Example sentences of "is a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sense it is a proven success , while democratic feminist socialism is , to most people in the world , an obscure jumble of aspirations . |
| 2 | The shareware package Formgen has been around for some time now and is a proven system for designing forms . |
| 3 | The shareware package Formgen has been around for some time now and is a proven system for designing forms . |
| 4 | Signed from Wolves for a quarter of a million pounds , Mutch is a proven goalscorer . |
| 5 | There is a proven gas source in the Westphalian A and B coals and along the basin flanks gas generative maturity post-dates traps formed during Cimmerian structural development . |
| 6 | In a recent meeting with the Darlington Priests he stated : ‘ It is my intention to provide a Catholic desk for every Catholic pupil in Darlington where there is a proven need . ’ |
| 7 | Mark Flanagan , of Ash , said companies were also concerned that passive smoking will fall within the Health and Safety at Work Act now it is a proven health risk . |
| 8 | Greenpeace says that incineration is a proven technology and that all incinerators release ‘ toxic , persistent and bio-accumulative chemicals ’ through emissions , effluent and toxic ashes . |
| 9 | IV is a proven technology . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It is a proven fact that it strengthens growing teeth . ’ |
| 11 | THERE are horror movies and there are Japanese horror movies and without being remotely racist it is a proven fact that in the Land of the Rising Sun they like their severed limbs , blood and gore with knobs on . |
| 12 | It is a proven fact , however , that prolonged high altitude reduces intelligence . |
| 13 | Brian Horton says that Joey is a proven scorer … he 's scored goals in the youth team … the reserves and hopefully keeps scoring for the first team … he 's exciting … and people love to watch wingers … |
| 14 | In the NSWP countries , as in the USSR , control over appointment is a proven method of controlling policy . |
| 15 | On some islands , there is a lethargic variety of sea-snake which lies on the sand in the shallow , and which can give a nasty poisonous bite when stood on . |
| 16 | If it does not , or when it files and gives notice that it is satisfied , or the court on application decides it needs no further information , then only is a return day fixed by the court . |
| 17 | This is a horrifying conflict on our own doorstep . |
| 18 | It is a horrifying thought because a good , well trained polisher would have served a seven year apprenticeship and we contemporary furniture-makers can not pretend to get near that knowledge and experience . |
| 19 | This is a horrifying story , but it is also a moving testament to the courage of the child who grew up to become a man surprisingly free from bitterness or hatred . |
| 20 | There is a horrifying similarity between these two views of Swanage beach : above , 1930 , with its row of bathing tents , and below , 1944 , with its concrete bollards . |
| 21 | It is a horrifying catalogue of crime and of utter disregard for the Geneva convention . |
| 22 | That is a blinding game ! |
| 23 | Cadenabbia is a smallish resort , running along the west shore of Lake Como . |
| 24 | This is a smallish town , Mr Calder . |
| 25 | A copse is a smallish group of trees |
| 26 | Fair Isle is a cliff-bound island of only about five hundred hectares in extent and lies midway between Orkney and Shetland . |
| 27 | Whether badgers merit greater legal protection is a much-debated question among producers in the south-west where damage to farms is known . |
| 28 | Just how much nutrition information should be put on a food label is a much-debated subject and different manufacturers have different views . |
| 29 | Whether badgers merit so much protection is a much-debated point among farmers in areas such as south-west England , where badgers are plentiful and do cause damage on farms . |
| 30 | I shall concentrate upon the claim that there is a fruitful analogy between the development of species through natural selection and the growth of knowledge . |