Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I in a good position ? |
| 2 | Are you on a perpetual diet like me ? ’ |
| 3 | In Latvia voters were asked : " Are you for a democratic and independent Latvian republic ? " |
| 4 | Are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say ? |
| 5 | Are you in a different job sir ? |
| 6 | ‘ Are you from a military family ? ’ the Doctor asked , more to break the embarrassing silence than out of genuine interest . |
| 7 | Now if you 've planted a seed or if you have n't planted a seed then are we in a strong enough position there to ask about the people we dis we discussed on completion of the er first appointment ? |
| 8 | Who are we in a free democracy to condemn this ? |
| 9 | ‘ Are we in a fit state to receive a visitor ? ’ , |
| 10 | A Jaguar of the same vintage is down to just £7,000 , and an H-registration Ford Scorpio 2.0i automatic which currently costs £18,000 could be yours for a mere £6,850. depreciation of more than £5,000 a year , or £100 per week . |
| 11 | When the going gets tough , it 's these people who react best — be it at a natural disaster , accident or sudden emergency . |
| 12 | The ‘ minimalist ’ manages to travel the world with everything packed into a small shoulder bag , and yet she always seems to have le vêtement juste — be it for a river-rafting trip , an ascent of an extinct volcano or an embassy garden party . |
| 13 | Empires failed on our mother planet — how much more philosophically untenable are they across a dozen , a hundred , a thousand , a thousand thousand planets ? |
| 14 | Are they in a straight line ? |
| 15 | and you want to say now are they in a better state today than they were yesterday . |
| 16 | Why , are they in a special bag ? |
| 17 | What were you after a single bed or a double bed ? |
| 18 | Oh no , no , no , but we moved , how long we , were we at a hundred and eleven dad ? |
| 19 | Were they in a like condition ? |
| 20 | And perhaps they would be now were they in a full democracy — one that embraced the interests and votes of all the citizens . |
| 21 | I mean I know some of the , some of the more slender women , I wo n't say skinny here , what , are n't in need of a tummy tuck , but well there 's you as a twenty two Scottish women would spend two thousand pounds , what do you think of that ? |
| 22 | ‘ Is she of a good family , like Mercy ? ’ asked his surprised mother , who had come in during the conversation . |
| 23 | Are they both unskilled workers or is she in a higher class than her husband ? |
| 24 | It was the Richard Branson that would throw anybody in a swimming-pool — literally and metaphorically — often forgetful of the cost , be it of a junior employee 's ruined wristwatch or an editor 's dignity ( the watch could be paid for afterwards : dignity was harder to repair ) ; the Richard Branson that , when playing wicket-keeper in a company cricket match , would tie cotton round the bails and then ‘ when the batsman has been in long enough ’ yank them off with a roar of laughter , all the more resounding for the look of fury on the fallguy 's face . |
| 25 | If we are misled by our grammar into thinking that ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ is a report of a mental process then there will seem to be a problem : ‘ What is it about a mental process which makes it an expectation of such-and-such ? |
| 26 | Is it for a nice , Brian-type P R interview , in which case you think , ‘ Oh good , that probably means about ten minutes ? |
| 27 | No life that though is it for a younger person ? |
| 28 | Right , is there any kind of pattern to that , or is it on a daily basis that you do that ? |
| 29 | Is it of a higher quality and accepted by consumers ? |
| 30 | Okay just moving ahead now , er with your occupation erm is it of a hazardous nature ? |