Example sentences of "[is] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While such solidarity may cause the nation to bind together from time to time as in 1940 , at present it-is of a divisive nature rather than unifying . |
| 2 | I 've got a lovely bunch of coconuts , they 're all standing in a row , big ones , small ones , one 's as a big as head , oh give a twist , of the wrist , the showman said . |
| 3 | and your estate 's worth a hundred and sixty thousand |
| 4 | But basically a gilt has got a fixed rate of , of value at the end and the beginning , so it 's worth a hundred pounds day one , a hundred pounds day you know whatever , h how many days it 's in force , if it 's a five year gilt , it 's worth a hundred , a hundred pounds then . |
| 5 | But basically a gilt has got a fixed rate of , of value at the end and the beginning , so it 's worth a hundred pounds day one , a hundred pounds day you know whatever , h how many days it 's in force , if it 's a five year gilt , it 's worth a hundred , a hundred pounds then . |
| 6 | It 's a voucher with a three day mini-cruise for two people sharing from Harwich to Hamburg or Harwich to Esbjerg to be used weekdays , valid until the twentieth of December and it 's worth a hundred and sixty quid . |
| 7 | She 's worth a hundred of a woman like Suzanna , and if you ca n't see the difference you 're a fool ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Now that it 's illegal , ’ he said , coughing , ‘ it 's worth a thousand times what it used to fetch . |
| 9 | I know they say a picture 's worth a thousand words ( and James would no doubt agree with you ) , but I think we 'll keep things as they are for the moment . |
| 10 | And she 's worth a thousand of your so-called beauties . |
| 11 | So th , the , this , you know , this main thing of really , a picture 's worth a thousand words , and the more you can block out time in this way , and protect yourself , er , the better your overall time management will be . |
| 12 | Not quite a ten because I think it 's er you know , this hand here perhaps a little bit er obtrusive but certainly I think that one 's worth a nine . |
| 13 | Making things which look just that bit better is so easy , it 's worth a little extra trouble and will surely take you out of the learner stage . |
| 14 | Oh er he , he 's worth a pretty penny is Sounness . |
| 15 | It 's worth a few days observation . ’ |
| 16 | He 's worth a few million pennies at the moment . |
| 17 | The back page has a strip called Haggis , which is about a black highland terrier and his adventures . |
| 18 | But she is minor character in a story that is about a future constitutional crisis between a wicked and unscrupulous politician and a dignified , noble but politically naive monarch . ’ |
| 19 | It is about a mutual seeking in which one person ( the director ) , mature and skilled in his/her ministry , is alongside another ( the directee ) in his/her pilgrimage towards Christian maturity and that integration in which the inner and outer person become united . |
| 20 | This is about a young boy who is trying to avoid going to the dentists so he comes up with a series of excuses to give his mother . |
| 21 | By placing paragraphs on the links , one can say that a paragraph is about a certain relation between two nodes — not just about a node . |
| 22 | It has a Vietnamese cast and is about a timid servant girl who influences the lives of a large household . |
| 23 | The film is about a murdered rock musician who returns from the dead and , quoting lines from Edgar Allan Poe , seeks revenge . |
| 24 | The story is about a new chemical process which eats toxic waste . |
| 25 | The article , called ‘ Giacometti 's moral heroism ’ , is about a retrospective show of the sculptor 's work ten years after his death ; it does not include the name of any single work . |
| 26 | The unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about so much , or rather the unsatisfactory conclusion that the conditional is about a further statement about so much , follows from the metalinguistic view . |
| 27 | There is the whole of the Brixen and Sperten valleys to explore , and it is about a ninety minutes walk to Kitzbuhel . |
| 28 | The centre of Sorrento is about a 15 minute walk away but buses and a light railway run regularly to and from the town . |
| 29 | Situated in Kissimmee , the Save Inn is about a 30 minute drive from the fantastic Magic Kingdom and is part of a large motel complex of typical US style . |
| 30 | The Kristall is about a 30 minute walk from the lake , and a 45 minute stroll or a 5 minutes bus journey will bring you to Zell am See town centre . |