Example sentences of "be [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the glider is stalled and enters a spin at height , the inability to recover must be due a lack of spin recovery training . |
| 2 | Anyone earning over £9 a week and over age 18 at the time would probably have paid graduated contributions and be due a pension . |
| 3 | and you li , it 's a bit late you have to wait longer but apart from that like , when we 're on the bus it 's hot or so it has had to be set , it 'll probably still be runny a bit . |
| 4 | Can think an Hour , and be calm a Day : |
| 5 | It is about time fortune smiled on United and the way they went into the lead was to be honest a bit of a fluke . |
| 6 | And we had to laugh , he said , well can you be ill a bit longer because he , er , he cooked her something to eat and he feeds her and so when I rang up I never got her on th , I never spoke to her for a week ! |
| 7 | But in fact there appears to be little a company chairman can do other than try to ride out the fashion of the moment . |
| 8 | In order to be legal a lease must also be for a term of years absolute , according to s. 1(1) ( b ) , Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 9 | There was to be great a embankment across the Welland Valley to carry the canal southwards well to the east of Barnes 's line but eventually joining the Grand Junction again very near to Long Buckby . |
| 10 | If you pay money to an artist how can you tell if he 's going to be famous a couple of years from now ? |
| 11 | He said that ecological energetics was like grinding up cows to make hamburgers — you could not be sure a monkey had not slipped in somewhere . |
| 12 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 13 | ‘ Would you like me to come over , or would you rather be alone a bit longer ? ’ |
| 14 | It had become possible to demonstrate the causative organism of syphilis , Treponema pallidum , under the microscope ; there was soon to be available a blood test , the Wasserman Reaction ( WR ) , which enabled syphilis to be diagnosed in the absence of any signs of the disease ; and finally , a new syphilitic treatment , Salvarsan , an arsenic compound , had become available . |
| 15 | Maybe to be fair a vote about the closure would settle the dispute . |
| 16 | Maybe to be fair a vote about the closure would settle the dispute . |
| 17 | I shall be absent a fortnight . |
| 18 | After two seasons the quality will start to deteriorate , and replanting will be necessary a year or two later . |
| 19 | To be enforceable a guarantee needs to be properly and legally drafted , so if you use one make sure it is prepared by a solicitor who is experienced in these matters . |
| 20 | " I 'd like it to be quiet a swell , but I 'm beginning to feel nervous . |