Example sentences of "be a [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You 're a dear and kind gentlemen , and I wish you were my father . " |
| 2 | He considered that it was his primary duty to be a divine and theologian rather than a political bishop . |
| 3 | It 'll be a daunting and soul destroying task . |
| 4 | In autumn — as the storms begin again — there may be a re-stirring and distribution of nutrients , and another bloom . |
| 5 | Deng Xiaoping , it was stated , had never supported demonstrations since these were a disorderly and unsocialist method of making a point . |
| 6 | All known societies appear to use language as one means amongst others of marking out gender differences ( gender , strictly speaking , being a cultural and sex a biological category ) . |
| 7 | In her forty-four year life , Mary ruled for only six , so that we are faced with another thirty-eight years when she had virtually no role in her kingdom , being a minor and absentee ruler for the first nineteen , and a deposed queen for the second . |
| 8 | Hoskyns Group Plc , London , is to distribute New Zealand firm Pinnacle Software Ltd 's a financial and manufacturing software tools in the UK . |
| 9 | One consequence of this layering of different sizes and characters of nation within Europe is a political-economic and policy pyramid , which is built on shifting grounds and whose complex detail is always changing . |
| 10 | Dainfern is a residential and golfing estate developed by the Group 's property division . |
| 11 | Senior political figures do not even acknowledge that torture exists , let alone accept that it is a widespread and routine event . |
| 12 | Bob Spottiswood was a strong and pacy right half-back who played for his native Carlisle United before coming south to appear for Croydon Common for the 1908–09 season . |
| 13 | My next girl friend was a friendly and kind girl and we liked the same things . |
| 14 | But he was a warm and kind man . |
| 15 | It meant a lot to me and was a fine and understanding gesture by Lynn . |
| 16 | He was a vegetarian and teetotaller and , in Hobbes 's view ( so Aubrey tells us ) , ‘ the sweetest-natured man in the world ’ . |
| 17 | But where the newcomer was all black and chunky , her captor was a grey and cherry scarecrow . |
| 18 | It was a dour and racking prospect . |