Example sentences of "[coord] [is] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some companies have an automatic deletion of all e-mail messages more than three months old with the proviso that any important messages can be taken out and incorporated into a formal , structured system ( for example , a word processing system or individual accounts ) if that message needs to be retained or is a key part of another , more important story . |
| 2 | Anybody who disagrees with giving the pensioners the right to watch T V without having to pay a licence charge is either the English football manager hoping to God nobody sees the team playing , or is a Norwegian player wanting to protect our old older members of the community from an early grave . |
| 3 | In my recent researches into drawing in the United States in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in the National Gallery in Washington , I discovered a large resource of minimalist works on paper by women ( whether this is due to the collector/donor 's taste or is a real reflection of the state of practice is difficult to determine . ) |
| 4 | Article 5(1) contains further definitions as follows : " a group of connected individuals " , in relation to the party disposing of shares in the company , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a director or manager of the company and , in relation to the party acquiring the shares , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a person who is to be a director or manager of the company ; " close relation " means a person 's spouse , his children ( including , in Northern Ireland , his adopted children ) and step-children , his parents and step-parents , his brothers and sisters , and his step-brothers and step-sisters and includes a person acting in the capacity of trustee or personal representative of any such relative ; and " single individual " includes two or more persons acting in their capacity as the personal representatives of a single individual . |
| 5 | Article 5(1) contains further definitions as follows : " a group of connected individuals " , in relation to the party disposing of shares in the company , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a director or manager of the company and , in relation to the party acquiring the shares , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a person who is to be a director or manager of the company ; " close relation " means a person 's spouse , his children ( including , in Northern Ireland , his adopted children ) and step-children , his parents and step-parents , his brothers and sisters , and his step-brothers and step-sisters and includes a person acting in the capacity of trustee or personal representative of any such relative ; and " single individual " includes two or more persons acting in their capacity as the personal representatives of a single individual . |
| 6 | Is it a question of the amount and frequency of the prescription or is a new remedy needed ? |
| 7 | ‘ We are concerned she may be a young girl who became pregnant and has not told her parents , or is a young girl in care who ran off and had the baby over the Christmas weekend . |
| 8 | In addition to the disqualifications that apply to voting , a person may not be a candidate if he or she has been declared bankrupt within the previous five years , has incurred or authorised unlawful expenditure by a local authority above £2,000 , or is a paid employee of the local authority in question or the holder of a politically restricted post in another local authority ( see pages 88 — 9 ) . |
| 9 | Indeed , more information is required concerning the pattern of excretion of Cryptosporidium and other organisms , in order to investigate whether the chronic diarrhoea in these cases is a result of persistent infection or is a postinfective phenomenon . |
| 10 | Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances . |
| 11 | The third either points to the index for the whole compound or is a dead end . |
| 12 | ‘ Or is a chaste kiss on the cheek all you need from a man after all ? ’ |
| 13 | He seems to invite us to think of the circle as something which embodies , or is a continuing expression of , the motions which generate it ; and this involves our thinking of those motions in a way which makes them less like efficient causes than like formal causes , at least as Aristotle intended them . |
| 14 | Most obviously , the power will be exercised where the patient is a known danger to the public or is a known suicide risk . |
| 15 | The original version of Illustrator picked up several awards but neither was nor is a mainstream graphics tool in the same way as MacDraw has become . |
| 16 | Nor is a spiritual director a guru to whom we turn to satisfy our needs for dependence , even though we may recognize the hand of God providing this particular person at this particular time . |
| 17 | Nor is a conflicting obligation stated to be void or invalid . |
| 18 | In the hands of Puiatti , this Pinot Bianco is a stunning wine with a tight vinous concentration and considerable elegance — and is a real rival to top-flight St Véran which costs much the same . |
| 19 | She 's also in the National Blind Swimming Squad and is a real hopeful for Britain 's 1992 line-up at the Disabled Olympics in Barcelona . |
| 20 | He knows the place so well and is a real hardy customer . |
| 21 | The pool is enclosed by the bungalows , palm trees and bushes and is a real suntrap . |
| 22 | In the Talbot Rice Gallery , Old College , the University has two galleries : one in the former University Museum , a fine neo-classical room , houses the Torrie Collection of old master paintings and bronzes ; the other is adjacent and is a spacious modern gallery for changing exhibitions and is one of the leading venues for contemporary art in Scotland . |
| 23 | The other is adjacent and is a spacious modern gallery for exhibitions . |
| 24 | It stands 1100 feet above the Itria Valley and is a superb base for touring the region . |
| 25 | It is predominantly white , with some red markings about the neck and cheeks in particular , and is a dual-purpose type . |
| 26 | is a reverse variable and is a forward variable ; |
| 27 | ‘ I said to him ‘ Is n't that because you have been labelled a gangster who fights , and is a total embarrassment . |
| 28 | It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's . |
| 29 | Disordered hair is constantly used to reflect social chaos by the police and is a prime signifier of everything that is offensive to the world of ‘ real polising ’ . |
| 30 | His work has been translated into over twenty languages and is a prime example of the brilliance and fecundity brought to the English novel by writers who have landed on these shores . |