Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The statement and the response were simply a formula , but Rostov still experienced a feeling of satisfaction . |
2 | John Suhr is so talented , and the guitar is just the last word as far as I 'm concerned . |
3 | The guitar is still the one that could never be replaced by anything digital because you would never be able to get the same sound and feel on a computer . |
4 | The softness was still there , but the fur was maybe a little ruffled . |
5 | The c-drawer is literally a desk drawer . |
6 | But the vigilante is now a film hero played by Charles Bronson . |
7 | Well the funding is either the initial funding was a fairly brave thing by the Archaeological Trust from its own funds . |
8 | The prince , it seems , had not hitherto shown a particular interest in a damsel and Sir Thomas was therefore convinced that the attachment between yourself and the prince was simply a romantic interlude . ’ |
9 | The base is also the home of the pioneers who left here in October in 1990 for the War . |
10 | It is not unusual to find adult education centres , in the middle of provincial inner cities , for example , in which the majority of the provision is still a testimony to white , petit-bourgeois aspirations and hobbies , peopled by students who travel into classes by car from outside the immediate neighbourhood . |
11 | The source of the expertise is still a matter for speculation . |
12 | The test now embodied in the UCTA is thus a hypothetical test , which requires the court to put itself in the position of the parties as they were ( and with the state of knowledge which they had ) at the time when the contract was made . |
13 | The T-shirt is even the right way round ! |
14 | So the struggle is basically a spiritual one . |
15 | Evidence suggests it is generally best to tell early ( even while the adoptee is still a baby ) so the child grows up with the knowledge ; it also removes the risk of someone else telling the child . |
16 | A third possibility that should not be overlooked is that the stereotype is just a stereotype and has no real correlate in women 's behaviour . |
17 | The award is also a challenge to Her Majesty 's Government . |
18 | It should be borne in mind , however , that the modules which constitute the award are merely an indication of the expected level of competence to be demonstrated by office workers who hold a qualification at Level I and II . |
19 | The contrast between the ages of the winners was remarkable enough , but the award was soon the centre of a public scandal as the French press accused the Academy of incompetence and the younger man of plagiarism . |
20 | The chairman of the board is usually the parish priest or his curate . |
21 | If the cinema is right the film need hardly matter . |
22 | After all , there are lots of people for whom the cinema is just a place to go , to get away from the children for a few hours , to be together perhaps , for a courting couple . |
23 | The runner is now a Tory candidate . |
24 | Moreover , they had no problems in explaining away any unusual cataphoric references as the " it " in the sentence is simply a dummy subject , an item which has no reference value and is purely a formal requirement of the grammar of English . |
25 | The grammatical structure of the sentence is thus a series of nested constructions forming a hierarchy . |
26 | The verb is equally the semantic head in a verb-object construction . |
27 | If a boat heeled right over it 's not good for the boat and it slows you down , it is far better to reef , the technique is just the same afloat as it was ashore . |
28 | The principle behind the technique is now a familiar one and widely used by vaccine manufacturers to obtain large quantities of virus for the standard killed flu vaccines ( New Scientist , vol 56 , p 630 ) . |
29 | The technique is now a well established method for measuring M w and M z for both synthetic and biological macromolecules and has the added advantage that measurements require only small quantities of material . |
30 | Their attempts to lower the age limit to sixty-five failed , but drove Lloyd George to protest that the measure was only an experimental ‘ beginning ’ in a new field of state action and beginnings needs must be cautious . |