Example sentences of "to be a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's not difficult with small creatures , but with the large ones it 's possible to be a hundred pounds or so out , and an overdose could be dangerous for the animal . |
2 | In this way she lived to be a hundred years old , more or less . |
3 | ‘ Really , ’ sighed Mr Punch when he had got it all off his chest , ‘ from the outrages which have been late perpetrated , one might think that one was living now in London as it used to be a hundred years ago . ’ |
4 | Come over here and join us by all means — but not too many of you , so we 'll vet you as you come in ; and not make getting in pleasant or easy ; and just please stick to your own districts , and keep your own religion and dance away to tambourines , or bow to the East , or whatever you like to do to remind you of home — or home as it used to be a hundred years ago but certainly is n't now — and are n't we clever , and kind , and good , the way we give you your roots back ? , and with any luck your children will grow up well-behaved and pleasant ; ours certainly are n't ; because your children come of a society which , being somewhere else and a long time ago , is probably better than ours . |
5 | It 's going to be a hundred limes worse next year when we have to move the whole army . ’ |
6 | However , environments are usually so variable that even if the conditions are good where the animal is now , they probably will not be in a month 's time ; it may then be better to be a hundred miles south . |
7 | We do n't want you to be a graphic arts expert or a copy expert we have plenty of those back at head office |
8 | You know with a balloon , there 's just got to be a better ways of doing it instead of having to use boring ways . |
9 | I mean is it going to be a thousand ohms , two ohms or what ? |
10 | Doctor Who , though , was not going to be a straight children 's serial , since its main aim in life was to capture the family audience between Grandstand and Juke Box Jury . |
11 | In sum , their duties probably varied from place to place and from time to time , although there was always likely to be a strong police element , especially in those areas on or near the frontiers where military government was paramount and where the natives enjoyed only limited autonomy . |
12 | Producing equipment based on old licences from Alcatel NV , the firm used to be a major telecommunications supplier to the former Eastern bloc . |
13 | Seagal used to be a martial arts expert , so at least the stunts are worth watching , even if the principals are n't ( Seagal looks like Chuck Norris on Mogadon and LeBrock really should n't be wearing such a tight skirt ) . |
14 | Birthtales looks forward to the day when these female experiences are considered to be a valid subjects for inclusion in galleries . |
15 | Well , all right , everyone knows that there are going to be a few fools who insist on trying to break their necks … |
16 | There have to be a few secrets between a woman and her dybbuk . |
17 | ‘ He said he was only going to be a few minutes . |
18 | Yeah if Now but th if I 've understood you correctly , there 's going to be a few months when we do n't actually supply anything . |
19 | This worried me , because there always seemed to be a few mosquitoes flying around house . |
20 | Judging from letters I have received , and some I have seen published in various magazines , there seems to be a few misconceptions about the precise way in which bar codes operate . |
21 | Since there are likely to be a few worms present , even in adult dogs , in spite of the diversion of the majority of larvae to the somatic tissues , it is recommended that adult dogs should be treated every six months throughout their lives . |
22 | So this one would be called bute two E and so again , these are true positional isomers same carbon skeleton they differ in the position of the principle functional group , which in this case , has to be a special electrons . |
23 | The first race is off at 1.49 and the highlight of the afternoon 's 12-race programme looks to be a 631 metres handicap , when Eddie McDermott 's excellent stayer , Too Fast , will be off scratch , giving top-marker Lee Anns Tramp 12 metres start . |
24 | And later this year , Hewlett-Packard will ship a new client intended to be a universal Windows client . |