Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my husband , although I 'm only very small and under five foot , my husband is thirteen stone and six foot two inches , so moving him about has been a great problem . |
| 2 | Not wishing to think about dying is a natural response for those who wish to direct their care and attention to the living . |
| 3 | The stump where the umbilical cord breaks after foaling is a potential route for pathogens into the foal 's system . |
| 4 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship . |
| 5 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship ’ |
| 6 | Persian tolerance of Hews is a long and honourable tradition . |
| 7 | The Scottish wildcat is still being hunted despite having been a protected species since 1988 , according to a report from the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland . |
| 8 | He went on , however , to accuse the President of having been a habitual cocaine user in the 1970s , and of attempting to seduce his ( Pedro 's ) wife . |
| 9 | ‘ We realised that the whole psychology of collecting is a fascinating area and that it had a lot more potential … hence the reason for the Festival . |
| 10 | Although dangerous , then , as a doctrine in practice , the admission of nodding is a logical extension of principle . |
| 11 | Books for Giving is a present giver 's delight — a compilation of the best books for Christmas with more than 200 titles . |
| 12 | Well what this has involved me in has been a long study of a single school . |
| 13 | Well what this has involved me in has been a long study of a single school . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend 's point about local authorities in terms of voids and , often , delays in letting is a genuine problem . |
| 15 | Safety in abseiling is a key feature of the BAA 's raison d'etre , with a comprehensive set of abseiling rules issued to all active members ; it is worth reproducing these regulations here as wider circulation could reduce the already alarming incident rate in abseiling ( many potentially fatal incidents end up as ‘ near misses ’ and fail to be recorded . |
| 16 | A further small study worth making is a genealogical one . |
| 17 | ONE popular present that 's well worth insuring is a new bicycle . |
| 18 | He sang aloud , in what he amused himself by imagining was a passable accent , ‘ Oh you tak the high road and I 'll tak the low . |