Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it comes to taking time off for work , most of you feel unable to give a truthful reason to your employer , and the usual excuse is a stomach upset or migraine . |
| 2 | The more the government dislikes the income distribution thrown up by the free market , a distribution reflecting differences in innate ability , human capital , and financial wealth , the more the government is likely to judge that the inefficiency costs of distortionary taxes are a price worth paying in order to secure a more equitable distribution of income and utility . |
| 3 | Usually the greater the similarity between a new stimulus and the conditioned stimulus , the stronger the conditioned response will be , e.g. if the conditioned response is a reaction to hearing the note middle C and you change the note response is weakened gradually . |
| 4 | Figures 11.5 and 11.6 illustrate this for England , showing the number of ‘ passes ’ by boys and by girls in some of the most popular subjects , at two levels : the higher level is GCE A level , and the lower level is a combination of CSE , GCE O level and GCSE . |
| 5 | an atomic formula is one of the form p ( t , t , … t ) where each t is a term , and p is a predicate symbol which expects k arguments ( i.e. p has arity k ) . |
| 6 | He does n't believe that extra money motivates , whether that money be a bonus , profit sharing or a salary increase . |
| 7 | On their account , the thrust of the rule-following considerations is that rule-following is a practice , a custom or a way of behaving . |
| 8 | Dry flyash can be used to make specialist concrete products and conditioned flyash is a filler for large civil structures like roads and building foundations . |
| 9 | 7 5 [ Se ] selenomethionine incorporation 7 5 [ Se ] selonamethionine uptake is a measure of protein synthesis and thus is an indirect measure of cell proliferation . |
| 10 | To ensure that this progressive building was a success , it was essential –hat a supply of completely manufactured parts was on the ground at the point of erection , before the building of a vehicle was commenced . |
| 11 | If John Major believes that his narrow majority is a vindication of his decision to join his darling mechanism , then his understandable sense of personal triumph will have gone to his head . |
| 12 | He say best stable for that mare is a coffin . ’ |
| 13 | The fusion of the Asian and European conflicts was a gamble which could only come off if a successful blitzkrieg were to lead to negotiation . |
| 14 | That brute is a nuisance . ’ |
| 15 | Mixed-ability teaching was a principle fairly widely accepted , at least for children in their first year at secondary school , but in some schools for far longer . |
| 16 | Couple of pears for a fruit compact , oh that look 's a beauty |
| 17 | That lane was a delight . |
| 18 | The principle behind Genette 's study is that narrative is a product of the interaction of its different component levels , and that the science of narrative consists in an analysis of the relations between them . |
| 19 | We can say , though , that income is a flow of disposable ( spendable ) money , while wealth refers to fixed assets such as land , shares , buildings or durable possessions . |
| 20 | The basic distinction is that income is a flow and therefore is measured per unit of time , whereas wealth is a stock and is measured at a point in time . |
| 21 | The simpler level is a search for the correct output for some particular instance . |
| 22 | Being given the ability to practise each level is a bonus in some respects , but ultimately kills any trace of lastability . |
| 23 | Of the pin placing at the 466-yard ninth , where the 144-strong field were a collective 114 over par , Woosnam said : ‘ Whoever did it must have been born with a spanner in his head . ’ |
| 24 | Alternatively , it is possible that a fundamental determinant of matrix-initiated cellular differentiation is a change in cell shape and size . |
| 25 | In neither case was a child resistant lid contraindicated . |
| 26 | Each preparation is a blend of fruit , flower , herb or plant extracts . |
| 27 | Below each shield is a bronze plaque which contains rows of symbols of the Chaos Powers . |
| 28 | It must have seemed clear to him at once that Tolkien was a man of literary genius , and this fact only brought home to him his own sense of failure as a writer . |
| 29 | The garden 's sole glory was a laburnum , which blossomed wonderfully each year : but even that she associated more with its dry black fatal pods than with its flowers , so often and so rigorously had she been warned of its poison . |
| 30 | The court held that necessity was a defence to the claim in trespass and nuisance . |