Example sentences of "be [pers pn] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it because I am a bad woman , a selfish woman , the kind who chooses to stay childless : or am I an unhappy woman , an unfortunate woman , and ca n't have them ? |
| 2 | ‘ Are you an only child ? ’ she asked . |
| 3 | But his comment on her age was a throwaway one , it seemed , for he followed it up with a reference to his previous question by asking , ‘ Are you an only child ? ’ |
| 4 | Are you an extrovert person outgoing , willing to take a chance , willing to take a risk or are you more introverted perhaps ? |
| 5 | ARE you an independent hotelier or restaurateur experiencing problems with your bank ? |
| 6 | ‘ Were you an only child ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Were you an only child ? ’ |
| 8 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
| 9 | Is she an English girl Chris ? |
| 10 | Is she an old friend — perhaps somebody you 'd previously met through your stepmother ? ’ |
| 11 | That 's it an approved credit guideline and er that is the problem at the moment that the approved er credit guideline for the non T S G schemes is really insufficient and is having to be propped up er from elsewhere within the budget , your Chairman yesterday met with the er gentleman er the suited gentleman from Bedford and , and er having er given them appropriate cups of coffee er , impressed upon them that the er the one point two was really insufficient for one or two million er , er credit approvals was really insufficient for the needs of Suffolk and er they went away did they not Chairman saying that they er appreciated the point whether you had success or not or perhaps to er wait until December ? |
| 12 | Nor is it an effective method of notifying the members , creditors or the general public , few of whom read the Gazette . |
| 13 | Nor is it an easy pink to obtain : in order that pink light should frame the shape of the little opera house and its windows all glow pink , 2,000 light bulbs were removed and replaced with others which workaday electricians ' pink not being the thing at all — had all been painted in the requisite shade by hand . |
| 14 | Painting seems to be a popular pastime — but is it an appropriate image ? |
| 15 | It 's an eight week , is it an eight week one you get ? |
| 16 | Is it an integrated part of the service the school offers ? |
| 17 | Is it an annual charge or is it a twelve month payment thing on it , or just an annual charge ? |
| 18 | Neither is it an expensive luxury for those who prefer to travel by rail . |
| 19 | Is it an old family ? ’ she asked brightly , trying to tear her mind away from the constant , destructive need to touch him . |
| 20 | It 's not is it an old people 's home or is it something she paid for ? |
| 21 | Is it an Indian saying ? ’ |
| 22 | In this sense science is not a sociological category ( i.e. one that can be used to describe specific social forms ) nor is it an epistemological category ( i.e. one that can be used to account for the form or validity of knowledge ) . |
| 23 | The value they 're attaching to this holiday , is it an important element for them ? |
| 24 | is it an important part of it ? |
| 25 | Why is it an important input to setting objectives and judging enterprise performance ? |
| 26 | It is dealt with first because not only is it an important form of legal control through the tort of nuisance , but it is a prerequisite to understanding the controls afforded by the Public Health legislation , discussed in Chapter 3 . |
| 27 | Why is it an important determinant of purchase behaviour ? |
| 28 | 1 ) What is Market Segmentation , and why is it an important marketing tool ? |
| 29 | What they have to say is not the result of a private negotiation between self and text , nor is it an unmediated response of gender identity to a representation of masculinity : it is mediated by the position they take up as readers . |
| 30 | ‘ Is it an arranged marriage between the two of you ? ’ she hazarded . |