Example sentences of "[pron] is [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a large , semi-circular headed chancel arch leading into the Gothic choir , which is at a higher level than the nave . |
| 2 | Gradually the expelled layers move off and fade away , while all that is left of the star is the small , dense core , which is at a high temperature and is amazingly ‘ heavy ’ . |
| 3 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |
| 4 | ‘ We believe the organising committee has an obligation to supply equipment which is of a suitable quality . |
| 5 | Because participating preference shares contain an entitlement to share in profits which is of a restricted amount and has priority over the other classes of shares , they are non-equity shares in accordance with the definition in paragraph 11 of the [ draft ] FRS and their interest in shareholders ' funds should be presented within the aggregate amount attributable to non-equity shares as required by paragraph 34 . |
| 6 | The back page has a strip called Haggis , which is about a black highland terrier and his adventures . |
| 7 | Multiple selection of courses is not necessary ( except for Law and French which is under a separate quota ) and candidates need only use one space on their application form . |
| 8 | The couple , on the last night of their four-day official tour of the country , were driven to Sejong Cultural Centre in an armoured stretched Cadillac to watch a performance of Delibe 's Coppelia by the Scottish Ballet , which is on a Far East tour . |
| 9 | Try feeding the radio from a supply which is on a separate circuit to the wipers . |
| 10 | The second largest chip on the motherboard is S3 's 82C805 graphics accelerator , which is on a local bus . |
| 11 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 12 | It is important , however , that the float is set up correctly , which is with a large shot on the bottom . |
| 13 | Now I , they could , erm one thing that I found b b b b picked up from doing my own reading and studying was that it 's always good to go through with the customer step by step which is to a certain extent what we do do |
| 14 | The treatment and definition of enemies are matters forthcoming from the domain of ‘ the political ’ , which is to a large extent a male domain . |
| 15 | Work in progress which is for a specific contract or customer order would not require provisions unless circumstances so indicated . |
| 16 | The definition of non-equity shares is widely drawn , so that any right to a dividend or to a redemption payment which is for a limited amount will have the effect that the shares will be considered non-equity shares , irrespective of the other rights they may enjoy . |
| 17 | Now I find that nonsense , because the planning committee have just approved a major development station , which is for a 150 bed hotel on a housing development . |
| 18 | The final miles back to Staveley are not very pleasant as they involve road walking , particularly the last mile and a half which is along a main road . |
| 19 | The heat released in this reaction , which is like a controlled hydrogen bomb explosion , is what makes the star shine . |
| 20 | For acoustics I 'm playing mainly Gibson reissues ; I 've got a Hummingbird , which is great , and a J-185 , which is like a small blonde Everly Brothers-style guitar . |
| 21 | It could be the five two eight there 's a five two eighty sixty two which is , about two hundred pounds , which is like a better machine |
| 22 | They will be able to have a voice in choosing the chairman of the European commission which is like a Euro quango in a way so I do see a parallel which I want to put to you that we are remedying the democratic deficit in Europe with that giant Euro quango in the same way that we would like to remedy the democratic deficit with respect to the proliferation of quangos in Wales . |
| 23 | As well as the fairly conventional scales we have seen so far , Joe also uses a couple of the more exotic types , such as the Hungarian minor , which is like a harmonic minor scale with a lowered 5th , and the very unusual Enigmatic scale ( listen to The Enigmatic to hear this . |
| 24 | There is also a microfiche catalogue which is like a miniature card catalogue which you may need some help with and the computer catalogue which you will definitely need some help with . |
| 25 | So right away you had Hawaiian choirs singing church music , but they tinged it with this Hawaiian melodic sense , which is like a different way of resolving a melody . |
| 26 | There are a few major gaps , however , such as the Duke of Sutherland 's Titians , which no amount of string-pulling could unloosen ; Giorgione 's ‘ Tempesta ’ and his ‘ Venus ’ in Dresden , which is in a ruinous state , and his ‘ Three philosophers ’ in Vienna , which the Kunsthistorisches Museum , after some hesitation , decided not to lend . |
| 27 | One of these , the composer 's working score of a late version of his Te Deum , Paris , Bibliotheque Nationale ( F-Pn ) , H400D(3) ( illus.3 ) , is all in his own hand except for a fair copy of a shortened version of the seventh movement , ‘ Tu Rex gloriae ’ which is in a second hand , and another inserted folio with an alternative version of ‘ Dignare ’ and ‘ Miserere ’ , in a third hand . |
| 28 | The strain energy in a stretched material is very like the potential energy which is in a raised weight , except , of course , that the stress is changing as the material is strained whereas the weight of a weight is constant as it is raised to any normal height . |
| 29 | This may be true but presupposes that the law in question is the one which will govern the contract , whereas the reality is that for every contract governed by that law there will be another contract governed by a foreign law with which the party concerned may be unfamiliar , which is in a foreign language he does not understand , and which , when put to the test , may prove demonstrably inferior not only to his own law but to the proposed uniform law . |
| 30 | Personally I like to keep things as simple as possible , so I always relate this concept to the relative major key even if I 'm dealing with a song which is in a minor key . |