Example sentences of "[adj] 's a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO 'S COMPANY THREE 'S A SAVING OF UP TO £60 |
| 2 | Three 's a load of crap . |
| 3 | Three 's a crowd for Patricia Hodge in Fay Weldon 's The Cloning Of Joanna May |
| 4 | Turning to the parliamentary review programmes , new programmes that started when televising began were the daily round-up programmes on the business of the previous day , BBC2 's Westminster and ITN 's Westminster Programme ; there were also two weekly programmes on Sundays , BBC2 's Westminster Week and Channel 4 's A Week in Politics . |
| 5 | It was voted a flop by media consultant Vincent Hanna — presenter of Channel 4 's A Week In Politics — who was brought in to revamp the city 's publicity machine . |
| 6 | Because if somebody does n't know what standard they 're supposed to achieve how can they be training then it 's like a piece of string is n't it , how long 's a piece of string ? |
| 7 | Even in the 1970 's a number of coal fired ships were still operating . |
| 8 | ‘ My grandmother says when they 're curled up in a circle with their tails in their mouths , that 's a symbol of eternity , ’ said Emily . |
| 9 | But that 's a hospice for terminal cases . ’ |
| 10 | " And at least we know why Joe was worked over , and that 's a relief of sorts . " |
| 11 | And that 's a relief to me really . |
| 12 | That 's a factor of something like three hundred per cent than it , than it ought to be in terms of inflation and the County Treasurer 's budget of plus five per cent which is well in excess of two hundred per cent . |
| 13 | I suppose it 's erm in in that sense erm er I I I I can see what you 're , this , I do n't think that 's a factor in in in the , in the erm in in the fact that these wars are short . |
| 14 | It 's not that , but , every time he came he came near us George was saying coming out with an excuse , er that 's a phone for you . |
| 15 | Now he thinks he can work it in , which I 'm pleased about because if this is the way the Indians react to me and Matt then maybe that 's a pointer to how the fans will go . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's a plus for us . ’ |
| 17 | Let me just give you an idea , just that 's something else we do , let me give you some idea of , that 's a couple of examples very attractive books |
| 18 | That 's a couple of petitions to be made to . |
| 19 | That 's a couple of well actually what it is the there was a hundred ninety and er then we had er she says but I want the hundred off you in February which was This was at the just bef just after Christmas . |
| 20 | And then when I went up home , I 'd have took them out and put them in the fridge and she says what are you doing and I says well that 's a couple of day 's meat for you and she says no no take that off home , take that off home , I 've and I says no that 'll do you . |
| 21 | There is a twelve percent reduction in maintenance , partly because we sold some holdings , partly a cut in the service , it is a , it is a , it 's a , it 's a legal requirement to maintain the whole thing , under the terms of the agreement , and I 'm also , because of the change in our , dropping our , a land agent , now that 's a reduction of thirty three percent in the management of the estates , so I really am doing my best and resources quite rightly have held my noose in order to ensure that I do . |
| 22 | See at least once during the day you have a milky coffee and that 's a pint of milk . |
| 23 | In a minute I 'll get it that 's a school like Ben 's , look Charlotte |
| 24 | Perhaps that 's a sign for the future . |
| 25 | If that 's a sign of madness , I 've gone completely crazy , but it ca n't be worse than this . |
| 26 | ( They say that 's a sign of insecurity . ) |
| 27 | That 's a sign of the new maturity he says he possesses and I respect him for it . ’ |
| 28 | There are plans to build a recycling plant here — that 's a sign of the times with the insistence by the government that 25% of all household waste is recycled by the year 2000 . |
| 29 | If that 's a sample of the kind of terms you 're offering , I 'm sure we can come to an agreement . ’ |
| 30 | That 's a problem for my grandchildren to contend with . |