Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present the beer is bottom-fermenting in the lager style but Bitburger are considering turning it into a top-fermenting beer . |
| 2 | and Mike 's used to the dog , she would n't bother . |
| 3 | ‘ If you 've just joined us , ’ the commentator 's voice droned , ‘ there 's no score in this all important match but England can be admired for holding their own , down to ten men and against a Moroccan team that 's used to the sort of heat … ’ |
| 4 | Trudgill and Labov obviously make certain assumptions here that feminists would criticise — for example that the category ‘ women ’ is coextensive with the category of housewives and mothers . |
| 5 | It is her father 's field , and it is pregnant with the harvest . |
| 6 | What indeed if she is pregnant at the altar ? |
| 7 | Chosen for the Shearer 's covert from the sun , |
| 8 | Wood is scarce in the Sinai desert , but the acacia is one of the few trees which grow there . |
| 9 | Although very little of the red underpainting is discernible to the naked eye in the finished portrait , its effect is perceptible in the freshness of the skin tones and the convincing wholesomeness of the flesh . |
| 10 | Gohar Kordi 's autobiographical story , ‘ From Missionary School To Mitcham ’ , is upfront about the differences between Iranians and the English . |
| 11 | We are not in a position to identify potential benefits and pitfalls , but it does seem as if CCW is alive to the way in which all the schemes should integrate effectively . |
| 12 | The moderate Conservative , Sir Ian Gilmour , favours electoral reform precisely because he is alive to the fact that : " after electoral reform , no Labour party led by Mr Wedgwood Benn , say , would ever win a majority in the country . |
| 13 | One of the problems in the public sector is that no one keeps a balance sheet , so there is no proper record of maintenance costs and of depreciating assets — whereas the business man or woman who manages a private care home is alive to the importance of maintenance , and of protecting the value of that asset . |
| 14 | Something else is alive beside the clock 's loneliness and this blank page where my fingers move . |
| 15 | Something else is alive beside the clock 's loneliness and this blank page where my fingers move . |
| 16 | Yes there is something outside his window , however near or far and it is alive but he does n't have to be seeing it and on the other hand something is alive in the room because actually if you look at the context of that , something else is alive beside the clock 's loneliness and the blank page where my fingers move . |
| 17 | These brilliant vitreous squares of colour catch the limited rays of light from the high windows of the drum and create a shimmering effect which glows and is alive in the semi-darkness of the church . |
| 18 | Yes there is something outside his window , however near or far and it is alive but he does n't have to be seeing it and on the other hand something is alive in the room because actually if you look at the context of that , something else is alive beside the clock 's loneliness and the blank page where my fingers move . |
| 19 | And that is why Misery is alive in the world today . |
| 20 | On a lease purchase contract , this clause does not exist and if you regularly fail to pay properly , the Leasing Company will arrive , fly your plane away and auction it — and then collect from you the difference between what is outstanding on the lease and the amount realised at sale . |
| 21 | ‘ He is outstanding in the air and has good composure . |
| 22 | He is dishonest in the way he makes a light-hearted , open contract with Antonio , which Antonio himself thinks is a joke . |
| 23 | This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it . |
| 24 | Although this new edition emphasises quark models , there is little on the physics of the nucleus , except for beta-decay and an old fashioned discussion of electron-nucleus scattering . |
| 25 | ‘ Hospitals are full of posters with tips on healthy eating , urging people to eat fish and vegetables , to grill and steam instead of fry , yet often there is little on the hospital menu that is healthy . |
| 26 | At 24 , there is little of the pug image about him . |
| 27 | Otherwise there is little of the ritual of the courts , though everyone is expected to stand when the tribunal members enter or leave . |
| 28 | ‘ The music scene is very male dominated and there is little for the girls ’ he said . |
| 29 | In addition to this and partially as a result of it , there is little in the way of national planning ’ . |
| 30 | There is little in the way of printed and audio-visual material that the clearinghouses do not attempt to acquire . |