Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was change incremental or was there a sudden , sharp turning point ? |
| 2 | There was the scandal of the Westminster Council 's sale of cemeteries for 15 pence ; a report of an enterprising Yorkshireman , Edgar Dakin , who , shocked at the prices charged for memorial headstones in the conventional marble or granite , had patented his design for thermoplastic ones at a tiny fraction of the cost ; and yet another that was virtually a half-hour commercial on BBC television for the ubiquitous Hodgson Holdings . |
| 3 | By pointing out a flower or describing a rarity he could make a walk supremely interesting and was indeed a charming companion on any expedition in the fields . |
| 4 | The house was left empty and was often a target for vandals and Sutherland was unable to sell it . |
| 5 | He has been Chairman of Tesco since 1985 and is also a non-executive Director of National Westminster Bank . |
| 6 | They are usually developed in soft material and the relief of these and related forms may be up to 50 m ( 150 ft ) high but is usually a lot less . |
| 7 | If he were his value would be high because is also a forward . |
| 8 | Those that had children struggled desperately to keep them within the state school system and also to see the frequent failures of others to succeed in this as being somehow a rather nasty disease , with compassion and sorrow the appropriate response , rather than the fierce bell-like anger they would all have produced reflexively only ten years before . |
| 9 | Sorry that 's just a bit of advice |
| 10 | He first took to powerlifting in 1979 and is now a qualified coach and referee . |
| 11 | The oral shield is arrow shaped or light-bulb shaped and is about a quarter of the disk radius in length . |
| 12 | They had all become part of campus life but the chuguo chao , the ‘ going abroad tide ’ , was probably the most noticeable and was certainly a ‘ hot topic ’ ( translated from the Chinese ‘ redian ’ ) among students . |
| 13 | The association with Lancashire lasted until 1986 and was always a happy one , for he was enormously popular with the fans and with his team-mates . |
| 14 | It is important for the organ to be properly covered by insurance , but making it available to students costs little and is again an investment for the future . |
| 15 | Colette joined Bank of Ireland in I.T.D. in 1971 and is presently an officer in M.S.U. , Head Office . |
| 16 | Chris believes the Bay Horse was first a pub in the 1560s and was also a coaching inn . |
| 17 | Academic , or theoretical , discourse is not privileged but is instead a form of accounting which uses abstraction to illuminate . |
| 18 | It had declined substantially by the late thirties but was still a thriving place compared with the Baldersdale of today . |
| 19 | in trying to answer these questions and psychological analyses and the whole appropriate to the age of the and I quote we must not forget that but is also a law giver and educator Egyptian Pharaoh undeniably Egyptian in origin . |
| 20 | It was black , the sort of black that is less a colour than a graveyard of colours , and there was a highly-ornate runic inscription up the blade . |
| 21 | The last ball preceding Lent coincided with Carnival and was generally a fancy dress affair . |
| 22 | In fact , the first report appeared in July 1992 and was mainly a description of the evaluation process . |
| 23 | Full transparent face shields or visors may be specified as an alternative and are sometimes an integral part of a safety helmet . |
| 24 | However , although ‘ multiculturalism , as an educational movement dates from the 1970s and is primarily a response to the post-Second World War migration of black communities to Britain , it is important to recognize that multiculturalism is a perennial social issue , for all but the simplest of societies are characterized by cultural diversity . |
| 25 | It will be available after 1997 and is essentially a travel document whose validity has been questioned by a number of countries . |
| 26 | Inaccurate : his use of the word handful is speculative and is hardly an accurate or appropriate unit of measurement in references of this kind , as he can not possibly know how many solicitors are dedicated property specialists . |
| 27 | I do not know if I have supplied this fish with the ideal conditions but the fish does appear to be very healthy and always has the dorsal fin held erect and is indeed an impressive sight . |
| 28 | It demonstrates Minton 's illustrative talent at its most dramatic and is compositionally a tour de force . |
| 29 | It was low in numbers a century ago , when the Piedmonts of Italy were being imported for beef and good red milking cows came from Bergamo , but by 1979 it numbered 150,000 and is now a well-established milk and meat breed in France , though almost extinct in Italy , where it is known as the Tarina . |
| 30 | Cover-up sticks or creams and lighteners are too heavy and are invariably a different colour from the foundation . |