Example sentences of "be [conj] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some quarters , of course , he was enormously popular , and it may have been that as a young man in his early twenties he found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans . |
| 2 | Our afternoon was not as enjoyable as it might have been because of a large number of supporters who had to stand alongside our seats in the east stand as they had purchased transfer tickets for seats and there were no seats for them . |
| 3 | Erm now it may be that on a particular site erm conditions could be laid down to ensure and secure that there were significant employment benefits accruing from the development of that site . |
| 4 | It may be that at a low level of a graduated test scheme teachers may wish to acknowledge a pupil 's recognition of only an equilateral or isosceles triangle as a triangle . |
| 5 | Our first observation must be that to a gratifying extent the numerous anomalies in constituency results cancel themselves out when these are aggregated to give national totals of votes received and seats won by each party . |
| 6 | This may be because of a decreased gall stone disease rate , which could explain the decrease in pancreatitis discharges in women . |
| 7 | So stick together lads just for another week , whatever we we do , if we go back to work or if we stay out , it 'll be because of a unanimous vote or a majority vote in this lodge , you know w we came out together , we 'll go back together or we 'll stay out together . |
| 8 | Someone may ardently desire to create , love , believe , repent , but if the hope is fulfilled it will be because of a spontaneous process of maturation or crisis of conversion , which reason and will can coax but not force . |
| 9 | If that class is sadly numerous today , it may be because of a common belief that ‘ British poetry has chosen to turn inwards , parochial , self-comforting and serviceable ’ . |
| 10 | On a macro scale , this is of course how Blacks were and to a large extent are still viewed : as a disruptive , damaging force disturbing the previously calm , stable landscape of cultural superiority . |
| 11 | The trouble is that during a general election this is not possible . |
| 12 | Thus structuralists , as Lukes argued , are able to take on board the insights of elite and pluralist theories and explain why it is that despite a pluralist system the capitalist ruling class is still able to dominate society even without the use of direct repression . |
| 13 | Their case is that as a previous owner of the flat he was responsible for having a fire escape put in . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' |
| 15 | The characteristic of all those areas is that for a long time they have been Labour controlled , although Conservatives have been in control in Brent for the past year and the Liberal Democrats have recently been in control in Tower Hamlets . |
| 16 | What is increasingly clear is that for a large number of headhunters in the major eight firms — and many of the more profitable smaller ones — this functional or industry specialisation is a key to success . |
| 17 | Our usual joke is that for a Hungarian novelist to get published and widely read , he has first to be sent to prison . |
| 18 | Now interest rates have come down , the latest situation is that for a high rate tax payer an instant access bank account pays less than the rate of inflation . |
| 19 | The truth is that for a weekly paper in something as effervescent and ethereal as pop , all that we 've done over the last 40 years is not as important as what we do next week . |
| 20 | What happens is that on a high speed reach there is so much sideways pressure on the skeg that an area of low pressure around the skeg sucks air down and creates an air pocket around the fin. , therefore making it useless . |
| 21 | What has to be recognized , though , is that to a large extent , consumers select the stimuli to which they will respond . |
| 22 | The burden of John Ward 's argument is that to a large extent , political complexion is a secondary factor to core industrial philosophy . |
| 23 | The evidence is that beyond a certain point tax incentives only increase industrial R&D by an amount that is roughly half , or even less , of the value of the revenue forgone by the government . |
| 24 | A case of the contrast which may be helpful as a mnemonic is that between a symphonic overture ( ascriptive ) which is symphonic in and by itself , and an operatic overture ( associative ) which does not have the usual characteristics of opera ( not only is it purely orchestral , it is often played with the curtain not yet risen ) but which is , nonetheless , designated by a phrase where the property OPERATIC is associated with OVERTURE in order to describe sufficiently what the speaker wishes to identify . |
| 25 | The government plan is that over a four year term , there will be appraisal of all teachers in schools . |
| 26 | One disadvantage of this to all parties is that over a long period memories fade and evidence becomes more difficult to establish . |
| 27 | True it is that in a simple case the investigation of a suspect 's criminality may well terminate at the moment of charging , but often this will not be so . |
| 28 | Mr Clinton may say that he wants to concentrate on domestic policy until he is blue in the face ; the truth of the matter is that in a federal system such single-mindedness will not get him far , because most domestic policy is reserved to state and local governments . |
| 29 | It is that in a conditional sale agreement the passing of property to the buyer is expressly postponed until some condition ( usually all the instalments being paid ) is fulfilled . |
| 30 | Pervasive though this negative tradition is , it does n't quite answer why it is that in a post-Christian society there should continue to be so much indifference to the claims of animals . |