Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 2 | Holborn picked up the 1992 Best Overall Branch prize , Threadneedle Street were presented with a plaque for being top Branch in the Customer Satisfaction Index for 1992–93 , and Pall Mall received the Cost/Income Award for 1991–92/ The top student award went to Julian Gouge who , in 1992 , achieved the highest aggregate marks among all Royal Bank candidates in the Associateship examinations . |
| 3 | NASA says yes , highly probable for a prototype to be flying tests , but doubtful to be operational for two years . |
| 4 | Rabuka made a series of confusing statements during 1990-91 , but appeared to indicate that he continued to harbour political ambitions , including a desire to be Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Badgers have got a name for being vicious creatures , but Teka has taken to people so well Maggie thinks she must have been hand reared from birth . |
| 6 | What there is a shortage of is good propositions which are realistically priced and properly thought through and presented . |
| 7 | She adds : ‘ That encourages a woman to be hopeful things will improve but , unfortunately , there is no way of knowing how he will react to anything . ’ |
| 8 | Check train times before paying up too — last connection from Leeds back down to Oxford leaves too soon after the end of a game to be any use ; it may be the same from Oxford back to Leeds too . |
| 9 | A total of is 463 quintals [ 2546 tonnes ] of grain was distributed , and 15 229 items of clothing given away . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Is it possible , ’ Catesby grated , ‘ for a poison to be slow acting ? ’ |
| 11 | The programming is often a little more complicated in that instead of just sending the results of a program to be printed information about the way the results are to be presented must be sent . |
| 12 | Sagittarians had a reputation for being insatiable travellers , and she was no exception , but please God she would journey to other places where there were no poignant memories . |
| 13 | But the people of the Dordogne have always had a reputation for being independent thinkers . ’ |
| 14 | Korean owners of low-margin textile and shoe factories in Indonesia have gained a reputation for being harsh employers who pay low wages . |
| 15 | In 1915 the National Conference estimated the cost of a pauper to be 14s 0d per week and that of a criminal 11s 10d net , but a state pensioner , ‘ a British subject , who is required under the Act , to be a respectable and provident person ’ was granted between 1s 0d and 5s 0d per week only . |
| 16 | SINCE Barclays Bank has just won an award for being model employers despite laying off hundreds of workers , I suppose the Government deserves three gold medals for allowing Cammell Laird to close . |
| 17 | There is an element of being seprate teams … but it all slots together . |