Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [is] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The adjacent campanile is also interesting and is a combination of Norman and Byzantine work . |
2 | The Bell 's food is always fresh and is a lot nicer . |
3 | Today the business holds its head high and is a world leader in its specialized fields . |
4 | The oldest rock of all is 4600 Ma old and is a silicate type called dunite . |
5 | Lloyd , who was born in Essex , emigrated to South Africa as an 11-year-old and is a graduate from the same riding academy as Roberts . |
6 | He has been chairman of the cereals committee since 1985 and is a member of the Yorkshire ( East Riding ) branch . |
7 | An acidified lake looks very still and clear but is an animal and plant graveyard . |
8 | It is sometimes a question whether a particular confession is the unaided work of an accused or is a fabrication of a police officer . |
9 | He makes training look easy and is a man with a terrific future . ’ |
10 | A decisive break with realist conceptions of the curriculum is long overdue and is a precondition for genuinely pluralist forms of radicalization of the curriculum ( Alvarado and Ferguson , 1983 ; Wexler , 1987 ) . |
11 | Does he further agree that , sooner or later , the talks will have to develop into meaningful discussions about constitutional change on an all-Ireland basis because the status quo is untenable and is a recipe for continuing conflict ? |
12 | HCFC22 is not perfect but is a lot better than CFC 11 and 12 . |
13 | Thus , if the taxpayer created a discretionary trust before 18 March 1986 and is a beneficiary thereunder , the reservation of benefit provisions can not apply . |
14 | The MINIS system was introduced in 1980 and is a management information system designed to identify resources consumed on specified activities by organizational units . |
15 | pearce is another overrated player — i cant see why he is always prefered for tony — yeah pearce is tough and shoots hard and is a fighting guy — — so what — — dorigo is a much more — international — type — coming forward more often and when in form seems to be a good friend with the ball … |
16 | The taxpayer was incorporated in Hong Kong on 17 June 1975 and is a subsidiary of another Hong Kong company , HK-TVB Ltd . |
17 | This shift is proportional to the distance d from Earth : where H is the Hubble constant and is a measure of the rate of expansion of the Universe . |
18 | He is chairman of Emerson Electric and is a director of Anheuser-Busch , Southwestern Bell Corporation , Caterpillar and Baxter International |
19 | That is comparing like with like and is a sign of the real difference in investment under this Government . |
20 | He graduated from the University with an LLB in 1950 and is a partner in a solicitors ' practice in Nottingham . |
21 | He lives in Leeds , is married and is a member of the local indoor Cricket League . |
22 | It takes twice as long and is a lot more bumpy . |
23 | Though Xorandor resigns himself to his fate , he tells the children a secret : he has not in fact come from Mars at all but is a member of a race that has been living on Earth for millions of years , communicating over vast distances through radio pulses in binary code . |
24 | This dichotomy is useful but is an oversimplification ; degree of development as measured for example by income per head or technology utilisation is best described by a continuous scale . |
25 | In 1988 women 's average gross hourly earnings represented 74.9 per cent of men 's earnings , which is slightly down on the peak of 75.5 per cent in 1977 but is an improvement on the 1985 figure of 73.9 per cent . |
26 | The other problem is terminological and is a problem familiar to anthropologists . |
27 | This life is sacred and is a gift . |
28 | This piece is intensely pessimistic and is a forerunner of his later ‘ doubt of the validity of a civilization ’ on the eve of the Second World War . |
29 | It 's not necessary and is a reflection of the Prime Minister 's lack of confidence and inexperience . ’ |
30 | Does he accept that a fail-safe system — an automatic train protection system — would cost nearer £390 million and is a matter of urgency ? |