Example sentences of "[noun] a [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When much later in the afternoon she got up to get the tea a tearing sound was heard as her nice blue overall parted with the gummy chair — she let out a burst of laughter . |
| 2 | The new Commonwealth declared itself open to other Soviet republics , as well as to states elsewhere that shared its objectives , and on 21 December in Alma Ata a further agreement was signed by the three original members and eight other republics : Armenia , Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , Kirgizia , Moldavia , Tajikistan , Turkmenia and Uzbekistan . |
| 3 | When entry text is returned to the Main and Copy Databases a single copy is made to tape of the changed text table , the entry table and the version table . |
| 4 | Out in the open firth a few gannets were flying about , watching for any fish movement and occasionally making what seemed like exploratory dives . |
| 5 | As a direct result a new nation is born . |
| 6 | In thermodynamics a reversible process is one that is carried out infinitely slowly and carefully so that it is virtually in a state of balance at all times . |
| 7 | As you can see from the photograph a common problem is that the wires are too short ! |
| 8 | The young viewers were kept fully informed of developments and on one programme a possible mate was being discussed . |
| 9 | On the Continent a central cupola was more common or , if a tower were intended , it was usually never built as the high vaults would not bear it . |
| 10 | One of the matters brought to light by the plans to operate trolleybuses , was the need to rationalize electric current supply and with that in mind a new agreement was drawn up with Croydon Corporation . |
| 11 | At the back of her mind a small demon was saying : ‘ Why should n't he be upset ? |
| 12 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |
| 13 | For individual schools a pregnant teenager is still a relatively rare occurrence and one in which it is difficult to cater for all the physical , medical , social , residential and educational needs of the prospective mother and baby . |
| 14 | In Arizona a fresh election was scheduled as no candidate received more than 50 per cent of the vote . |
| 15 | Earlier in this chapter a tentative attempt was made to integrate DCF , the notion of generic strategies , and interpretations of portfolio-grid locations . |
| 16 | On locomotive-hauled trains , a flashing red light is used by British Rail , while on multiple units a static light is used . |
| 17 | With a high performance car a greater depth is required . |
| 18 | Existing political parties were banned ; after a period of military rule a single-party system was established in 1969 . |
| 19 | In certain respects a major saint-cult was a liability : it usually meant the existence of a refuge to which political outcasts might flee . |
| 20 | In other words a fat calorie was exactly the same as a carbohydrate or a protein calorie . |
| 21 | Up the hill from the south-west a gentle breeze was blowing , and opposite him a huge chestnut tree , already infected with the beautiful rust of autumn , stirred in sympathy with the wind . |
| 22 | Give Sinbad a better break is the answer he 's one of the most endearing soap characters on the box , yet now he 's fast turning into a busybody . |
| 23 | In the age of monumentalisation a new architecture is created , in a radically redesigned temple : a long , narrow room , its focal point a cult-statue at the back looking out through an entrance-porch at the east end . |
| 24 | E. Griew , The Theft Acts 1968 – 1978 , 6th edn , Sweet & Maxwell , 1990 , 211 , wrote : [ i ] f a blackmailing demand is " made " as soon as it is spoken or dispatched beyond recall , the possibility of a case of attempted blackmail is limited to fanciful situations such as where [ the accused ] is affected by a stammer or interrupted in the act of posting . |
| 25 | When talking about grief a frequent comment is , ‘ We never used to have this sort of fuss made in the good old days : we just had to get on with it ! ’ |
| 26 | This is another spot which seems to be enjoying a good run of birds of prey for common buzzard and hen harrier were also there and on Saturday a red kite was seen . |
| 27 | However , if one looks at the size of family , the findings are fairly consistent : in the 1948 French study , for instance , housewives with one child put in on average a seventy-eight-hour week ; in the 1950 British study a sixty-seven-hour week , and in the present study a seventy-one-hour week was the average figure for housewives in this group . |
| 28 | In this study a 400-element array was used to represent a rectangular plate in plane strain , loaded only at its four corners by forces parallel to the longer dimension of the plate . |
| 29 | If the day is windy without much sun , the swathes should be high and narrow ; if very sunny and without wind a wide row is better . |
| 30 | On the south side a corresponding basement is hidden by a drawer flap which , when pulled down , reveals the cellar with its groined roof . |