Example sentences of "to [be] [adv] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gene seems to be neither an oncogene nor tumour supressor gene , but could be responsible for an increase in genetic instability by way of multiple replication errors within the genome . |
| 2 | Johnny 's double standards , and his entrenched belief in the superiority of the male , had led her into an angry tirade of defence designed only to prove that she was exactly the cheap little tart that he so obviously thought her.Their relationship seemed to be increasingly an exercise in one-upmanship : my time 's better than yours ; so there ! |
| 3 | If you believe yourself to be simply an animal without an immortal soul but you also believe that you are capable of making moral judgements , you will need to ask yourself whether cats and mice and birds and insects are also capable of making moral judgements . |
| 4 | But if this new development were to be simply an aid to better assignments and projects then it would not be remarkable , because library instruction which is project-related and project-inspired , is not unusual , though it is less common than the separate library lesson . |
| 5 | My argument for functionalism is therefore critically dependent on whether or not I can convince you that progress in one of these areas — cognitive neuropsychology — is unlikely to be simply an illusion . |
| 6 | In other words , the focus of Gironella 's attention is neither historically nor iconographically arbitrary , although in some ways his reworkings of the paintings of others could be seen to be simply an extension of a fairly conventional activity . |
| 7 | Thus , in health , there does not seem to be either an attenuation of secretory pathways mediating gastric acid secretion or end organ resistance to stimulation . |
| 8 | The following is an example of a typical clause : 1 In the event of a Manager ceasing to be either an employee or Director of the Company otherwise than by reason of dismissal , retirement [ redundancy ] [ or death ] , there shall be deemed to have been served a Transfer Notice in respect of his entire holding of shares [ NB : should be defined to include all shares held by family trusts or nominees ] and the price for such shares shall be the lower of cost and Market Value . |
| 9 | The problem is believed to be either an Achilles tendon strain or a stress fracture of the right foot . |
| 10 | In this way , casting ceases to be just an intermediary stage in the act of creation but is itself the finished product of that act . |
| 11 | Conversely , it ought also to be recognizably an advertising business — not an insurance office or a bank or the civil service . |
| 12 | In Example 52 the quaver movement looks restless , but it should be subdued so as to be less an addition to the rhythmic movement than an almost intangible filling-out of the harmonies . |
| 13 | What appeared to be merely an area of shrinkage on the edge of the village has , therefore , turned out to be very important in the history of settlement in the area — a small independent hamlet with its own church which was eventually abandoned . |
| 14 | She might imagine that to be quite an achievement . |
| 15 | That has to be quite an achievement . ’ |
| 16 | There seems to be quite an increase over the year , erm , virtually double . |
| 17 | The event was conceived and devised by a group of inmates , and was intended to be essentially an education project informing people in Britain about the circumstances relating to the Naga people . |