Example sentences of "[indef pn] be [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , just as nobody actually eats babies , so nobody is really a reductionist in any sense worth being against . |
| 2 | Sadism and masochism are usually held to be the opposite sides to the same coin , the one being merely an inversion of the state of mind which produces the other . |
| 3 | Thus discussion lessons can often give the impression that everything is just a matter of opinion — there need be no rigour , for " it 's all subjective anyway " . |
| 4 | Everything is just A Phase |
| 5 | ‘ Everything is really a chemical , ’ he cried one day to a pupil who said they wanted to learn about something else . |
| 6 | ‘ Everything 's just a game , is n't it ? ’ |
| 7 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 8 | There is one final item which appears valuable but innocuous enough , if one is n't a daemonologist . |
| 9 | One is where an adjournment is sought before or during the course of a summary trial . |
| 10 | The main one is where an RFL fails to apply for his or her registration to be renewed by the renewal date ( see above ) . |
| 11 | If one holds , of Christ , that he was , in whatever way , unique , then one is clearly a Christian . |
| 12 | One is now a Church of England minister and another was the girl he eventually married , Veronica . |
| 13 | This first one is only an excerpt because I 'm then going to contrast it with how not to do it |
| 14 | Domestic sexism does not guarantee sexism in public affairs , although one is often a symptom of the other . |
| 15 | ONE IS always a bit bashful about asking for blood tests on onself — no one likes to be thought of as a hypochondriac . |
| 16 | Yes er I , I , I , I think one 's either an owl or a some other bird which , wh wh which does n't at night but does by , by , by day you know . |
| 17 | Yeah , and going over jumps and god knows what else which one 's quite a way really is n't it ? it 's quite comfortable eleven , eleven and a half , eleven stone over jumps in n it ? |
| 18 | Misplacing something is also an example of a parapraxis . |
| 19 | ‘ The writing world is like the music business — they wait until something is already a success . |
| 20 | What will or would cause something is not a cause , but only a possible cause or potential cause , until or unless the effect actually occurs . |
| 21 | To have settled something is always an achievement and , of sorts , a satisfaction . |
| 22 | To go to the movies was as natural as to walk in the streets and indeed the one was just an extension of the other . |
| 23 | Mr Stewart added his voice to other MEPs in the region in stressing that Objective One was not an indication of failure nor poverty but an opportunity for Merseyside to build on the initiatives which were beginning to take shape . |
| 24 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 25 | The upper path was deep in mud : the lower one was now a stream . |
| 26 | service 6 met at Mitcham Fair Green and the passenger was encouraged to think that one was merely an extension of the other . |
| 27 | The idea of the great house as a pattern for everyone is already an anachronism in the mind of Sir Leicester . |
| 28 | You can see why everyone is not a Highsmith fan , and perhaps why some of us are impassioned ones . |