Example sentences of "[am/are] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This shows , for instance , that the element most closely related to extremely is fast : these two are co-constituents of the adjective phrase construction .
2 His snores are thunder in the night .
3 He recognizes in Raskolnikov a fellow-struggler , and repeatedly he says that the two of them are birds of a feather ; but he also bids him farewell with a pointed ‘ You to the right and I to the left , or the other way round if you like ’ towards the end of their final meeting , because setting off for America , unlike the North Pole , while it may or may not amount to doing anything ( Crime and Punishment does n't raise the question ) marks a parting of their ways .
4 The fireworks are products within the rule .
5 So situations are reviewed and we do look at monitored traffic flows for example , we do look at our justifications and if there are reasons for a change we can go back , so it 's not irreversible by any means , that is the current committed preferred route however and I did n't want to give an indication that by changing the diagram we were saying everything 's opened up again , cos clearly we 've reached a stage that the County Council 's declared it 's a preferred route and that 's
6 NCR Corp 's Microelectronic Products Division in Colorado Springs , Colorado has joined forces with Corel Corp , Ottawa , Ontario to support and advance SCSI disk controller technology : included are support for the interoperability of CorelSCSI software and NCR 's Small Computer System Interface Device Management System software , and CorelSCSI 's use of the NCR 53C810 PCI/SCSI controller for Peripheral Component Interconnect machines .
7 In particular , a police officer can be sued for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment ( which are forms of the tort of trespass to the person ) if he or she arrests a person without a justification recognized by law .
8 Dialects are forms of the language which have certain different words , meanings or sentence constructions from the rest of the language .
9 It is true there are forms of the palmette which look a little like acanthus but I would not say that they are necessarily earlier and that the acanthus developed out of the palmette .
10 The first 11 cantos are preparation of the palette .
11 This may arise when there are excesses in the diet or when the digestive system is upset and weakened so that it can not fully break down the food for the body to use .
12 There are skills of every kind to be learned , from changing a nappy to knowing whether or not to call the doctor , when to teach the facts of life , and how to develop the parent-child relationship during adolescence .
13 All the activities suggested for video recording are activities with a language learning purpose which could of course be done without the presence of the camera .
14 But also of importance are returns to a factor , keeping the other constant .
15 There are returns to the impasto , but thin painting certainly predominates towards the end of the century .
16 There are calls for a defence review if the cuts go ahead .
17 There are calls for a strengthening of ‘ ideological work ’ among students with a stress on ‘ social practice ’ , i.e. doing work in the community during the forthcoming summer vacations .
18 As none of the directors are shareholders in the group right , surely they are employees ?
19 In addition to dancing , both my husband , Rod , and I are musicians for the team ; I play the recorder and he is a ‘ cellist .
20 It is said that William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 are authorities to the contrary .
21 They are blooms of the transcendent only for here they die .
22 The present case suggests that not only are counsel under a duty to point out errors they observe but , citing Donoghue , that ‘ it would be helpful ’ if counsel for the prosecution were to make a check list of essential directions and draw attention to any omissions before the retirement of the jury .
23 If the family themselves needed therapy , again there are parallels with the relationship between the social worker and team leader .
24 If indeed there are dangers to the health of our children in exposure to low levels of lead , and if we can reduce this exposure by banning lead additives from petrol , then something can and should be done .
25 It is in fact also suggested that there are dangers for a landlord in this clause in that the acceptance of rent by the bank after a breach of covenant by the tenant could waive the breach .
26 Clearly , therefore , there are dangers in the selection of extreme groups for special treatment since a change is to be expected even if the treatment is completely useless .
27 We 've now had a letter from Simon , as you asked us to get , on the trees and recreation ground , saying that , yes indeed , he says he now points out that there are dangers in the willow tree and also the dead Leylandi erm behind the children 's play area , and also some of the dead wood which we 've already identified .
28 I thought of how Vinoba Bhave would regard the rain — to him all things are manifestations of the divine .
29 Sunderland are shite at the moment but that s because all four of their new signings were injured in a car crash .
30 The other two depart as if there are bombs in the classroom .
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