Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structures must be able to withstand bad weather , including gale force winds , ensuring there is no distracting and perhaps alarming flapping of canvas on windy days , which is particularly important if a PA system is to be used . |
| 2 | Probably the quickest approach from the south is to cross the Black Isle ( which is neither black nor an island ) and take the A832 from the Tore roundabout to Muir or Ord and Marybank , where the glen road is signposted . |
| 3 | Miniature roses , sometimes not more than 6 inches ( 15cm ) high when full grown , are often denigrated and derided as toys — which is most unfair because a great many people with the most limited facilities who would otherwise miss out are thus enabled to experience the satisfaction of rose growing . |
| 4 | It is very unlikely that any opposition party will win an election until it convinces the electorate that it has an economic policy which is internally coherent and a defence policy which measures up to its name . |
| 5 | It does express some of the deeper discontents and anxieties of the contemporary working class , particularly a real sense of loss , which is not nostalgic but a genuine understanding of the cost of ‘ progress ’ in terms of any sense of community or collective responsibility . |
| 6 | With Wagner 's ‘ The Ride of the Valkyries ’ blaring from the loudspeakers , and rockets and machine-guns firing , the helicopters devastate the village in a scene which is simultaneously appalling and a cinematic tour de force . |
| 7 | As we shall see in the next chapter , the consequence of this stiffness is that timber has had to evolve a work of fracture mechanism which is quite different and a good deal more ingenious . |
| 8 | Because of the size of the data this is a large commitment to space which is only worthwhile where a large number of people want to look at a lot of the data . |
| 9 | Then there 's ‘ JC Auto ’ , which is more wired than a plug factory and finds Mould screaming ‘ JESUS CHRIST ! |
| 10 | I use Glodex glazing plastic ( from DIY stores ) which is more rigid than a commercial condensation tray , and also does not discolour if used under a hood fitted with light bulbs . |
| 11 | There are a number of modelling programs suitable for use on microcomputers at a price which is so low that a complete system often costs less than the terminals used merely to communicate with larger computers . |
| 12 | With design in Germany racing forward , some of their ideas for coordinating fabrics in the bedroom with colours in your wardrobes can create an image which is as cool as a stroll in the Black Forest . |
| 13 | Together , under Caroline Paterson 's skilled direction , the company finds an idiom for a humour which is as sharp as an arrowhead and as hard as flint , and a style for an emotion which is shaped from the very suppression and denial of feeling . |
| 14 | The final weapon is the tongue , which is as rough as a rasp and is used for stripping hair and skin from the flesh , though the tiger eats plenty of both , probably as roughage . |
| 15 | She is particularly worried that a freeze on public sector pay will cause outcry among doctors , nurses and hospital workers . |
| 16 | She is as gentle as a lamb and while most people are cautious when meeting her , they soon think she 's wonderful . |
| 17 | She is as careful as a chemist with her reproaches . |
| 18 | She is very old and a bit soft in the head , you know ; my advice is to take this offer before she dies ! ’ |
| 19 | One of your problems in this case is Fred , the chef : no doubt you would like to see him replaced by someone else who is equally skilled but a lot easier to work with . |
| 20 | Take a sampling of modern preaching , for example a minister who is culturally aware or an evangelist in the classic nineteenth-century tradition . |
| 21 | Often , to have a solid example in front of you is less daunting than a drawing . |
| 22 | No one is more vicious than a person who has something to hide , so this made their strange behaviour more understandable to Jane . |
| 23 | It is however true that a depreciation in share values will be of concern to management , because of possible repercussions in the market for corporate control . |
| 24 | It might , of course , mean that that particular person will readily be labelled ‘ deviant ’ , but it is equally possible that an individual could fully appreciate the attitude(s) of the generalized other and yet choose not to act within its framework . |
| 25 | If we accept that mistakes in sentencing can be made and accept that sentencing is a matter of considerable interest , importance and relevance to society , and accept that the prosecution represents society , then it is simply monstrous that an appeal does not lie at its hands . |
| 26 | 1.6 It is not necessary that an item qualifying an E should be a P. This is not the case in our next example , ( 16 ) . |
| 27 | Jones ( 1931 ) implies that it can , but experimental work ( e.g. O'Connor and Tooley ( 1964 ) ) suggests that in many cases it is not perceptible unless a speaker is deliberately trying to avoid ambiguity . |
| 28 | It is not certain that a majority of the parliament will follow him when a free vote is held on the question of where Germany 's government should be . |
| 29 | For iron it is about 1000 K. This is a plausible explanation of the Mercurian field , though it is not certain that a slowly cooling core would end up with an appreciable magnetic dipole moment . |
| 30 | It is not certain that a schema which is valid for the classification of physical entities will be capable of application to epistemological studies . |