Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Today , being an active member of a political party seems to be neither a qualification nor a disqualification for appointment . |
| 2 | This gene seems to be neither an oncogene nor tumour supressor gene , but could be responsible for an increase in genetic instability by way of multiple replication errors within the genome . |
| 3 | Johnny 's double standards , and his entrenched belief in the superiority of the male , had led her into an angry tirade of defence designed only to prove that she was exactly the cheap little tart that he so obviously thought her.Their relationship seemed to be increasingly an exercise in one-upmanship : my time 's better than yours ; so there ! |
| 4 | But if you have the luck to come of country stock then you should never sever your roots , no matter how great the temptation to ‘ improve ’ yourself , or to inhabit more glorious scenery , or to be nearer a railway station . |
| 5 | Gandhi claims to be simply a seeker after Truth , ceaselessly searching for it , occasionally having glimpses of it , yet not finding it . |
| 6 | However , there is a tendency for the content of the packages to be simply a transfer of printed teaching matter to the computer medium , without capitalizing on the extra advantages of the medium , for example , making full use of its interactive teaching possibilities . |
| 7 | As de Lattre presented his case , his plan to construct 1200 bunkers of the Siegfried Line-type ( one wonders why its French counterpart was not mentioned instead ) was to provide against future Chinese attacks but , on the assumption that the Chinese might be deterred , French success seemed to be simply a matter of US munitions and confidence and , although it might have been misleading as a performance indicator , at the end of his visit to the Pentagon de Lattre was rewarded with Defense Secretary Lovett 's assertion that General de Lattre was regarded as a comrade in arms and that the US would do everything they could for him that was within their capabilities . |
| 8 | If you believe yourself to be simply an animal without an immortal soul but you also believe that you are capable of making moral judgements , you will need to ask yourself whether cats and mice and birds and insects are also capable of making moral judgements . |
| 9 | But if this new development were to be simply an aid to better assignments and projects then it would not be remarkable , because library instruction which is project-related and project-inspired , is not unusual , though it is less common than the separate library lesson . |
| 10 | My argument for functionalism is therefore critically dependent on whether or not I can convince you that progress in one of these areas — cognitive neuropsychology — is unlikely to be simply an illusion . |
| 11 | In other words , the focus of Gironella 's attention is neither historically nor iconographically arbitrary , although in some ways his reworkings of the paintings of others could be seen to be simply an extension of a fairly conventional activity . |
| 12 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 13 | In the first place , though the sense of want is acute and even painful , yet the mere wanting is felt to be somehow a delight . |
| 14 | To deal with a pundit one had to be either a sister , senior staff nurse , or a rare fourth-year on nights . |
| 15 | But then I do n't like blood so I would n't want to be either a cook or a surgeon . |
| 16 | Each religion developed its own particular insight , but had to cater for a number of different needs : if you were born in India , for example , you were likely to be either a Buddhist or a Hindu . |
| 17 | In another case the owner was advised by the local newspaper of an impending traffic improvement , which was to be either a bypass or a road widening . |
| 18 | Eliot wrote in 1916 that mythology was ‘ dangerous literary material ’ and had to be either a mythology in which the writer believed or else one in which a people had once believed . |
| 19 | Thus , in health , there does not seem to be either an attenuation of secretory pathways mediating gastric acid secretion or end organ resistance to stimulation . |
| 20 | The following is an example of a typical clause : 1 In the event of a Manager ceasing to be either an employee or Director of the Company otherwise than by reason of dismissal , retirement [ redundancy ] [ or death ] , there shall be deemed to have been served a Transfer Notice in respect of his entire holding of shares [ NB : should be defined to include all shares held by family trusts or nominees ] and the price for such shares shall be the lower of cost and Market Value . |
| 21 | The problem is believed to be either an Achilles tendon strain or a stress fracture of the right foot . |
| 22 | In a country such as Sweden where most manual workers ( although not necessarily white-collar employees ) are organised in industrial unions this seems to be partly a reflection of prior employer organisation on an industry-wide basis ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 23 | This difference seems to be partly a consequence of the relative homogeneity of Australian English on the one hand , and the heterogeneity of Belfast English on the other . |
| 24 | Both Thins and Bargain Bookshops expected to be up a bit ahead of inflation , which was not good enough for David Flatman but ‘ a near miss ’ for Ainslie Thin . |
| 25 | Unfortunately the powerful television lights kept melting the glue , and in spite of extra large dollops of the stuff , the G from ‘ Winning ’ fell off every night and I had to be up a ladder fixing it back again at six the next morning . |
| 26 | It just appears to be just a fraction out of focus maybe , I do n't know . |
| 27 | His first wife had left him to become a theatrical agent because she did n't want to be just a housewife . |
| 28 | He seemed to be more content to be just a consultant to everyone in the music business than actually being a pioneer . |
| 29 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 30 | So large , that when plans to flood their lowland were first announced , the Rut landers protested , ‘ But we do not wish our county to be just a towpath around a lake ! ’ |