Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pleasant period is ahead of you , as opportunities for socialising with others of your kind may be at their peak . |
| 2 | Sort of a rich twist is just right for this latterday England bowler ( 5 , 5 ) |
| 3 | And Graham Taylor 's argument that we played a reserve team is as leaky as his defence . |
| 4 | And Graham Taylor 's argument that we played a reserve team is as leaky as his defence . |
| 5 | An estimated £51m was spent in the UK last year on nail products ; for many people , it seems , a well-turned hand is still incomplete without a coat of lacquer . |
| 6 | A newly arrived unskilled Mediterranean worker living in a run-down neighbourhood in a Scandinavian city is more likely to feel , and appear , in some significant ways more socially incompetent that a middle-class , professional native living in the suburbs : even though the boundaries for each may be comparable in kind and number , for the skilled and socialised native the boundaries be relatively more open than for the unskilled and unsocialised gästarbetare . |
| 7 | What was a story about an evil-intentioned crocodile that meets a sticky end is now a story about friendship and respect for animals , especially the reptiles that were the writer 's current favourite animal . |
| 8 | A private firm is also trying to start a luxury train — the Occident Express , I suppose — but if it happens the fare will be over 1500 pounds . |
| 9 | But an adverse ruling from a private body is much less daunting and much less publicised than a heavy award of damages by judge or jury . |
| 10 | It appears that poor readers make less use of this mode of selective reanalysis and the work aims to discover whether this is because the use of a spatial code is peculiarly characteristic of very fluent readers . |
| 11 | If you 're not sure whether or not a solid floor is properly damp-proofed , try this test . |
| 12 | This approach requires that a possible parse is randomly chosen and assigned a score . |
| 13 | Circumstances change arid what was once a possible decision is no longer on offer . |
| 14 | A work in which the meaning is fully apparent at a literal level is normally easier than one which depends on the interpretation of extended metaphor , analogy , symbolism , and so on . |
| 15 | Ivo Pogorelich 's return to the studios after a prolonged absence is characteristically dazzling and provocative . |
| 16 | There are plenty of cases in which each member of a co-operating group is better off than it would be on its own . |
| 17 | Crane , however , argues 45 that affiliation to a prestigious university is more likely to lead to recognition for a scientist than higher productivity . |
| 18 | Crane , however , argues that affiliation to a prestigious university is more likely to lead to recognition for a scientist than higher productivity . |
| 19 | In essence , the description of the reflex pathway is a miniature narrative but generalised as a typical activity by the use of the present tense whereas a fictional narrative is almost invariably reported in the past tense . |
| 20 | An important feature to explain is why a hierarchical system is invariably found in organizations such as firms . |
| 21 | A classic blazer is always a good buy and this one complements a look that 's smart or casual . |
| 22 | A low subscription is thus important for recruiting as many new supporters as possible . |
| 23 | A strong prince is infinitely better than ten strong princes fighting for the crown . ’ |
| 24 | A strong link is thus suggested between the development of language and thinking . |
| 25 | Being a strong swimmer is obviously important , as is being reasonably fit , since when the wave puts you through its ‘ rinse cycle ’ you come out disoriented and out of breath . |
| 26 | It takes conviction to stand firm when there is a price to pay , when a strong authority is openly hostile or when the surrounding consensus considers belief ridiculous , harmful or unpatriotic . |
| 27 | A normal recovery is then made . |
| 28 | You do n't know what a normal week is now do you ? |
| 29 | For individual schools a pregnant teenager is still a relatively rare occurrence and one in which it is difficult to cater for all the physical , medical , social , residential and educational needs of the prospective mother and baby . |
| 30 | A pregnant woman is very obviously a different shape from her non-pregnant sister , and the beauty of a young girl has quite another quality from that of a mature woman . |