Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] is a " in BNC.
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| 1 | is our SW regional buyer and is a school teacher . |
| 2 | In Kevin Billington 's production , Quartermaine 's Terms comes over as a deceptively sedate and profoundly funny play that is a serious pleasure to watch from start to finish . |
| 3 | For the record , the darkened piece of centuries-old wood that is a link with a 1,400-year-old cult is now kept in a safe . |
| 4 | A register is a statutory designated body that is a basis for designating liability , and a list is a source of administrative efficiency for the use of the local authority . |
| 5 | Although the course is free , accommodation and living are not , and for an unemployed teacher that is a major stumbling block . |
| 6 | THE UNITED STATES has shelved plans to cut a military road through a pristine Honduran rain-forest that is a staging post for guerilla raids on Nicaragua . |
| 7 | Born deaf , and now aged 30 , Shaw holds diplomas in chemical and electronic engineering and is a person with many hobbies including computer programming , car maintenance , photography squash , travel and reading . |
| 8 | ‘ We would also have to consider that sevens is a very important part of the Scottish game and is a good breeding ground for many of the skills required in the XV-a-side game . |
| 9 | Every legitimate group secures its fair share and the equilibrium of interest-group interaction provides for public policy that is a reasonable approximation of society 's preferences so securing the general interest at the same time as the overall system is rendered stable and legitimate . |
| 10 | He spent some time in the Navy , worked in light engineering and is a watchmaker to trade . |
| 11 | ‘ Delphis ’ floats around dreamy vocals , clever chords , is pushed along at a dignified pace and is a perfect antidote to the tense teutonic Techno and ball-breaking Gospel anthems currently dominating the scene . |
| 12 | unc The fraction unc is called an improper fraction and is a different way of writing 1½ You will learn more about improper fractions in the next exercise . |
| 13 | If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number |
| 14 | In addition , Peter Wood , who founded Direct Line and is a director of Royal Bank , is believed to be keen to see the company floated on the stock market . |
| 15 | It is squarely in the scientific tradition and is a conscious attempt to apply scientific method to international relations . |
| 16 | In its present form it is more like the original Roman Pantheon and is a most interesting example of Roman brick arcuated construction ( 223 , 224 and 225 ) . |
| 17 | A concern for the environment has resulted in harmful gases no longer being used as propellants in hairsprays , by recognizing that a non-aerosol spray is preferred by many , TiGi Linea have produced Finishing Spray which has a medium hold and is a fine spray which is invisible once it dries . |
| 18 | Well , that 's , that 's what we 're doing , but I mean , it 's just a lot of its wasted as there is just one little bit on the second page that is a continuation of the client contact . |
| 19 | If it is still stable at temperatures in excess of 100 K above T g , the temperature dependence has an exponential form where according to the Eyring rate theory ΔH is the activation enthalpy of viscous flow and is a more representative parameter than the energy . |
| 20 | He has a keen interest in contemporary music and is a founder member of the ensemble Capricorn . |
| 21 | Happiness on Mary 's face reveals more than words about contemporary care that is a million miles from formal institutions of the past . |
| 22 | The series 3 , 2 , 1 is known as graphic form and is a time honoured layout for newsprint . |
| 23 | But such a world is vastly more remote from the actual world than is a world in which , when you are sitting reading , you believe that you are . |
| 24 | He is not a civil servant but is a direct Crown appointee who can only be removed from office by an address from both Houses of Parliament . |
| 25 | It has the typical mottled white face of the colour-sided cline and is a thoroughly practical type , healthy , fertile , ‘ rustic ’ and very good at utilising the type of forage found in the Massif Vosges . |
| 26 | The most popularly accepted story , probably greatly altered since its origins some 300 years ago in 1676 , concerns jealousy , greed , murder , the eternal triangle and every other human emotion that is a foreplay to disaster . |
| 27 | Utopian thought has often been denigrated for its idealism , yet I would argue that , unlike religion , " the sigh of the oppressed creature , the heart of a heartless world … the spirit of a spiritless situation … the opium of the people " ( Marx , Contribution to the Critique of Hegel 's philosophy of Right ) — Utopian thinking represents a conscious attempt to pose historical goals for human action and is a stimulant for action and change " the amphetamine of the people " . |
| 28 | Few sites can have been as intensively studied as this one , and indeed few sites are as amenable to exhaustive study as is a domestic garden . |
| 29 | The four speed box would be more economical than the three speed and is a relatively easy conversion . |
| 30 | A university education is likely to result in a better-paying job than is a nonuniversity education . |