Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Porsche can show so little imagination when launching a new model is a corollary both of the popularity of the old 911 ( the only model unaffected by Porsche 's recent slump in sales worldwide ) , and of the conservatism at the top of the Stuttgart company . |
| 2 | The figures suggest a gentle recovery is continuing , but at a rate that 's unlikely to create many jobs . |
| 3 | The cost of feeding and clothing a giant child was astronomical because they demanded large quantities of food and needed large pieces of cloth to cover them . |
| 4 | but everything else we can sort , getting there , it 's not as if we 're gon na need a bloody fire is it Jane ? |
| 5 | This means that the most significant features of accent which are imitated/accommodated to will be ( 1 ) features involving a phonemic contrast , in other words , points where the sound systems of two varieties , rather than just the sounds themselves , are different ; ( 2 ) points of pronunciation where the systems themselves are not different , but the sounds representing a particular phoneme are substantially different . |
| 6 | Becoming a competent swimmer is obviously sensible and for those who sail a knowledge of seamanship is essential . |
| 7 | He said that at times it appeared that the only effective opposition to what was becoming a single-party government was from the press . |
| 8 | The probability of becoming a longterm user was highest for those who were 50–69 years in 1977–81 . |
| 9 | The highest risk of becoming a longterm user was seen for those aged 50–69 years in 1977–81 . |
| 10 | The probability of becoming a longterm user was higher for duodenal ulcer patients than for gastric ulcer patients , and higher for those who had the initial diagnoses based on a radiographic examination rather than endoscopy . |
| 11 | Equally , in this period , the chances of becoming a beneficed clergyman were greatly enhanced if political interest was exerted on the candidate 's behalf in the case of crown patronages , while no politician-nobleman , with his own ecclesiastical patronage available , would be likely to ignore political considerations when placing a minister . |
| 12 | Secondary schools offered more rungs on the career ladder , but the chance of becoming a head teacher was much lower . |
| 13 | They 're gon na buy a new car are n't they ? |
| 14 | If this arrangement is to be varied a special condition is required . |
| 15 | Keeping a big horse is expensive ; I know , I 've got one , and when I worked out what he cost me to keep I got to £50 per week and stopped because it was too frightening . |
| 16 | Keeping a steady blaze is akin to the way in which women generate and maintain emotional energy . |
| 17 | Many years ago , before aerobics was invented , Clare , the well-known natural beauty and massage guru , expounded her theory that keeping a serene face was the best bet for a wrinkle-free future . |
| 18 | We discovered last month that one of the major challenges of keeping a marine aquarium is choosing fish which will live in harmony together and , where applicable those which will be compatible with the invertebrates sharing their aquarium . |
| 19 | Two Bristol detectives who disarmed a violent knifeman are to receive commendations for bravery . |
| 20 | There was scarcely room enough to turn ; it was surprising how obstinately single a single bed was . |
| 21 | Granted the potential meaning of to postulated above , these two general categories provide a clear illustration of Guillaume 's principle ( 1984 : 134 – 5 ) that actualizing a potential meaning is an operation of thought which takes place while the speaker is mentally constructing a sentence and which he intercepts when he has found the representation which he feels as adequate for what he wants to express . |
| 22 | The increasing reliance on imaging suggests that the technique of palpating a pyloric tumour is a declining art . |
| 23 | Hence experiments utilising a lexical check were carried out . |
| 24 | Similarly , where a product which contains a secret mechanism is supplied subject to a condition that the recipient should not examine the mechanism , this will establish confidence in the mechanism ( see Paul ( KS ) ( Printing Instruments ) Ltd v Southern Instruments ( Communications ) Ltd and EP Ellis ( Male ) ( Trading as Ellis and Sons ) [ 1964 ] RPC 118 ) . |
| 25 | However , often the best way of challenging a dysfunctional attitude is to test out the validity of the attitude , for example a client who believed he could not stand going to a party might be invited to test this belief out by going , for at least part of the time . |
| 26 | The quickest way to absorb a distant culture is to bury yourself in a novel . |
| 27 | Among the 35 to 44 age group , 27 per cent say a congenial publican is important , while among the 55-pluses , 35 per cent say the same . |
| 28 | FIREMEN say a 25-year-old man is lucky to be alive today after escaping an arson attack in Linwood Road , Tranmere . |
| 29 | To impose a common curriculum is one thing ; to enforce the testing of children in this curriculum at specific ages is quite another . |
| 30 | A further indication of the ability of the corpus to provide a reliable model is gained from observing how the number of transitions found varies with increasing corpus size . |