Example sentences of "he [is] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protest of the human individual against the massive forces which control him is indeed a theme which can be seen in contemporary art , literature , music and drama , in the struggles against racialism , poverty and war , in the popular movements of Western youth and in the renewed campaign for women 's emancipation ; so we can hardly be surprised if parents too begin to question the authority of the experts . |
| 2 | He may be like a banana tree or a coconut tree , half human in appearance , revolting in every way , but caring for him is still a woman 's duty if he 's her husband . |
| 3 | A happy , approachable Oliver Stone is a new phenomenon indeed — he is no a man known for his relaxed attitude on set , and the actors in Platoon especially were pushed to the limit . |
| 4 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 5 | He is already a member of the British junior team , having been chosen two years earlier than most of the others . |
| 6 | So he is already a celebrity in island cricket . |
| 7 | Of all the contenders Armiger is certainly best placed to impress , as he is already a Group One winner and was among the favourites for the Derby until injury forced him out of the Epsom showpiece . |
| 8 | Against this interpretation lies the evidence that we can and do say , when appropriate , things like ‘ Of course he consented to the operation , but that does not entitle you to perform it since he is just a child ’ ( or he did not know how dangerous it is ) . |
| 9 | For example , if a person supplies a computer in kit form which , when assembled , infringes a patent , then the supplier of the computer kit infringes the patent even if he is just a middle-man as long as he has the requisite knowledge . |
| 10 | Suppose for a moment that Mr Gorbachev himself does not know what he has in mind ; assume that he is just a moderniser with no clear idea where modernising leads . |
| 11 | He is just a relative . |
| 12 | It could be said as brusquely of Iago that he is just a wrecker . |
| 13 | ‘ He does n't look too bad because of his coat but when you handle him , he is just a bag of bones . ’ |
| 14 | He is also a kind of consultant that 's less well-known , he 's supposed to run the art market — lives like a tycoon , but he really loves painting . |
| 15 | He is also a secretary of Envis that is the commission of covenant to churches of which we are all members of churches . |
| 16 | But he is also a writer of remarkable ability who has managed to capture and to keep the readership he has bewildered and delighted and offended , and whose work is strong in an intelligent and generous-hearted awareness of public matters , some of them quite remote from the Family Roth : The Counterlife , for instance , carries a telling serio-comic critique of the hard line in Israel , the Israeli toughness , that refuses to ‘ give ground ’ . |
| 17 | He is also a founder member and stage manager of the Calder Valley Junior theatre Society . |
| 18 | I think that he is also a peer — No , he is not a peer . |
| 19 | He is also a regular in the club 's open age side . |
| 20 | He is also a jogger and a keen Arsenal supporter . |
| 21 | He is also a member of the Gainsborough Quartet , the London Fortepiano Trio and the Age of Enlightenment . |
| 22 | He is also a member of the conference organising committee — MIKE TOMLINSON . |
| 23 | He is also a member of the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales . |
| 24 | He is also a Member of the Supervisory Board of Guerlain , Paris . |
| 25 | He is also a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers . |
| 26 | He is also a member of the Crossword Club , which publishes two puzzles each month which are more of a challenge than the others , he says . |
| 27 | Acknowledgment by a manager served with proceedings is only permissible if he is also a partner in the firm . |
| 28 | He is also a Trustee of the JM Employees Pension Scheme in the UK . |
| 29 | He is also a director of the Bank of England , a governor of the National Institute of Economic $ Social Research , a governor of Henley Management College , chairman of Manchester Business School and an advisory director of Unilever . |
| 30 | Nevertheless a member , even of a private company , unless he is also a director is not entitled , as he would be if he were a member of a partnership , to inspect the books and records of the company except to the extent that the Act specifically provides . |