Example sentences of "[indef pn] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone 's a brilliant coach , they say he 's no good at the more administrative side of the job . |
| 2 | ‘ Someone 's a clever bastard , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Taking the face off someone is a serious crime , I admit that . |
| 4 | Peter responds that the fact that someone is a single parent does n't mean they 're not a decent person . |
| 5 | If someone is a lonely cheat stuck up a tree — love them . |
| 6 | On Norwegian ships , if someone was a bad killer they would be locked in the holds , they said . |
| 7 | If you find that none are a good match then you are probably including too much detail and are not just selecting the most important features . |
| 8 | These worms all inhabit the lungs , but none is a major pathogen and , though common , they are of little economic importance compared with the other helminth parasites of sheep and goats . |
| 9 | ‘ That last one were a long time before your time , Tom . |
| 10 | Laura 's Beau ran third in the race last year but again he has had his problems , the main one being a low blood count . |
| 11 | Ten non-radiological incidents were recorded during the period , one being a lost time accident reportable under RIDDO Regulations . |
| 12 | At either side of her stood a faithful attendant , one being a confidential maid , the other a Miss Drake — an old , mittened companion , hardly younger in appearance than herself — both of whom watched her with eyes of solicitous reverence , and seemed always ready to collapse into quasi-religious curtseys . |
| 13 | His own Palladian compositions show a number of idiosyncrasies of detail , the only significant one being a frequent use of the pyramidal roof-form derived , inter alia , from Palladio 's Villa Emo and already repeated at Pembroke Lodge and Marble Hill ; but other elements are more noteworthy . |
| 14 | Inside was a jumble of pieces of paper , the top one being a red demand for payment of a large telephone bill . |
| 15 | The big moment arrives and everything is a spectacular success . |
| 16 | When you look you see everything 's a bloody risk , |
| 17 | It 's like everything 's a long way away , and everything 's real big and unreal looking . |
| 18 | everything 's a dead weight and because you ca n't , if you move your head it 's , it 's that much |
| 19 | Stripping and everything 's a different technique . |
| 20 | One is a primary teacher who was interested in the mental processes of children tackling simple addition . |
| 21 | This one is a German/French co-production shot in Poland , and written and directed by Polish-born Agnieszka Holland , veteran of several script collaborations with Andrzej Wajda . |
| 22 | I was so caught up in my plurals or situations in hardship that I did n't notice that the subject in more senses than one is a singular lack , and the verb should be is and not are , therefore I must ask the indulgence of the general assembly to change the verb . |
| 23 | ‘ This current system , ’ added Mrs. Buttigieg , ‘ would appear to work on a first come first served basis , regardless of whether or not one is a regular customer ’ . |
| 24 | One is a major commitment to the communication needs of the Protestant minority groups of southern Europe . |
| 25 | Unlike other dinosaurs this one is a real softy . |
| 26 | One is a new documentary , by the independent filmmaker Bette Jane Cohen , about the Los Angeles architect John Lautner , a former assistant to Frank Lloyd Wright . |
| 27 | Well this one is a wee bit I think . |
| 28 | But surface analysis by X-ray fluorescence ( see glossary ) shows that one is a leaded tin bronze , quite appropriate for the period , whereas the other is of brass , the alloy of copper and zinc , which did not become common until the Roman period over five hundred years later . |
| 29 | There is no reason but to think ( if one is a religious person ) that people were in tune with God in other ages , as indeed one believes oneself also to be . |
| 30 | Any number which has no factors other than itself and one is a prime number . |