Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] is [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 At the moment I mean that is quite a boring sort of report
2 I mean this is quite a good idea actually .
3 Erm I mean this is only a er this is only a sort of a a wa a program I 've built myself
4 Did they ever sort of erm you know say this is just a temporary step for us ?
5 Filreg this is primarily a record of all file numbers which have been opened for clients and non-clients in the filing system .
6 You know that is just a joke .
7 And we 've got you know that is actually a lot lower than it used to be because we they actually caught us charging them three hundred and fifty quid for a bearing that we 're now charging them two hundred and fifty quid for .
8 ‘ I know this is only a game , but there are rules , old boy . ’
9 We 've been very careful not to be seen to be interfering or for anybody to think that we were going to tell groups how they would run their groups , because the groups are fairly autonomous and they pre-existed parish councils er , but a you know this is almost a direct invitation and we could actually respond to this in terms of an invitation and ask other groups if they would be interested in our respon in our going to , to visit them , rather than a surgery where maybe we 'd sit here and nobody would turn up .
10 Damp This is often a problem with sleeping bags .
11 HomeShield 50 is already a low-cost policy because it 's specially designed for mature , responsible householders who take care of their home and their possessions .
12 If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’
13 Many people think that is just a waste of time .
14 I think that is both a substantial amount of peer pressure and also the clearest possible indication that there is an expectation right around the world that people will put the communal benefit of a GATT agreement , before purely domestic interests .
15 I think that is more a question of distribution within districts than overall district levels .
16 May I say Sandra I think this is probably an Inland Revenue ruling .
17 ‘ I think this is partly a reaction against the artificial nature of our media system , ’ says Sut Jhally , a communications professor at Amherst University .
18 And I think this is perhaps a slight confusion because very often , would you agree that we tend to use the quality and standard interchangeably ?
19 So maybe what we call imaginary time is really more basic , and what we call real is just an idea that we invent to help us describe what we think the universe is like .
20 I realize this is probably a more extreme form of masochism , but it 'd be interesting in terms of future talent spotting .
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