Example sentences of "are [adj] [is] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The idea that all people involved in espionage are rich is a myth . |
| 2 | Yeah here you are this is a good one , calcium carbine bomb . |
| 3 | you see salesmanship is applying psychology , you know , and a lot of people , I mean , wha the reason why insurance companies are justified is a lot of people are protected by it , you know . |
| 4 | Making sure that the flying lines are equal is a good start to perfecting the symmetry of all your manoeuvres . |
| 5 | The crux of the matter is that while one can accept the proposition that judicial labels often express a conclusion already reached , rather than dictate the result which should be arrived at , to infer that therefore the type of labels that we use are irrelevant is a non sequitur . |
| 6 | My reason for dwelling at some length on this matter of accuracy and acquisition is that the assumption that they are identical is a corner-stone to the whole edifice of a theory recently propounded which claims to provide a solution to the problems of language teaching which have plagued us for so long . |
| 7 | The recording quality is quite acceptable , and the performances are Nicolosi is a reliable player but he lacks the keyboard bragadocio to make these pieces sparkle in a way that Thalberg must have . |