Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and [be] a " in BNC.

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1 Reagan , furthermore , notwithstanding executive experience as a two-term governor of California , was totally without national political experience and was a complete novice in foreign affairs .
2 is our SW regional buyer and is a school teacher .
3 They form the backbone of his historical research and are a joy in themselves .
4 He was a long way from being an alcoholic , but he was vulnerable to heavy social drinking and was a sucker for the old Scottish adage ‘ One For The Road ’ .
5 The bizarre dream-like tale of Roger Bacon 's brazen head first appeared in the late medieval period and was a popular romantic fable tacked onto Bacon 's life story .
6 The union then supported me further when I got another job and was a steward there , a branch secretary a district committee member and then on the regional committee and they also helped to put me through polytechnic and into the job that I did looking at mergers at the University of Warwick .
7 And I was working at this day and being a Monday or a Tuesday after the Mo Sunday meeting .
8 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 .
9 ‘ 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 .
10 Films formed a major aspect of his cultural intake and were a regular part of his life .
11 He spent some time in the Navy , worked in light engineering and is a watchmaker to trade .
12 ‘ 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 .
13 He was sent over to make an arms deal with the British government and being a military man he was extremely loyal and a little blinkered .
14 Which say have er retire in dignity and comfort , that 's the difference between being an old man and being a gentleman .
15 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 .
16 The lecturer 's task is not to act in the medieval sense and be a reader of scarce books , but to explain the difficult parts of an abstruse subject .
17 had been Hull University 's social secretary and was a successful agent representing British and international artists .
18 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 .
19 It is squarely in the scientific tradition and is a conscious attempt to apply scientific method to international relations .
20 He decided that for him to sit back and imagine , to follow a Bensonian way and be a dilettante among refined ideas , was an actual temptation .
21 How am I going to manage this house and be a wife you can be proud of , when I 've been brought up a different way , and everybody in the place knows it ? ’
22 I think ideally what we 're saying er Mrs is that it 's er , it 's an interesting plant and being a native plant of course there 'll be wild life that feeds on it which is to the good but it 's probably a plant for a , a larger wilder garden really .
23 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 ) .
24 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 .
25 John Leversedge from Haringey took an early lead and was a convincing winner in just over one hour nine minutes … second place turned out to be a battle all the way to the line …
26 Wilson , the son of a crofter , became one of the leading photographers of the Victorian era and was a pioneer in capturing the lives of ordinary men and women on camera .
27 Barney , enraged by Angy 's taunts , had just as much motive and was a far stronger character …
28 He was always available to the press for an instant comment and was a politician in his own right .
29 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 .
30 He has a keen interest in contemporary music and is a founder member of the ensemble Capricorn .
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