Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My letter to your Honour of the fifth January last being writ before the great events that are upon us now , would lead your judgement astray as to our progress in these fair Isles , for mighty Saturn threw his sinister shadow heavy upon me at that juncture and many untoward and grievous events had combined to cloud my spirits that now are light as a summer breeze again . |
| 2 | And here you are free as a bird , for once , provided you come back to your cage in time . |
| 3 | Assessments are straightforward when a child is subject to a care order and the local authority has sole responsibility for that child 's welfare . |
| 4 | The wave velocity so determined is related to the relevant elastic modulus by equations which are simple if a symmetry axis coincides with the direction of wave propagation , but more complex otherwise . |
| 5 | ‘ Rubbish , you 're strong as a harse , I tell you ! ’ |
| 6 | The only other time they 're paid compensation for loss of earnings , is when they 're sick as a result of an injury received on duty , you know Fire Brigade duty . |
| 7 | Swindon Town say they 're disappointed after a Football League Tribunal valued their former player manager Glen Hoddle at only seventy five thousand pounds , when they 'd hoped for a million . |
| 8 | Transfers are inevitable when a lawyer leaves the firm . |
| 9 | You are pretty as a picture and we would not want you drawing attention to yourself , would we ! ’ |
| 10 | ( I am blind as a bat without and contact lenses are too expensive and who do you think you are , you should be studying . ) |
| 11 | We can legitimately ask to what extent such personal qualities are important as a source of power within the public sector . |
| 12 | ‘ Would n't it be awful if a cat scratched your heart . ’ |
| 13 | bound to be , bound to be awful when a woman ca n't talk it must be terrible |
| 14 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 15 | Go on , Hepzibah , I 'm strong as a horse now and I could do with some air . ’ |
| 16 | In the story of Aladdin , his beloved is told that the wonderful palace he has got the genie of the lamp to build for her will only be complete if a roc 's egg is suspended from the dome , DC 3 . |
| 17 | This ceases to be possible where a document accepted as binding is bindingly interpreted by an external court . |
| 18 | In Derry , newly-elected SDLP councillor Jim Clifford said today his daughter was lucky to be alive after a brick was thrown through the front window of the family home . |
| 19 | It would be odd if a transaction were outside the section in all circumstances solely because it was governed by a foreign law even though , for instance , all the parties were in this country at all times . |
| 20 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 21 | It would be different if a school was making parents feel morally obliged to find these extras for their children , but we do not . |
| 22 | The situation would of course be different if a method eventually became available whereby the sex of the offspring could be selected at conception . |
| 23 | I did n't in the beginning but I do now , she can be funny although a bit bitchy at times . |
| 24 | The term ‘ consultation ’ is often used inaccurately ; we should be clear as a union , but also CA as an organisation , as to what we mean by it . |
| 25 | Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag . |
| 26 | Most characters are simply sketched types rather than carefully constructed characters : the beautiful young wife , either licentious or honest but nearly always cunning ; the prostitute ; the husband , more often foolish than wise ; the lover , more likely to be clever than a husband is . |
| 27 | The family benefits that would be payable when a pensioner dies , very much mirrors erm those that would be payable if you were to die whilst employed in pensionable service . |
| 28 | In addition a ‘ terminal ’ bonus may be payable when a policy becomes a claim by death or maturity ; the level of this bonus may be reviewed at any time without notice to reflect changes in the value of the assets of the life fund . |
| 29 | In addition a ‘ terminal ’ bonus may be payable when a policy becomes a claim by death or maturity ; the level of this bonus may be reviewed at any time without notice to reflect the changes in the value of the assets of the life fund . |
| 30 | Other arrangements may be appropriate if a printer is engaged at an early stage . |