Example sentences of "be the [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , as has been said previously , the principles by which claims are handled are the same whether a Writ is served or not , and it is , therefore , of paramount importance that the insurer should not feel that he must defer to the advice of his solicitor once proceedings are raised . |
| 2 | The prices are the same as a holiday in Amsterdam . |
| 3 | It is probably true to say that the first few solo flights are the safest that a student pilot ever makes . |
| 4 | Riding through Gloucestershire yesterday some of the best cyclists in britain as the 1993 Tour of the Cotswolds got underway … the first race was way back in 1951 but this could be the last unless a sponsor is found to save the race … |
| 5 | No two BOT schemes are likely to be the same but a special purpose company is usually formed to enter into the principal contracts and loan agreements . |
| 6 | However , the artist 's aims may not be the same as a record company's. so the manager has to vet what big business wants musicians to do . |
| 7 | There 's the half it 'd be the same as a half add a quarter . |
| 8 | Would that always be the same as a two times a three ? |
| 9 | Third , I do not accept the principle that the meaning of utterances is the same as a person 's ( alleged ) reasons for saying what he says . |
| 10 | The price surprised him : you get a lot of car for just over £20,000 , if only in terms of its length , which is the same as a Mercedes 260E and a couple of inches more than the 5-series BMWs . |
| 11 | any name which is the same as a name appearing in the index of names kept by the Registrar of Companies ( s. 714 ) ; |
| 12 | The effect of such an order under the Act is the same as a discharge in bankruptcy . |
| 13 | Three so she 'd say , Oh you know mind I 've cut it up a bit do you you should n't it 's still a quarter still a quarter you have n't lost a bit of it but it 's still a quarter three twelfths is the same as a quarter . |
| 14 | And three twelfths is the same as a quarter is n't it . |
| 15 | Okay have you done things like erm three twelfths is the same as a quarter ? have you done that at school ? |
| 16 | If e is the same as a , and the length is at least 1 , then it is a cycle . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman says that a training levy is the same as a selective employment tax . |
| 18 | For example , a rise in temperature of 10°C is the same as a rise in temperature of 10 K. |
| 19 | For the purpose of the law of libel a hearsay statement is the same as a direct statement , and that is all there is to it . " |
| 20 | So twenty five per cent is the same as a quarter |
| 21 | I thought , ‘ It 's the Nineties and a lot of people just do n't know what 's going on . ’ |
| 22 | I mean that 's the same as a colour photograph . |
| 23 | What do we do , you must take away everything that 's in the brackets , so we take away a twenty , so that 's the same as a minus twenty and then we 'll take away a minus one , signs are the same so it 's add one . |
| 24 | That 's the same as a full jumbo jet crashing at Heathrow every day of the week and two on Sunday . |
| 25 | My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet . |