Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blessed are the poor the kingdom of heaven is theirs . |
| 2 | More and more employees are using these casual workers and every one of our jobs is under threat cos if you lose your job tomorrow , you 're a casual the day after . |
| 3 | But the thing is that it seems that we 're a cultural the way the system is set up |
| 4 | It could be the high no trade-in discounts . |
| 5 | He 'll be the missing the job now . |
| 6 | there , and the doors and that 'll be a good a job really . |
| 7 | However , the overall feeling is that the Jockey Club is genuinely concerned with helping the industry move forward and Haines should at least be a given a chance to show what he can do . |
| 8 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 9 | Employers with pay policy enables mothers to return to work and pay for quality child-care , can be of great benefit in an area where there 's a high proportion of single parent families or families where the mother is the major the breadwinner At a company offers equal opportunity regardless of race , colour or sex , heightens the feeling of self-esteem and potential of individuals within minority groups and this self- esteem can be catching . |
| 10 | it 's the substantial the plaintiff is n't it , that 's allowed |
| 11 | Still I suppose the time 's it 's the actual the calendar 's starting to tick for having this is n't it now . |
| 12 | There 's the supporting the business link at Craven Arms , which we 've had that eloquent appeal , I do n't detect any objections to that , and finally we need to appoint the representative on the business link board . |
| 13 | It 's a nice a perm that Elaine . |
| 14 | But with domestic violence on the increase , she says it 's a scanadal the problem 's being tackled with private rather than public money . |
| 15 | Have n't done the Star that 's a short the Star . |
| 16 | It is no good the judge 's writing the criminal a note ; the words must be said out loud . |
| 17 | It is no good the Minister , whenever he is found to be wanting and to be wrong , starting to hurl abuse across the Chamber or making allegations that have absolutely no substance . |
| 18 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 19 | Therefore , where the tread is below 1.6 mm depth in the middle of the tread and around the circumference of the tyre it is no good the defendant adding up the ‘ bits ’ on either side of the worn part to try to make a good three-quarters . |
| 20 | All that means is a general every month that we 'll re-issue some procedures . |
| 21 | But , bearing all this in mind , I would say that now is a good a time as any to whisper the eternal words — and say them as though you mean them . |
| 22 | If it is a simple Yes-No decision , then picture two gates . ) |
| 23 | The Profitboss is a professional every minute of the day . |
| 24 | The Mass is an old-fashioned a cappella Mass — for the continuo is disposable — freely modelled on Gombert 's motet ‘ In illo tempore ’ ; the Vespers , although ‘ composto sopra canti fermi ’ , exhibit the most modern idioms of expressive declamation , showy coloratura , echo effects of forte and piano , and free use of instruments , but also double-choral passages a cappella ( opening of the ‘ Ave maris stella ’ ) . |
| 25 | With him it was the offensive à outrance — the headlong attack . |
| 26 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 27 | In this respect , Marx was a committed a modernist as Simmel ( Marx and Engels 1967 ) . |
| 28 | Steve Chapman says that he comes from the Shennington club and Nigel was a member there … he jokes that mansell was a big an idiot as all of them … breaking in the wrong place and that sort of thing |
| 29 | Each cubicle was a treacherous no man 's land , now braved by only a few passengers seeking out the dozing heat of the restaurant car which , nearing the end of its journey , had little to offer . |
| 30 | One thing was sure : when she met him again it would be Alain who would feel uncomfortable because there was no forgiving an action like that . |