Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt ashamed of being such a failure . |
| 2 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 3 | It is about time fortune smiled on United and the way they went into the lead was to be honest a bit of a fluke . |
| 4 | If you pay money to an artist how can you tell if he 's going to be famous a couple of years from now ? |
| 5 | To be enforceable a guarantee needs to be properly and legally drafted , so if you use one make sure it is prepared by a solicitor who is experienced in these matters . |
| 6 | In order to be legal a lease must also be for a term of years absolute , according to s. 1(1) ( b ) , Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 7 | It had become possible to demonstrate the causative organism of syphilis , Treponema pallidum , under the microscope ; there was soon to be available a blood test , the Wasserman Reaction ( WR ) , which enabled syphilis to be diagnosed in the absence of any signs of the disease ; and finally , a new syphilitic treatment , Salvarsan , an arsenic compound , had become available . |
| 8 | From now on , it appears , it is going to be all a question of fighting for market share . |
| 9 | It seems to be all a matter of priorities , of what is most important to people and how they choose to use their time . |
| 10 | Flickscreen arcade adventures seem to be two a penny on the C64 , and really have to be something special to stand out . |
| 11 | But it was n't like him to be such a booby . |
| 12 | Then she took a deep breath , telling herself not to be such a fool , and stand her ground . |
| 13 | Andrew confided in me that if the officer had asked his permission to play the pipes on this occasion , he would have told him not to be such a fool . |
| 14 | I 'm terribly sorry to be such a nuisance . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm sorry to be such a nuisance . |
| 16 | She had not expected to be such a kind of girl ; she had watched this kind of girl for years ( the lips discreetly reddened , the loud laughter on the school bus , the tossing of long hair beneath rakish berets , the swinging of hips , the whispering in the garden ) but she had never expected to become one . |
| 17 | Ooh , they are going to be such a treat ! |
| 18 | A general problem that might be explored in the other place is how , if there is to be such a separation , we can ensure that fruitful , easy relationships continue to exist . |
| 19 | These have proved to be such a success that there is now a virtual two month long waiting list at Tyseley with booking now stretching into April next year . |
| 20 | ‘ Kalli ’ , who proved to be such a success with Warwickshire between 1971 and 1990 , has been signed on by Shropshire to play Minor County cricket now that he is English-qualified by residence . |
| 21 | The county has a view about golf courses — that if there is to be such a development it is better for them to be sited not on good farming land , or in naturally beautiful areas , but on the outskirts of towns . |
| 22 | Is this because the construction of racialized identities depends on the existence of the Other , while at the same time it is this ‘ alien presence ’ which is seen to be such a threat to identity that its total annihilation is required ? |
| 23 | In the key marginal seat of Stretchford North , for instance , where John Grudge , nephew of the veteran retiring member Arthur Grudge , is standing for Labour against the Conservative Mike Jelkes ( formerly known as the Hon M. S. B. St J. St X. Haggard-Jelkes ) and the Liberal Democrat Frank Pale-Jones , a former official of the British Boring Board of Control , there is said to be such a degree of apathy that any one of the 26 ‘ fringe ’ candidates may easily win . |
| 24 | It 's going to be such a rush , I ca n't tell you . |
| 25 | This group , of parasites tend not to be such a problem in young dogs as roundworms . |
| 26 | If we get duplicate last year 's Yellow Pages it 's going to be such a problem . |
| 27 | immediately if there were to be such a disaster as a Labour Government . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's going to be such a party ! |
| 29 | For there to be such a fact about me is for it also to be true , roughly , that in certain circumstances I would consciously believe , desire , fear , intend , or whatever . |
| 30 | It got to be such a strain , though . |