Example sentences of "[be] [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title is reckoned to be worth an extra 50,000lbs in sales , so competition will be hot . |
| 2 | From April 1991 , deficits on all local authority hostels met by Government subsidies will be worth an extra £1 billion a year . |
| 3 | Your roll of wire will be worth an exploratory dig , tools become toys to be kicked around and chewed , and your jumper which you foolishly left hanging on the fence is now going to suffer a life-threatening crisis . |
| 4 | The issue may be about an undesirable friendship , being out late at night , buying a motor bike , drinking alcohol , and so on . . |
| 5 | An art monograph need not be about a person , but can be about an individual work or a scheme such as a mural decoration . |
| 6 | Spooner picked up on this idea and thought the best way to do it would be as an extended Perils of Pauline -type adventure , complete with ‘ How are they going to get out of that ? ’ endings . |
| 7 | That incident illustrated how easy it would be for an atomic war to develop , so a hot-line was set up by means of a permanent telephone link between Washington in the U.S.A. and Moscow in the U.S.S.R. |
| 8 | Thus the Commission saw these two vital controls on police power : the arrest had to be for an imprisonable offence and it had also , in addition to this , to be ‘ necessary ’ . |
| 9 | The goal deluge at St James 's Park brought home the need to counter the effects of the new offside law which came into force that summer and which reduced from three to two the number of players required to be between an opposing attacker and goal when the ball was last played . |
| 10 | ( b ) Demand for specialist work may be of an intermittent nature and the builder may have difficulty in providing the operatives with continuity of work . |
| 11 | In practice , however , the elasticity of demand for imports and exports may not be of an appropriate value or else it may take considerable time before such automatic forces become effective . |
| 12 | The firm curd is squeezed through the cheesemaker 's fingers to break it into small particles — they must be small or the finished cheese will be of an uneven texture . |
| 13 | Because of the nature of the problems dealt with by departments of genito-urinary medicine , the questions asked by the doctor at the interview tend to be of an intimate nature . |
| 14 | Whatever knowledge there is to be gleaned from this year 's batch of accidents will not be of an academic nature , but will be used to teach and to train for the future . |
| 15 | British central government must be noted as a context where conflicts often appear to be of an ideological nature and where the representative model is treated as of some importance . |
| 16 | Meetings were usually held twice a month , and tended to be of an intellectual nature , like art shows , plays , card games , outings and theatre parties . |
| 17 | The water cistern will be in the roof space or in a high cupboard and should be of an approved plastic construction , clean , strong and with the seal of approval of the National Water Council . |
| 18 | The basic principle encapsulated in the Report is that goods must be of an acceptable quality : the word " merchantable " is dropped . |
| 19 | While the subject matter of the projects can cover a wide range , the examples quoted in interviews tended to be of an operational nature . |
| 20 | If there is a common underlying theme or thread it would seem to be the unstated assumption that ‘ anyone can make it if they try , and if they conform to the rules ’ ; those who fail must suffer from some congenital lack of capacities , or be of an alien disposition . |
| 21 | His preparation must be like an Olympic athlete 's . |
| 22 | He 'll be like an old boxer trying to make a comeback . |
| 23 | I would like to say in general Mr I think that as a Committee we should welcome this report which does , it really does er has done a very thorough job and ha a a and provides us now with a s understandable framework and and time scale work when you 've got target and when brought forward or shown to any member of the complex that that erm I think provisionally with the backlog of what is now ready to tackle the result onto our and commissioner is grant er , er grant , erm there will be , it will be like an enormous benefits not just in those areas that John has taken us to but in general atmosphere which kind of be very tense and competition and I think we 'll be , be seeing the action in this token er within it will be er target time , erm real pro real progress will be this I think the feeling of that will going , come by will , will , will be a lot of ruling er in this area and maybe even start to er leave the question from er as a result and the signal to the users of our serv , of the services and erm would go out of here in a planned way and in answer to er fairly speedily and you know what or reduce the erm the aggro . |
| 24 | He will in such cases be under an absolute duty to keep floors , stairs , passages and gangways maintained in an efficient state and in good repair ( Factories Act 1961 , s28(1) , s176(1) ; Galashiels Gas Co Ltd v O'Donnell [ 1949 ] AC 275 ) . |
| 25 | In the case of a building let in separate parts for use as factories , the landlord will be under an absolute duty to keep lifts in an efficient state and in good repair ( Factories Act 1961 , s22(1) , s176(1) ) . |
| 26 | If you occupied a senior position , you may not be under an immediate duty to accept an alternative job of an inferior status . |
| 27 | The informant is responsible in law ( unless the information was provided solely for the journalist 's background reference and not for use even on an unattributed basis ) but the media , having promised confidentiality , will be under an ethical duty not to reveal the name of its informant . |
| 28 | But as such when you have to face King Edward 's assault , it would be with an armed host , offering battle . |
| 29 | The work will normally be with an elderly person 's family , the children , and grandchildren , but the family of origin may be valuable if there are siblings still available , near at hand . |
| 30 | To my mind it 's a pity you did n't take that attitude when you were first made aware of the situation , because when I returned from next door you were still yelling your head off at her and painting a vivid picture of what her life would be with an illegitimate child tacked on to her . |