Example sentences of "[be] [noun] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh admittedly you would have been pig sick when a king would have , but even if the king had turned up you 'd have still got the , got a run and fifteen . |
| 2 | It will be March 3 before a decision is taken by North Yorkshire County Council whether to allow 2.56 million tonnes of limestone to be extracted from the quarry . |
| 3 | Finally , the committee recommends , the US should be No 1 where a ‘ field affects other areas of science disproportionately and therefore has a multiplicative effect on other scientific advances ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Why ca n't they get models who are size 14 and a bit podgy ? ’ she enquires . |
| 5 | Production of luxury cars at Jaguar rose by 56% in the first four months of the year , largely due to increased demand in its biggest market , America , where sales in the first four months were 27% higher than a year ago . |
| 6 | This is labour intensive and a suitable flat roof site has to be found . |
| 7 | For those who want a complete directory' not only of the world 's railways but also of manufacturers of railway equipment of every kind , from coaches to couplings , then Jane 's is your book — provided you have £50 to spare , which is £7 less than a second class return from London to Newcastle . |
| 8 | Following the Glanrhyd tragedy BR is safety conscious and a firm of divers is on national contract to BR to inspect affected bridges . |
| 9 | Now the decimal equivalent of hundred and twenty is one point two and there you 've got nought and nought a hundred and one so ninety percent is point nine , eighty percent is point eight and a hundred and ten percent is one point one , and a hundred and twenty percent is one point two . |
| 10 | It 's £11 less than a single British Rail ticket from London to Glasgow . |
| 11 | In fact it 's Oxford 93 and a rehearsal to boot . |
| 12 | Full English breakfast is £17 extra and a Continental breakfast costs £12.25 . |
| 13 | No , consider first and foremost Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights , for who was Heathcliff other than a swarthy bastard who spoke gibberish in preference to the Queen 's English . ) |
| 14 | you 're shoe was size twelve and a half but we have to buy thirteens for trainers |
| 15 | They found that with a 60 ( user ) concurrent workload Destiny on the Intel chip was 28% faster than a DEC 5900 and performed 87% as well as an RS/6000 970 running AIX . |