
15 Self-understanding is not in itself going to bring about changes , but it can be half the battle in recognizing what is happening early enough and encouraging you to do something about it .
16 ‘ It wo n't be half the fun , but I daresay we 'll manage . ’
17 I — it wo n't be half the fun without you . ’
18 Philosophy , in so far as it is the articulation of the concepts , dilemmas , explanations and abstractions of a culture , will only be half the story unless both genders contribute equally .
19 Low blood sugar level , that could be half the problem .
20 Erm children 's pensions they would be half the widow 's or widower 's pension and they 're payable for dependant children up to the age of seventeen and for children who are in full time erm higher education and for one child the payment would be actually half the widow 's or the widower 's pension .
21 The Kasbah , and other centres such as Metro and Aguila Roja , are excellent for duty free goods such as cameras and audio equipment , which can often be half the price they are in the UK .
22 After all , brewers are not paying tax on beer that contains little or no alcohol , so it should be half the price of normal beer .
23 It 'll be half the price it is in Boot 's Cookshop .
24 This would certainly simplify equation ( 6.3 ) to yield : but it is clear intuitively that we can not completely fill the file , as the last available storage position would on average be half the file area away from the last record 's computed address .
25 I do nay get out there , it was gon na be half the time .
26 b ) If such notice is given or the employment is so terminated after nine months and within 15 months , the repayment will be half the amount .
27 The length of lessons will vary from teacher to teacher , but the shortest will be half an hour and the longest will be an hour .
28 She waited thus for what she judged to be half an hour , moving a few steps to and fro to keep warm whenever the coast was clear .
29 I used to have Physics at half-nine and every now and then she 'd have an accident in the road so I 'd be running home , changing her and taking her back to nursery , which would mean I 'd be half an hour late .
30 Always used to be half term , but Milvia it can only be half an hour !
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