Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] is [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inevitability of partners leaving the firm for one reason or another is a matter which must be addressed at the outset when considering the terms of the partnership agreement . |
| 2 | She would put drawings up on the walls saying This is a table or this is a cat , and then she would say : Now to class |
| 3 | you know this is the sort of thing and really , you know , sort of cropped hair and enormous moustaches like yard brushes , or this is the story that was told to me , and , and then there was this , all this , all this chortling about why their moustaches were so lubricant , oh yes , er so , so luxurious er rather , I beg your pardon , and erm |
| 4 | Erm now , something that puzzled me for quite a long time when I started out doing philosophy of language er one or two years ago erm frequently you hear claims or we hear claims to the effect that this is a logical form of this sentence or this is the structure of this sentence , or this is the semantic structure of this sentence and I was never quite sure what that actually meant erm it 's partly because apart from Davidson , erm a lot of people who write on these issues do n't actually tell you what the background theory is and exactly what the point of the assignment of structured sentences is supposed to be , erm however after thinking about it for a while , I 've arrived at the following following general view there are at least three rather different enterprises er which might lead you to assign sentence structure and er one needs to figure out the relations between them . |
| 5 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 6 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
| 7 | How thick or thin is the other 's skin ? |
| 8 | We , like the Kalam of New Guinea , distinguish jays and crows , or red deer and roes ; but whether the two kinds of native oak in Britain are one species or two is a problem , and certainly we all know that there are more differences between different breeds of dogs than there are between some distinct species of animals . |
| 9 | Well what , of course , has happened in the last generation or two is the growth of poetry readings . |
| 10 | Erm The something or other is the process by which green plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight as a source of energy and chlorophyll as a catalyst . |
| 11 | They have been particularly interested in a fact that I touched upon earlier when discussing the ‘ Ontological Argument ’ , namely that existence is not a quality or attribute of something in the way that being round , or hard , or long-haired is an attribute . |
| 12 | And that is no achievement at all . |
| 13 | From the outside world , only Edward III , the Black Prince , and Richard II entered his final thoughts , and that is no surprise . |
| 14 | And that is no answer , Miss Grimsilk , thought the Direktor . |
| 15 | The great all seem to have had this cross to bear , and that is no comfort — I think more is to be found in the wicked suspicion that perhaps it 's a thing those Snows have n't experienced . |
| 16 | ‘ I discovered , ’ he said , ‘ that in Germany other Polish players were not always paid what their contracts stated and that is no good . |
| 17 | We are waiting until they crash land and that is no good . ’ |
| 18 | If one buys a house near a railway line , one expects some disturbance from it , and that is a factor which will no doubt be reflected in the price . |
| 19 | Metals and rocks expand and contract with heat and cold , and that is a response of a kind ; certainly , the Universe is a turbulent place even in the absence of living things . |
| 20 | So if that figure is removed from the spending total the current increase is only two point three percent above the settlement for nineteen ninety three , ninety four and being twenty eight million pounds , or one percent , below the current years budgets actually represents a four percent real terms reduction and that is a measure of the cuts which the government this year wishes to force on local government . |
| 21 | And that is a nonsense . |
| 22 | What is in issue here is ‘ demand ’ that includes an ability to pay , and that is a function of the distribution of wealth . |
| 23 | We are taught to raise families and that is a hierarchy that shows no sign of becoming a network . |
| 24 | We refer too er in our statement er an absolute release figure of hectares in the greenbelt , and that is a percentage of our new housing allocations . |
| 25 | But it is two goals down with a lot more to come — and that is a promise , ’ said Candlish . |
| 26 | What we are trying to do is to provide good people who have an enthusiasm for this kind of catering with a fast route towards management responsibility , and that is a route which , for those who want it , can lead right up into store management and beyond . |
| 27 | Only one type of Public Bill is exempted from this procedure and that is a Bill to extend the life of Parliament beyond five years . |
| 28 | Yes , er er I mean I agree with you Chairman entirely , I mean the arguments have been made before and I will just say them again , that I think the District Council are quite remiss er in asking for this sum of money , particularly in view of the reason that the , the , the field is there , which is for the recreation of the people who live in the estate , and the back end of Southwell , and it always has been , er and that is a responsibility that has been taken on by this Parish Council , and if , if , if they feel that they , they wish to persist in asking an unreasonable price , and let's face it , the District Council is in a position to look at this situation and say , the Parish Council is doing an excellent job , we will sell them this land for a figure that they can afford . |
| 29 | I could then have a shoal of adult Uaru , and that is a dream I would n't mind realising . |
| 30 | It also coincided with the rise and consolidation of the labour movement in Britain ; and that is a story from which women were for many years absent or in which they featured very much as a minority . |