Example sentences of "[adj] [det] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifty that 's a hell of a lot of show 's and a lot of Mrs and a lot of Mr and a lot of Janet I love you you know . |
| 2 | It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory , but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd , something duplicitous perhaps , about this apparently charming American gentleman . |
| 3 | ( For the uninitiated this is a gathering of the privileged few to down cocktails , cause gossip column ‘ sensations ’ and generally be seen and pamper the stars of the show ) . |
| 4 | Given that this is a passion of 's it was very useful , given that he speaks no Italian . |
| 5 | It is not possible , however , to say simply that whenever one man intentionally causes harm to another that is a tort for , as we have also seen , the mere fact that my motive in performing an otherwise lawful act is to cause damage to another will not of itself make the act tortious . |
| 6 | I understand it 's run into some difficulty but I urge the minister to press the commission to get a move on because this this is a problem that does n't just affect this country , it is certainly a problem that affects the whole of Europe and the European union in particular but also the the er the whole of the world and it 's something that needs international action . |
| 7 | And just to prove that some students have got the hang of this this is a letter that er David produced and , it actually looks quite good ! |
| 8 | This was actually Yeah this was this this was a field here |
| 9 | So th this this was a standing engine was it ? |
| 10 | This this was a weight . |
| 11 | If you er , send one in , to get it mentioned on the day , well we certainly do our best , er , sometimes , er , the er , anniversaries and the birthdays , not very often , are crowded out by er , any news stories that we may have to bring you , became first and foremost this is a news programme , er reflecting the stories of the day , but generally speaking we manage to get a full list of your dedications in . |
| 12 | For some this is a moment of disappointment in which the real , the true , and the authentic are surrendered to , or contaminated by , the factitious and the contrived . |
| 13 | It says a Christmas service will be held in the oh no it is n't the juniors are now helping the infants with their nativity story on Wednesday the eighteenth of December this was originally a advertised , by me , at taking place at six thirty in Walton St. Peter Church , I 'm afraid this was a mistake on my part , as in fact the performance is rather ten thirty on the da on that day at Walter St. Andrew Church . |
| 14 | On one level a site guide , on another this is a mini-textbook describing changing society at one place over four thousand years . |
| 15 | This latter is a piece of independent evidence , which is distinct from the actions , such as masturbation or thumb-sucking or the hysterical symptoms of neurotics , which are to be explained by reference to the concept of sexual instincts . |
| 16 | This latter is a construct in Freud 's overall theory , but he seems constantly to confuse his theoretical primitive group and actual primitive societies , which , he acknowledges , do have such controls . |
| 17 | For those enquiries demanding specialist knowledge , the directories should contain information on staff specialisms and availability to answer queries , this latter being a policy matter . |
| 18 | I had a red jumper , but this was a , to be a honest this was a bit grubby down the front so it meant today |
| 19 | Almost opposite this is a road which turns off to the right down to Rabaçal ( 64km ) at a height of 1,070m . |
| 20 | And if you if you compare those diagonal markings with the sorts of markings on on er some of these other stones , these these are a bit diagonal but if you look carefully they go there 're some going in that direction and some are going that direction . |
| 21 | These these are a measure are n't they they 're a measure of the quality of what we 're going to do over the next two days and therefore I will come back to these tomorrow afternoon I will check through them and if everybody can say yes yes I 'm satisfied with that then we 've achieved what we set out to achieve today . |
| 22 | Yes , it 's only one 's , two heads , but it 's better that 's a beaut I mean that |
| 23 | Bob Brozman has a National made specially for George Beauchamp in 1932 , and English slide player Michael Messer has a beautifully engraved round-neck Style 4 that was a leaving present for the shop foreman , Harry Worth ( it lay undiscovered in an attic in North Wembley for sixty years ) . |
| 24 | Some may also say all that 's a touch pretentious , Jools , but this is Channel 4 . |
| 25 | All that is a way of saying that I found , and still do find , the conscious act of sitting down to meditate — in the accepted way of the word — an exceedingly difficult act . |
| 26 | All that is a stirring of a native spirit , ultimately uninnovative and well within the constraints of the public will . |
| 27 | All that is a bit abstract but it can be earthed by an example . |
| 28 | The Chancellor says that all that is a price well worth paying to reduce inflation — of course , the Chancellor has not yet had to pay that price , but he will . |
| 29 | And of course all that is a play-off against you know keeping that franchisee er involved and keeping them feeling that they can still make a profit . |
| 30 | What changed all that was a book Suffer Little Children by a St Andrews doctor , David Reid , who runs his own Medical Institute for Research into Child Cruelty from his home and is known for controversial views on the causes of child abuse . |