Example sentences of "are [adj] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My letter to your Honour of the fifth January last being writ before the great events that are upon us now , would lead your judgement astray as to our progress in these fair Isles , for mighty Saturn threw his sinister shadow heavy upon me at that juncture and many untoward and grievous events had combined to cloud my spirits that now are light as a summer breeze again . |
| 2 | And here you are free as a bird , for once , provided you come back to your cage in time . |
| 3 | Assessments are straightforward when a child is subject to a care order and the local authority has sole responsibility for that child 's welfare . |
| 4 | The wave velocity so determined is related to the relevant elastic modulus by equations which are simple if a symmetry axis coincides with the direction of wave propagation , but more complex otherwise . |
| 5 | Transfers are inevitable when a lawyer leaves the firm . |
| 6 | You are pretty as a picture and we would not want you drawing attention to yourself , would we ! ’ |
| 7 | We can legitimately ask to what extent such personal qualities are important as a source of power within the public sector . |
| 8 | Database and computing activities Effective methods for the storage and retrieval of information are essential when a variety of large datasets is to be handled , and the maintenance and extension of such systems has continued . |
| 9 | At a more general level , what remedies are available when a confidence in this context is breached ? |
| 10 | This suggests , for example , that a new two-year bond issued at par would have to have a coupon of 10.25 per cent and that for a three-year bond ( with annual coupons ) trading at par the following equality holds ( see ( 5.10 ) ) : demonstrating that the YTM and the coupon are identical when a bond is trading at par . |
| 11 | But it is nevertheless considered by Brooks ( 1960 ) that generalisations are necessary when a student 's prior training has conditioned him to require to " know what he is doing " ( River 1964 ) . |
| 12 | He is lean , hard , and his doggy brown eyes are bright as a terrier 's . |