Example sentences of "be [det] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The characters in the novel are that of an extensive range from the proud , head high Mr. Darcy to the clever Mrs. Phillips who is affectionate of talking ; from the sweet Jane Bennet to the most jealous Miss . |
| 2 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 3 | He had left her and gone to live with an upper-class woman , had soared to the opposite end of the scale from Josie , whose attraction for him had been that of a splenetic victim from the lower depths of the goyim : but Josie had refused a divorce and the ordeal had dragged on . |
| 4 | Gaiters are normally fastened by a zip at the back , but there are some with a front zip . |
| 5 | Although questions on examinations differ from year to year , here are some from a recent CAM examination in Advertising : |
| 6 | While CAM examination questions are changed every year , here are some from a recent paper : |
| 7 | He may not have been much of a fancy cook , but Kunio had a very keen brain and a highly intelligent outlook on life . |
| 8 | I feel great , the team 's done really well , we 're all on a high |
| 9 | They 're all at a different school all day , and they shop at different times … but you never see them in restaurants and why should n't they be ? |
| 10 | And he just down , they 're all in a big crowd . |
| 11 | We are all to a great extent the product of our culture . |
| 12 | We are all to a considerable degree the authors of our moral world . |
| 13 | The sweet potatoes are all of a specific variety , namely TIB 1 , which is the product of breeding work carried out at IITA in Nigeria in the 1970s . |
| 14 | First , we should remember that the individual assignments for which casual workers are engaged are all of a short duration . |
| 15 | There are several other possible explanations but they are all of an uncertain nature , so the study will not be pursued in these pages , Instead , a name from the author 's conjugate family will be used , because its origin and development can be traced , quite unambiguously , from the thirteenth century to the twentieth . |
| 16 | And most motorists seem to accept that that the cameras are all in a good cause . |
| 17 | Organisational arrangements , educational systems and approaches to treatment and care are all in a continuing state of change and development . |
| 18 | To hear some people talk , you would think such things are all in a jumbled undifferentiated past , much as the Louis XIV 's palace of Versailles with its real hall of mirrors now also houses Jacques-Louis David 's massive celebrations of Napoleon and of the revolution which brought down the Bourbons . |
| 19 | For horse-racing fans , Catterick , Ripon , York , Thirsk , and Wetherby racecourses are all within a short drive 's distance . |
| 20 | Riding , entertainments , tennis , fishing and the famous Westward Ho ! golf course are all within an easy walk . |
| 21 | Teachers who claim to have been highly involved also claim to have used a wider variety of methods and feel more competent to conduct the review , believing it to have been more of a whole-school effort , more thorough and more useful in producing proposals for change . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State has pretensions as a political heavyweight , but his performances have been more of a light banterweight . |
| 23 | There is no concealed value judgement here that street crimes are less of a social problem , particularly if the degree of fear and apprehension experienced by the majority of citizens is considered . |
| 24 | Not an obviously charismatic figure , Mr Chan 's principal qualities are those of a high-order bureaucrat . |
| 25 | It is put together in accordance with criteria of relevance which are those of a certain group of interested persons . |
| 26 | The symptoms are those of a chronic respiratory infection , with coughing , sneezing , and nasal discharge associated with tachypnoea . |
| 27 | The fort , however , is unlikely to have belonged to the much denounced Macbeth : the ramparts are those of a prehistoric tribal fortification . |
| 28 | Finally , there are those of a Marxist persuasion , who look to higher education enabling students to form a critical perspective on society and social affairs , and on that basis to effect radical social change . |
| 29 | The enigmatic three dots to which it is impelled are those of a romantic orphan , as well as those of his reticent doctor . |
| 30 | When your most familiar role models are those of a compliant woman or the ‘ strong , silent type ’ of man you may find it difficult to reconcile these influences with the aggressive determination you feel as a female , or the sensitivity and intuition you experience as a man . |