Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] be [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And probably even less than that , now I think of it , two hours that 's quite a long time is n't it Peter ? |
| 2 | Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others . |
| 3 | In the latter case this was notwithstanding a finding that the wife ‘ did sufficiently understand the general nature of the document . ’ |
| 4 | If you fall into that category this is definitely a shoe you should look at . |
| 5 | In a Labour Monthly article , " The United Front and Revolutionary Unity " , Palme Dutt developed the theme that the United Front created on 17 March 1933 was merely a preliminary to the creation of a new Left party . " |
| 6 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
| 7 | As a piece this was undoubtedly a composed solo , and although on the record quite a few of the phrases were ‘ dropped in ’ , it is obviously possible to play through it in one pass . |
| 8 | In a paper on peace and violence this is probably a proper focus , for it is men who are usually in charge of techniques of attack against outsiders . |
| 9 | In practice this is either a letter or a statement of value on HM Land Registry Form A4. ( e ) Insurance Insurance of the property should be placed in the name of the wife alone , the husband 's name being deleted from the policy . |
| 10 | The action is smooth and buzz-free all over the fingerboard , but even without the humungous strings and the heavy action this is still a pretty beefy-feeling beast — definitely not a Strat for the lily-fingered . |
| 11 | In essence this was less a system than the resort by the Crown to whatever means came to hand for raising and controlling money . |
| 12 | The British were dismayed but a further memorandum from the Americans in January 1943 was virtually a declaration of dissociation . |
| 13 | After Joseph 's death that year : ‘ … the journey of the Holy Crown from Vienna to Buda in February 1790 was almost a triumphal procession . |
| 14 | For Conservatives this is normally a once-and-for-all choice as it is unusual for a sitting MP to be denied renomination : Labour MPs are now subject to re-selection . |
| 15 | Mr Costain explained : ‘ We have told the council this is only a temporary measure until we get an extension built at the club and strengthen the roofing . |
| 16 | Surprisingly perhaps , January 1993 was generally a degree or two milder than normal . |
| 17 | This being so , the famous final and belated discussion of the problem at Rockingham in February 1095 was largely a display of shadow-boxing . |
| 18 | For some people , the date February 6 was already a special day . |
| 19 | The Boeing 707 was now a safer aeroplane , but it was felt in AIB that some important matters of principle and practice needed to be changed so that the same sort of thing could not happen again with a different type of aircraft . |
| 20 | Question 16 is simply a logical device to prevent an endless loop being formed in the network . |
| 21 | Question 16 is simply a logical device to prevent an endless loop being formed in the network . |
| 22 | May 9 was certainly a day for rallying to the cause . |
| 23 | Belemnites vary from small fossils a centimetre or two long to large specimens tens of centimetres long : of course these are only a fraction of the size of the living animal , with their tentacles extending well beyond the guard . |
| 24 | With a new rabbit and a short-haired piebald guinea pig in a box , Victoria arrived at a once-grand Queen Anne house in Wiltshire that was now a school devoted to raising the daughters of the gentry . |
| 25 | That 's why the TBM 700 is truly a Big Machine . |
| 26 | The situation was almost the same at Exeter , but 48 per cent of the subsidy assessments were at £1 , mostly on wages , while in Coventry these were only a handful out of a total of some 700 taxpayers , meaning that almost half the population literally ‘ possessed absolutely nothing but the rags they stood up in , a few sticks and boards for ‘ furniture ’ , and the tools of their trade , if any' , Exeter clearly enjoyed full employment — as full , that is , as was attainable in the conditions of the time — while Coventry languished in the grip of severe unemployment , and indeed in the early 1520s was undergoing a series of acute economic crises . |
| 27 | But his appointment as steward of the royal household in November 1318 was both a snub to Lancaster , who claimed the right of appointment , and a mark of his growing association with Hugh le Despenser the younger [ q.v. ] , the chamberlain of the household and the rising star at court . |
| 28 | Six years alone is rather a long time . ’ |
| 29 | The abrogation of article 6 was also a key demand of striking miners in the Arctic coalfields . |
| 30 | World War two was only a recent example of what had been an historical constant . |