Example sentences of "is [adv] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , his typical scientific ‘ problem ’ — how many icebergs would be needed to supply Los Angeles with water — is merely a schoolchild 's exercise in numerical estimation , without any research content . |
| 2 | Easily Accessible : The nearby village of Goathland ( an ancient settlement dating from the 12th century ) contains several waterfalls , countless footpaths , and is only a stone 's throw from the open moors . |
| 3 | I believe it is entirely a woman 's right to choose whether or not she has an abortion . |
| 4 | I hope it is , because the wealth of climbing routes is missing from the collomb guide and the 1977 Brailsford guide is apparently a collector 's item ! |
| 5 | Hastings Sea Life Centre is just a stone 's throw from the sea itself , at the far end of Rock-a-Nore Road . |
| 6 | The er , other recommendation really is just a member 's note the outcome of discussion so far , it has been to the erm , we did take the paper to the Hare Street , Little Parndon er , committee er , in this cycle and there were no comments that came er , from that committee . |
| 7 | There is already a People 's Party of Russia ( PPR ) , formed by Telman Gdlyan . |
| 8 | When looking at the calendar it 's worth bearing in mind that there is usually a year 's grace between the death of the previous Phoenix King and the coronation of his successor . |
| 9 | A home is both a material necessity and , if one is bought , it is usually a person 's most expensive purchase . |
| 10 | While understanding technology in the West is usually a specialist 's job , in China everyone is expected to understand the principles behind homespun machinery . |
| 11 | Call it a rites-of-passage novel , a coming-of-age novel or a coming-out novel , it is usually a writer 's way of exploring how the early years can irritate to life the otherwise dormant sensitivities that produce the itch to write fiction . |
| 12 | Apart from a penalty , the free kick is usually a team 's best chance of scoring a goal . |
| 13 | In the world of entry permits and panic it is always a seller 's market . |
| 14 | So far , shorting is still a specialists ' game , but a growing one . |
| 15 | For example , advertisements which consistently use businessman as the synonym for people in business seek to remind women that in many areas of commercial life it is still a man 's world . |
| 16 | He 's as tough as old boots , but playing with drugs is still a mug 's game . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I accept that there are then still there is still a section er of six or seven miles between that improvement and Ripon . |
| 19 | But as the men in suits — the politicians — give way to the men in the studios — the experts — it seems too obvious even to mention the fact that these days there is hardly a woman 's face to be seen on television . |
| 20 | What is clearly a dealers ' market is often signalled by the invention of a brand name to group together a variety of material , perhaps rather disparate . |
| 21 | Various local crafts and agricultural implements are represented , but there is also a blacksmith 's forge and a Tudor glass furnace , discovered in Rosedale ( q.v. ) in 1968 , and carefully dismantled and re-erected here in an ambitious piece of preservation work like a sort of Abu Simbel operation in miniature . |
| 22 | There is also a widower 's pension from a PP , but again this will be very small . |
| 23 | There is also a Girls ' Choir and a Primary Boys ' Choir . |
| 24 | There is also a King 's standard in store in one of the cedar drawers . |
| 25 | Shylock says himself that it is not only a Jewish teaching , it is also a Christian 's way of thought , and he is only doing what a Christian would do : ( Act 3 , Scene 1 , lines 54–55 ) |
| 26 | Aintree says puckishly that this arrangement is reliable because it depends on people 's judgement , but it is also a hoaxer 's charter . |
| 27 | There is also a children 's play area , and it is just east of Market Bosworth on B.585 . |
| 28 | There is also a children 's pool , shops and a tennis court . |
| 29 | So , I 'm sorry it 's so complicated and the final week 's reading is also a book er erm the actual book is got rid of that chapter . |
| 30 | We have a large coalfired power station near where I live er in Oxfordshire er at a place called Didcot , which is also a railway er junction erm roughly halfway between Harwell where we , we invented er nuclear power and , and Culham where they 're working on nuclear fusion which is a different kind of nuclear power , roughly halfway between the government decides to build the largest coalfired power station in the country . |