Example sentences of "[is] [adj] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trapdoor in the floor is intact and a set of stone steps below lead down to the basement , location 3a . |
| 2 | Control over monetary policy is political and a lack of control over it is undemocratic . |
| 3 | and probab er probably Thursday morning as , as well , so I 'll probably have Thursday , Friday maybe Saturday , well , oh I should have , because by working on the games Thursday morning , that 's another three hours , that 's , brings me up to , twenty eight , yes twenty eight er er thirty one and er , I 'll , I 've got class top contacts time in the , in the afternoon , so that does n't count , Friday I 've got class , a two hour class , but er , tt , I 'll be working outside , in fact that class will be cancelled that day , so it 's er , so four hours that 's thirty six er , Saturday forty two , Tuesday erm tt , oh that week I 'll have a six for Wednesday er nine Thursday er twelve for Tuesday another twelve , plus the evening twelve , plus two , plus another six , that 's eight and a half , eighteen , another eighteen hours |
| 4 | The ceiling is low and a mustard colour , though dry rot has seeped through and chipped most of it away , leaving whitish , gaping blisters . |
| 5 | By the time we get to the man 's boisterous , almost redneck , version of Lightnin' Hopkins ' ‘ Good Times ’ the conversion is complete and a hunger for the music starts to take hold . |
| 6 | A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides . |
| 7 | Now if the minister is right and a partner in the firm or indeed an assistant in the firm a acting as a tax advisor or financial planner , might come across something er tha that er if er he were acting as auditor he would be bound to report . |
| 8 | The company , as anticipated , is profitable and a dividend is paid into the trust . |
| 9 | Implied in this is a view of faith that is unrealistic and a view of doubt that is unfair . |
| 10 | Talk of catastrophe is popular and a money-maker for authors and publishers . |
| 11 | Rather , it is the highest level of qualification held by an employee which is of interest , and therefore any lower level information is superfluous and a burden on the system . |
| 12 | Robert Hughes is 12 and a pupil at Llantarnam School . |
| 13 | For the past few months my husband , who 's 43 and a smoker , has been getting a sharp pain in the pit of his stomach , which he 's been ‘ curing ’ with a glass of milk . |
| 14 | It does that when it 's free and a bit damp , you know , rain and all . ’ |
| 15 | Four : she 's straight and a mummy . |
| 16 | It 's impossible and a waste of time . ’ |
| 17 | Although it will be some considerable time before it is fully catalogued , all the material is accessible and a record is being maintained of the areas most in demand ; cataloguing priorities are being established accordingly . |
| 18 | Although the laryngeal mask does not protect the airway against gastric contents , it has potential for use in resuscitation and emergency medicine when intubation is impossible and a patent airway can not be maintained with a face mask . |
| 19 | The appeal relates to two children : a girl , E. , who is six and a boy , C. , who is 2¾ . |
| 20 | Philip Tataurangi is 21 and a demon putter , arguably the boldest and best amateur golf has seen for ten years . |
| 21 | I hate to say you should be American , because of course , no-one should , but this one single evening of Great British Music — Spiritualized , Curve , The Jesus And Mary Chain , in that fixed order — is three and a quarter hours that compounds and crystallises everything that is vibrant and clever and downright sex-mad- filthy about what squares call ‘ alternative ’ . |
| 22 | In the tables a rating of 1 is given to conditions in which most annoyance is likely and a rating of 5 for those conditions in which the weather will give most help in dispersing and diluting odours . |
| 23 | So much greenhouse equipment is electric and a light will allow you to work with the plants at any time of the day . |
| 24 | The date over the door is 1708 and a fire place is dated 1758 , but in an early Parish Register someone from Dubber Beck was buried in 1632 . |
| 25 | Er and similarly the syntax of languages are often said to be oppressive of women , a lot of the way that language is structured and a lot of the words that you get in a language , that 's another thing that 's said . |
| 26 | A good thick numnah is imperative and a Poly Pad is invaluable as this will disperse the pressure of the saddle and Poly Pads come in various thicknesses too . |
| 27 | ‘ I have but one child who is stubborn and a liar , and that is Marie , ’ she would tell strangers or neighbours . |
| 28 | She is fourteen and a half , and still in pretty good shape . |
| 29 | Front legroom is good and a tilt column means most people will get comfortable behind the wheel . |
| 30 | That women 's seventy and a day and she 's got the body of a young girl ! |