Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I live in Galway and have been supporting Leeds since 1977–1978 when I think we finished 5th in the first , endured the bad 80 's and have mostly enjoyed the 90's though a couple more trophies would n't go astray .
2 In other words , after a certain point , education becomes more a form of consumption for the individual than a form of investment for increasing his earnings further .
3 The Buddhist revival gained momentum in the 1870s after a series of public debates between Buddhist and Protestant preachers increased Buddhist self-confidence .
4 He reformed the Pacemakers in the seventies after a resurgence of interest in his music … he 's been on the road ever since .
5 They can be very useful , especially for those with chronic conditions , and for the elderly where a mix of medicines may result in undesirable side-effects .
6 In England , the proposal advanced by a majority of the Criminal Law Revision Committee in its Working Paper would similarly have abolished the exemption but distinguished marital from non-marital rape by requiring the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the case of the former before a prosecution could be brought .
7 Green realized he was better with the pencil than writing but made his excuse ‘ were his information for the satisfaction of an individual only , he would prefer the former as a vehicle for information , but to give to the public a numerous series of explanations all cloathed in bodily forms ; besides time and other minor considerations , it is necessary to consult the copper smith , the printer , and the paper merchant . ’
8 Nevertheless , as has been said previously , the principles by which claims are handled are the same whether a Writ is served or not , and it is , therefore , of paramount importance that the insurer should not feel that he must defer to the advice of his solicitor once proceedings are raised .
9 any name which is the same as a name appearing in the index of names kept by the Registrar of Companies ( s. 714 ) ;
10 My main job as I see it is that I 'm the exactly the same as a vicar in a civilian parish .
11 It 's bad enough having to take out a loan to get married , I sometimes wonder if I need to do the same as a bridesmaid !
12 The prices are the same as a holiday in Amsterdam .
13 One minute he is boasting that " our girls set Greek , Hebrew , Algebra , indeed anything you like , they are all well-trained girls " ; the next he is saying , " their rate per line is not the same as a man 's ; their corrections are heavier and that kind of thing , they make more mistakes " .
14 It was a slow process , needing the kind of patience he did not have , but at least Huy was spared the tedium of the cutters , whose sole job was to trim the reeds to a regular length , about the same as a man 's forearm .
15 Because they 've always said it 's exactly the same as a day worker and yes you have either the shift off before the night shift off before you go on the course or the one after .
16 The arrangements of tins of soup , women 's hats and men 's shoes seemed exactly the same as a year ago .
17 In which case I would see that the sensible thing to do , which is what we have done , is to assume that the current vacancy rate stays the same as a percentage and that with a larger dwelling stock , results in some additional vacant dwellings .
18 Third , I do not accept the principle that the meaning of utterances is the same as a person 's ( alleged ) reasons for saying what he says .
19 If we play about with this expectations model right this is the erm , this describes the expectation of prices in T it can also use the same as a decision rule alright to find out what prices would expectation of prices were , right in in P T minus one , okay T minus one , right here .
20 Information is just the same as a state of consciousness , be it ordinary , everyday perception , heightened perception using drugs or , as in your case , using sexuality .
21 The Germans pretended that an east mark was worth the same as a west mark .
22 The front badge , much loved by car thieves , costs £70 and even a simple radiator cap , basically the same as a Fiat 's , cost £18 .
23 For example , a rise in temperature of 10°C is the same as a rise in temperature of 10 K.
24 It is clear that architecture is not altogether the same as a film or a song : for instance , both the latter make use of performers — more crucially , stars .
25 A child 's need to understand its situation is not going to destroy the new relationship : trying to live out the fantasy that this is exactly the same as a birth relationship may well do .
26 Because everybody was treated equally at the start of their Legion service , Mike , who had learnt his killing in the bush war in Rhodesia , was treated the same as a South Vietnamese man who had never put on a uniform in his life .
27 Three so she 'd say , Oh you know mind I 've cut it up a bit do you you should n't it 's still a quarter still a quarter you have n't lost a bit of it but it 's still a quarter three twelfths is the same as a quarter .
28 And three twelfths is the same as a quarter is n't it .
29 Okay have you done things like erm three twelfths is the same as a quarter ? have you done that at school ?
30 So twenty five per cent is the same as a quarter
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