Example sentences of "[coord] [det] is a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservation will fail if it does not embrace a view of social justice , but both need careful planning — and that is a dirty word nowadays . |
| 2 | And that is a regional body that 's been very successful . |
| 3 | All I would say to you is that the very small primary schools I not only have to doubt the financial viability , but I personally sometimes would doubt that the National Curriculum can be delivered to a school where you 've got an age range between five and eleven and you 've only got thirty or forty children , and that is a personal point of view , which I have , erm having seen many of our schools , and I believe that the problems that some of our large urban schools have , with thirty to a class packed in , is also something we should address and give careful thought to when we are resourcing education . |
| 4 | The meeting has deteriorated sharply in recent years , in both standard and numbers taking part , and that is a great tragedy . |
| 5 | Holmgren , though , is being careful not to raise expectations : ‘ We are in a position to make the play-offs and that is a great thing for everybody . |
| 6 | ‘ He does n't give his wicket away , ’ says Cook , ‘ and that is a great basis for an opener . |
| 7 | I know that my right hon. Friend will continue to do everything that she can , and that is a great deal . |
| 8 | And that is a great advantage . |
| 9 | ‘ My mother could never have grandchildren through me and that is a great loss for a parent . |
| 10 | From the Federation 's point of view , er I have substantially difficult , a difficulty , in guiding you as to where the new settlement ought to be , because in effect I would be choosing between members , and that is a certain route to my unemployment , if I were to do that , and I do n't wish to be unemployed . |
| 11 | As a procurer , ’ he said , and tucked his chins into his neck solemnly and put on an expression that said : and that is a reasonable thing for a man to do , of course . |
| 12 | Vechey would have had to swim out to hang himself and that is a logical contradiction . |
| 13 | And that is a strong man ! |
| 14 | Edith Wharton called a volume of her short stories Crucial Instances and that is a good way of describing the form . |
| 15 | At least it seems aware of where its problems lie , and that is a good start . |
| 16 | This is a particular case of a general rule about Greenaway 's films : that only a person as obsessionally preoccupied with formal patterns as the director — and that is a tall order — can properly share his shock when death turns out not to be deterred by lists and games after all . |
| 17 | Getting your supporters enthusiastic at the right time requires strategy and planning and that is a political weakness in the UK . |
| 18 | Well that 's since denied by the defendant and that is a factual , major factual dispute which is obviously what you 'll have to decide . |
| 19 | It is not my sister , it is I who am going out of my mind , and that is a terrible thing . |
| 20 | And that is a terrible terrible thing that we 've all got to face , but I think we have to realize that we have the potential , we have the ability of saving the lives of fifty million children , and the world 's leaders at the conference , at the summit over the weekend , actually turned their minds for an instant , away from all those economic and political problems and focused on this , and I think that that was tremendously important . |
| 21 | Right , second baby has a P K U gene from his mum and a normal gene from his dad and he is not affected , but he is a P K U carrier , right , third baby gets a normal gene from his mum and a P K U gene from his dad and he 's the same , or she 's the same P K U carrier , but not affected , unfortunately the last baby gets a P K U gene from , from mum and a P K U gene from dad and this baby has got P K U and that is a simple , simple sort of exercise of how genetic disorders sometimes appear and sometimes do n't |
| 22 | There is one newcomer , however , that is only now finding its market but which could play a great part in feeding the world 's people ; and that is a man-made cereal , a hybrid , called triticale . |
| 23 | And that is a general point , which holds across all disciplines , whether English or engineering , whether mathematics or medicine . |
| 24 | It is assumed that , which means that the function is concave and that is a possible solution . |
| 25 | And that is a real subject in itself , and I think you 've probably had John talking to you . |
| 26 | But means that and that is a reverse variable , so leaves the basis , where is a reverse variable and . |
| 27 | ‘ He wants to do this job above all else and that is a major plus , ’ a close friend said last night . |
| 28 | But it is gon na be a lengthy er injury and that is a major blow so successfully converted from centre half to striker . |
| 29 | And that is a typical one BUPA hospitals . |
| 30 | TRANMERE go into Europe next week and that is a remarkable achievement for a club that nearly went bust five years ago . |