Example sentences of "[ex0] is [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Augmentations are worth searching out , for there is many a manor , grand house , or estate which has at one time been owned by an eminent person in receipt of an augmentation of one kind or another — and there is almost certainly a good tale to tell . |
| 2 | There is now authority that , at least where the harm is interference with trade or business , there is such a tort . |
| 3 | So the third factor was friendship or , if there is such a word , colleagueship . |
| 4 | With great difficulty I have ‘ unplied ’ the end ( if there is such a word ) and sure enough , there are four strands wound together . |
| 5 | Your friend there is such a person as I describe : a war criminal with more murders of children than I would care to name upon his conscience . |
| 6 | A more or less permanent steam column will soon establish itself , and a Surtseyan eruption ensues , with ejected material accumulating on the sea floor until there is such a pile that the top of it shows itself above sea level , and an island is born . |
| 7 | The larvae of ichneumid wasps are parasitic on the developmental stages of insects or spiders , which egg laying females locate by searching narrowly circumscribed micro-habitats ; they are as much niche-specific as host-specific , and it is because there is such a range of niches in a garden that there are so many kinds of adult wasps . |
| 8 | ‘ We have been looking at the pictures of James and we are really upset because there is such a likeness . ’ |
| 9 | There is evidence that there is such a bias ( Satz , 1979 ) . |
| 10 | There is such a trajectory in theory , but it passes through intermediates that would have been — in the short term , which is all that matters — unsuccessful if they had ever been called into existence . |
| 11 | To meet the needs of pupils growing up in such an environment , RE must not assume any religious faith — it has to start much further back with questions of why there is such a phenomenon as religion . |
| 12 | In addition , because there is such a lack of water , the total biomass is low . |
| 13 | ‘ These days , ’ disapproved Mrs Rundle , ‘ there is such a lack of contact within families ! |
| 14 | There is such a variety of good literature available for inclusion in syllabuses that we want teachers to have the freedom to make their own choice of suitable books within our broad guidelines . |
| 15 | There is such a variety of textured yarns available today that it would be a pity not to be adventurous with them . |
| 16 | They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’ |
| 17 | The suggestions of homosexuality are , however , only one aspect of the attempt to discover some " mystery " which he wished to conceal ; and , in fact , the belief that there is such a secret has been largely provoked by the innate secretiveness of his own temperament . |
| 18 | Often , there is such a measure . |
| 19 | Indeed there is such a proof . |
| 20 | The reason why there is such a consensus about Europe in Germany is that everyone can unite around this vague concept . |
| 21 | The maxim on which I act at any moment is the personal rule which is guiding my behaviour — for Kant it is of the essence of voluntary action that there is such a maxim in every case . |
| 22 | Not only is there no evidence , apart from its assertion as above , that there is such a principle ; there are in fact constitutions which flout it with , apparently , no immediate ill effects . |
| 23 | Full to the brim with photographs taken around the world of Dakotas , Constellations , DC-4s/-6s/-7s , Viscounts , Electras , Convairs and Commandos , in various colourful paint schemes , these pictures show why there is such a following for the propeller-driven airliner of yesteryear . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , ‘ there is such a man . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If there is such a lady , it would be enough to be friendly . |
| 26 | But the most pure expression of capital capitalism is the the harnessing of private money to start private businesses , and a main concern of the institute of course , is that there is such a shortage potentially of capital , in the system , to do that . |
| 27 | What this is intended to do is to put structural change into it , to say to home owners , if you come to the area , particularly those built-up areas where there is such a shortage of homes , you can be sure that you will get higher rates and to answer another question , we are , a that would be applying to existing people as well as to er otherwise in the budget allowance for that . |
| 28 | ‘ There is such a sense of loss , ’ she said , looking at him to be sure he understood this . |
| 29 | A local plan , however , is still a fairly new procedure but gathering in momentum although there are still authorities which do not have formal plans and even where there is such a plan they often only cover parts of the authority 's administration area , usually the central area only . |
| 30 | ‘ Today there is such a plethora of offers available in the stores that the average shopper gets overwhelmed and confused , ’ she says . |