Example sentences of "in [adj] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the pipeline in Saudi was a life-saver . |
| 2 | The two-man team arriving to promote the concept of a large-scale loan for livestock production in Tanzania in 1971 was a manifestation of McNamara 's bold and almost visionary objectives . |
| 3 | There 's , there 's another thing I , another thing I 'd like to mention which Chris has n't mentioned this afternoon is , that is that a lot of the pamphlets that you are handed out here , generate from 's office , copying and things like that , all very helpful , which would cost us a bomb outside , and we get them free , so you know , they , they do help the pensioner a great deal that 's why I said when she came in that 's a lady I admire very much and respect , cos she 's very good to pensioners . |
| 4 | But there are good reasons for a principled limitation to linguistic contexts : first , the relation between a lexical item and extralinguistic contexts is often crucially mediated by the purely linguistic contexts ( consider the possible relations between horse and the extra-linguistic situation in That 's a horse and There are no horses here ) ; second , any aspect of an extra-linguistic context can in principle be mirrored linguistically ; and , third , linguistic context is more easily controlled and manipulated . |
| 5 | In that was a plus sign , followed by ‘ GB , P. & L. ’ and the ‘ L ’ had been underlined twice . |
| 6 | One in three marriages in 1986 was a remarriage for one or both partners . |
| 7 | Its survival depended on the generosity and good nature of the Secretary whose honorarium in 1933 was a year in arrears ! |
| 8 | 75% of British men say that straightening your tie in public is a sign of nervousness . |
| 9 | Obedience in this is a test of their obedience to God in other ways too . |
| 10 | Implied in this is a view of faith that is unrealistic and a view of doubt that is unfair . |
| 11 | I do n't think any of us have ever seen it my Lord , erm the erm , the just , the , in this was a case where you will find er that er a reference was made for guidance as to the scope of the broadcasting directive |
| 12 | " Tom the Barber " was one in 1736 , while among those revealed by the trials in 1780 were a journeyman wheelwright and a coach maker . |
| 13 | The vivid images featured in these are a feast to the eye , which make this a beautiful book as well as a valuable source of reference . |
| 14 | Tactically the battle of Antietam Creek in 1862 was a draw . |
| 15 | But to take such comments as proof that de Gaulle already knew what he would have to do in 1962 is a leap made only by Gaullists predisposed to elevate the General 's prescience to superhuman levels or by fanatical anti-Gaullists predisposed to exaggerate the depths of his duplicity . |
| 16 | Throughout the 1340s and 1350s the king played on the commons ' fear of a French invasion of England : the threat that the French might ‘ destroy the English tongue and occupy the realm of England ’ was used more than once to persuade the commons to grant money for the war , and the discovery at the sack of Caen of a French plan for the invasion of England in 1339 was a gift to royal propaganda . |
| 17 | Interestingly , the main form of credit considered but not used in 1977 was a bank personal loan , with HP , credit cards and bank overdrafts following . |
| 18 | Also in 1978 was a conference — held at Stratford-upon-Avon , and again with Gulbenkian support — on the possible impact on the arts and education of the seven recently-approved CNAA degree courses in the creative and performing arts . |
| 19 | The enmity which arose between France and Britain in 1840 was a bonus , since it reduced the likelihood that the two countries would act jointly against Russia on a future occasion . |
| 20 | Similarly , in El Salvador , the formation of the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación-Farabundo Martí ( forerunner of the current FMLN ) in 1970 was a result of a bitter factional fight within the Salvadoran Communist party over revolutionary tactics , the final split being provoked by the party 's backing for the 1969 four-day war against Honduras ( Dunkerley : 1982 , pp. 87–102 ) . |
| 21 | Reagan 's campaign for governor in 1966 was a response to the same shifts in public opinion that Goldwater had attempted to exploit , but it was not only in political attitudes that southern California was ahead of its time . |
| 22 | Purchase of The Times itself in 1966 was a culmination , and a further move towards concentration . |
| 23 | Tyneside in particular and the North East in general was a zone of great prosperity . |
| 24 | Breeding and sex in general were a part of the natural order of things to the people of the old farming community ; and this is another aspect of it that reminds us of its ancient roots . |
| 25 | The trial and disgrace of Olavide by the Inquisition in 1778 was a penalty for the tactless folly of a man who could not resist mocking superstitious priests ; its significance is that the Inquisition could still destroy a leading statesman . |
| 26 | The arbour in particular is a novel yet sensible idea in this front garden as there is ample privacy provided by the walls and the area catches plenty of sun . |
| 27 | The finale in particular is a delight , with the brass having a field-day . |
| 28 | One of the problems within the RAF generally and the Engineering Branch in particular is a knowledge of the potential of expert systems . |
| 29 | By the 1820s some three thousand miles of canals had been made , the industrial districts in particular being a network of grimy waterways . |
| 30 | First , it was not a strike over wages — although a wage claim was later added to the terms on which the Union was prepared to return to work ; it was about the future of the coalmining industry in Great Britain , and in particular was a protest against a plan for extensive pit closures with consequences for both miners ' jobs and the future of their communities . |