Example sentences of "and [adj] [is] an [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well if you remember what it is , let me know and I 'll buy the shopping from them and that is an influence for me .
2 I know there 's a motorway running down the middle but you ca n't over or under it , for thirty miles there , so if you 've got to get across there , you have to do this , come all out , you know , and that is an hour 's run .
3 Do it when times are bad and that is an excuse for those whose jobs are threatened to pin the blame upon — and to hold out against — the proposed innovation .
4 People have complained — is this a health service problem ? is this a local authority problem ? and that is an acknowledgement of the fact that you can match just about anyone you can find in one service 's bed , with someone in someone else 's service 's bed .
5 Much of it has very little to do with what you are , and that is an emotion I have always felt and will always feel .
6 It says the cat has magical powers , and that is an end to it .
7 You can assign benefits but not burdens in English law , but the intention is that the purchaser will pay the debts , and that is an end of the matter .
8 I say this because , of the several versions of the ‘ right of silence ’ contained in the list previously given , only the fifth hinges upon the fact of the suspect having been charged ; and that is an immunity against being asked questions of any kind .
9 His distribution is very good , as he showed against Forest , and that 's an asset to us .
10 And in this connection , the award this year goes to Catherine who already has got a fairly formidable pedigree in the movement , shop steward , member of a branch committee , trades council , young members ' advisory committee , the National Committee but I think best thing so far , she 's actually chaired the T U C young members ' conference and that 's an achievement for this union as well .
11 The headline is that the budget for ninety four ninety five is two point two million pounds and that 's an increase of eighty four thousand pounds or four percent on the original budget for current year and that increase of eighty four thousand pounds and it 's split into three elements for you .
12 ‘ He was last year about now but Easter 's late , I had n't thought on , and he 'll not move down until Palm Sunday like as not , and if he 's still over on the mountain he 'll be up Three Valleys Pass and that 's an hour and a half of a walk for him , going as the crow flies , but longer for us in the jeep because there 's no direct road — and then to get at him we 'd have to take a cart track that 'll be more like a river bed after yesterday 's rain .
13 And that 's an order . ’
14 And that 's an order ! ’
15 And that 's an order ! ’
16 ‘ He said : ‘ No flying for you today , Johnny , my lad , and that 's an order . ’
17 And that 's an order . ’
18 You are not to fall for him , and that 's an order ! ’
19 And that 's an order ! ’
20 It 's Pygmies In The Ruins , the latest new play from leading playwright Ron Hutchinson , author of Rat In The Skull , and that 's an event of international importance in any critic 's book .
21 And that 's an aspect that often gets excluded from soap opera precisely because of the emphasis on the domestic .
22 Rather at a loss , Connor said , ‘ Very well — shake hands and that 's an end to it . ’
23 ‘ No , no , and that 's an end of it ! ’
24 At the time , people felt they had secure jobs er in the M O D and the dockyard and so people accepted that with pensions and everything that goes with that sort of secure job , now of course the whole situation is enormously diff different and I was saying to , I have some French people staying with me this morning and I was , they were asking me about wages and I was saying to my daughter who works er on a Thursday evening in the local Sainsburys , earns more per hour than a friend of mine , well two friends of mine , one of whom is a carpenter , a fully qualified carpenter and the other is a motor mechanic , and that 's an indication of the sort of level of wages that people are paid in this area .
25 You see some of them only live in a small cottage with no garden and that 's an extension to their home , you can go down there with the children
26 Now let's take a couple of examples of those the direct interests of er say in Britain might be er let's take the example of the fishing industry it 's important in Britain for the fishermen of Britain erm to have the right to be able to maintain their livelihoods and that 's an interest , direct interest , of Britain in negotiating with other countries about fishing rights .
27 Er , this company has a leading position , er , in the fast expanding field of video training products for the corporate market and that 's an area which Longman has identified , er , as a new area for expansion .
28 And that 's an arrangement which will be carrying on over the next few years .
29 This chapter completes the course by looking at three further areas of study ; each is important in its own way , and each is an area on which students working at an advanced level in phonetics and phonology spend a considerable amount of time .
30 Pictures of one 's family are a treasured item in any home , and this is an idea for turning a small but favourite picture into a more decorative item .
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