Example sentences of "[adj] [am/are] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I mean , letters like that are just a laugh , are n't they ? ’ she rushed on with a very poor effort at bravado .
2 The contrasting images which survive of Osred are probably a reflection of the increasing divisions within the Northumbrian kingdom at this time .
3 In an authoritative report prepared in 1985 for Greenpeace , Simon Northridge of the Marine Resources Assessment Group of Imperial College , London , and Professor Georg Pilleri , a respected dolphin expert , identified a lengthy list of incidental catches of dolphins and porpoises in gill-nets , of which the following are only a selection .
4 But , equally , well-intentioned laws that are badly drafted or not readily accessible are also a form of tyranny .
5 Yeah , er reading and listening are certainly a part , sorry , no skills which you have n't got , you gon na have a problem , in terms of influencing .
6 These are both the kind of information you should be able to pick up at your local field , in exactly the same form .
7 These are normally a lot less than paying for the whole aircraft over the same short period , but after the term of the lease the aircraft must be sold , or re-financed .
8 These are just a selection of our trips which cost around £13 each .
9 These are just a sample of the dilemmas we face . ’
10 These are just a handful of the subjects we cover .
11 These are just the sort of qualities that Orcs really admire !
12 These are just the job if you need to carry a rechargeable drill around with you , especially when working from a ladder or steps .
13 These are just an example of the excellent trips available in gran Canaria — they cost around £15 each , less if you buy the whole package , and most trips include plenty to eat and often a free bar !
14 Undoubtedly there have been some short-term fare benefits for the air traveller , but these are clearly the result of marginal cost pricing policies chasing after survival cash flow which blatantly disregard the ultimate responsibility to capital invested and are thus unsustainable .
15 These are firstly the development of new forms of alternative homes or home-based care ; secondly the design of appropriate assessment procedures and techniques ; thirdly the creation of intensive case management services to provide co-ordination of care at home ; and fourthly the organizational and managerial response towards more integrated systems exemplified by such initiatives as the Care Programme Approach for people with mental illness .
16 I mean these are n't the norm' , I do n't know what the norm is and this is the trouble .
17 And these are n't the sort of people that write to us using block capitals all the way through , these are reasonable people who 've had their property damaged over the years some quite horrendous tales and talk about walls being knocked down .
18 Clark Gable , Errol Flynn , Adolph Menjou — these are not the kind of men to serve as archetypes for celibate priests .
19 These are not the kind of facts which can be found in the history books ; they are small matters which would be of no real importance except to the people concerned .
20 The rational man may contemplate them and give more weight to the former , and more still perhaps to ‘ Art should be a part of ordinary life ’ , but these are not the sort of principles which he will profess to have interrelated in a deductive system .
21 er , we have in the East end of the village , including the pub , the farm , and various other properties , a certain type of properties that elevation , a certain sympathetic er amenity , and these buildings , I I heard the word mentioned earlier , I live in the country , I could live in the town , it does n't matter where I live , but these are not the sort of properties , in my opinion , that should be put on this particular site , er and they 're they 're totally , all our own elevations and plans of height , and they are totally and utterly out of proportion and out of scale with the present day entrance to the village , and whilst we 're not talking totally and utterly about looks , if you come down into the village they are going to be totally over powering , particularly in the , in the actual , in this situation of no hedges and that kind of thing ,
22 If these are not the product of a Piltdown-type hoax , then either there must have been a source of jade somewhere in Europe or else the axes must have been brought an unimaginable distance from the Far East , a journey comparable in its way to that of the monoliths of Stonehenge .
23 These are probably the platform for even more changes . ’
24 These are exactly the kind of team players a manager wants .
25 These are exactly the sort of voters Labour needs in the South , where the Conservatives retain a 14-point mid-term lead .
26 These are largely a matter of choice .
27 These are particularly the upland areas of Scotland , northern Britain , Wales , and South-West England ; however , more rural parts of Northern Ireland and the East Midlands ( including the Fens ) are still lightly peopled .
28 The first two of these are simply the result of the inversion .
29 These are often a combination of personal and peer-group interests ; and pursuing them can lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills .
30 Although all polling station results will be in today the official result will only be announced on January 4 , after the Electoral College has cast its votes — however these are always a rubber-stamping of today 's return figures .
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