Example sentences of "[adj] is [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately this is such a publication . |
| 2 | One of them came in , looked at the rubber gear and said , cor , I do n't know about this any more , this is all a bit too weird for me . |
| 3 | This is all a bit much for me . |
| 4 | ‘ I mean , you 're never going to meet anyone else unless you make the break , and this is all a bit hopeless , is n't it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But , ’ warned Kingsley ( and these are his concluding words ) ‘ remember always that this is all a fairy tale , and only fun and , therefore , you are not to believe a word of it , even if it is true . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Are you saying that this is all a mistake ? ’ |
| 7 | No doubt this is all a part of nature 's design to keep the community together , but of how a chimpanzee 's inner mind is structured , and of how they feel , we have little notion . |
| 8 | This is all a story . |
| 9 | Even when presented with photographs showing obvious emaciation from starvation , the sufferer from anorexia may comply with forced feeding through intravenous or naso-gastric infusion in hospital but still continue to believe that this is all a lot of fuss and that other people are the ones who really have problems . |
| 10 | ‘ This is all a world away from the man I know . |
| 11 | Do n't worry , this is all a super-bid for Gazza … |
| 12 | How much is that a week ? |
| 13 | Deciding which achievement was the most remarkable is all a matter of taste . |
| 14 | Oh that 's good is that a boat out of that shampoo lid ? |
| 15 | Is that is that a reason ? |
| 16 | Actually that is that a sub-directory or a main one ? |
| 17 | The government is entrusted with the task of protecting the lives , liberties and properties of the individual members of the body politic and there is a reading of Locke which I questioned last Tuesday which says that that is all a government can do . |
| 18 | Table 3.3 is such a table . |