Example sentences of "[is] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said later that he s an exceptional talent and only bad luck stopped him scoring , and to keep plugging away . |
| 2 | If both partners do that , there 's an increased chance of pregnancy , anyway ! |
| 3 | Erm but it 's an expensive system to install . |
| 4 | But it 's an expensive drug and it has unpleasant side effects . |
| 5 | One directly concerned cost : ‘ It 's an expensive way of buying ’ . |
| 6 | The attitude directly involving costliness — ‘ It 's an expensive way of buying ’ — was one of the labels which people most often applied to various types of credit . |
| 7 | To me it 's an expensive way of being uncomfortable . |
| 8 | Yeah , it 's an expensive way of of doing it anyway |
| 9 | It 's an expensive wood and not that easy to work , but the beautiful flaming and the rich pale brown colour makes it worth the trouble . |
| 10 | It 's an expensive place , ’ she said rather defiantly . |
| 11 | And at £350–500 a week in a ski resort it 's an expensive learning curve , not to mention frustrating as a chunk of the week has been eaten up before you 've even got going . |
| 12 | Disadvantages : It 's an expensive option ( Judy 's client 's pay an annual membership fee of £35 or a one-off fee of £6 , plus an hourly rate of between £2.90–£3.75 per hour ) ; you 'll be leaving your children with a stranger . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's an expensive malt whisky . ’ |
| 14 | It needs to be about half a millimetre thick to absorb the whole solar spectrum and , since it 's an expensive material , silicon-based solar cells are comparatively expensive to make . |
| 15 | ‘ If you like , Scott , I could suggest quarterly accounts , although that 's an expensive business . ’ |
| 16 | Of course , photography 's an expensive business . ’ |
| 17 | It 's an expensive business having so many children … the weekly shopping list includes a hundred and twenty five pounds of potatoes , twenty one loaves of bread and seventy pints of milk . |
| 18 | It 's an expensive Christmas present , but worth it to keep the kids quiet on long plane , train and car journeys . |
| 19 | No , I think , oh I do n't know he 's an exiled Scot . |
| 20 | Aye , she 's an awfy woman . |
| 21 | Aye , she 's an awfy woman . |
| 22 | He said people ‘ should not underestimate our determination — held at every level of the parliamentary party — that what we must have if there 's an indecisive result is a stable government ’ . |
| 23 | There 's an indoor school for when the weather gets rough . |
| 24 | If it was , for instance , Peregrine , which south of Pes Preston , certainly in my area , will grow quite well on a wall outside , then I think you 'll get away with netting but I think without knowing whether it 's an indoor peach or an outdoor peach , you 're on a bit of a loser . |
| 25 | There 's an indoor swimming pool , solarium and a childrens playroom with video . |
| 26 | And that 's an encouraging line because those of us , and I include myself who am not always articulate , who ca n't always get the , the words together to make a sentence and finish it , can try nevertheless to come up with something which is interesting , can contain the ‘ Hey , this is for you , ’ for the audience , along the lines we 've been talking about yesterday . |
| 27 | Do you think she 's an horny girl ? |
| 28 | He 's an annoying fucker ! |
| 29 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 30 | It 's an electrical shop , with a shining chrome display of toasters , coffee-pots , and electric carving-knives . |