Example sentences of "be [adv] a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may possibly be , as it surely is in ( 22 ) , that , where a single entity is present to the mind of the speaker , the same speaker can not simultaneously entertain the idea of more than one referent corresponding to that entity ( though there may be certain problems for this view in the case of collective nouns such as government or congregation or quartet , for which see Chapter 8 ) ; however , it is much less obvious that , where there is assumed to be only a single referent , there should be only a single intensional entity present to the mind ; rather , it seems to us that the separation of the referential and the intensional elements is precisely what lies behind such examples as ( 23 ) ( from Searle , 1969 ) , or ( 24 ) : ( 23 ) Everest is Chomolungma ( 24 ) the sheriff did not know that he was Arthur 's brother In the latter sentence , of course , we are interested in the interpretation which has he co-referring with Arthur 's brother , and the reason that we do not find a reflexive in the final position is precisely that these two elements are distinct intensionally even though they share the same referent . |
| 2 | This may be only a post-war Territorial Army link , but in 1944 at Darvel there could be found Major Ian Fenwick of ‘ D ’ Squadron . |
| 3 | It may be just a gentle daily stroll or cycle ride or something much more strenuous . |
| 4 | I remember the scandal surrounding her in the Seventies , when she appeared to be just a naive young girl caught up in the trappings of fame . |
| 5 | Meriel Oliver , the articulate and lively-minded wife of the Archdeacon of Sherborne , runs the Mother 's Union for the diocese , which turns out to be not a quaint pre- war knitting bee , but a widespread and effective support group for troubled diocesan families . |
| 6 | This investigation is therefore intended to be both a serious historical research project based on a dozen or more geographically dispersed archives and a contribution to the wider understanding of a society at the centre of much attention but little insight . |
| 7 | The Mafia was supposed to be originally a subversive secret society . |
| 8 | In a few years time the two German states could be virtually a single economic area . |
| 9 | She seemed to be quite a cheerful old woman . ’ |
| 10 | It would be quite a considerable editorial job . |
| 11 | But he adds : ‘ We would expect the French economy to remain relatively weak for at least the next year because its main trading partner , Germany , is itself entering what is likely to be quite a painful economic slowdown , brought about by the very high interest rates . ’ |
| 12 | He ought to be quite an interesting young man . ’ |
| 13 | Indeed , one empirical reason why a certain category within a Montague grammar should be basic may be precisely a high pragmatic probability of its isolated use in fruitful exchanges : here the grammar of conversation rather than of the sentence may become crucial . |
| 14 | A guardian must be either a local social services department or a person accepted by them . |
| 15 | It was very appropriate that the 18th and last venue for the poster exhibition should be where a distinguished founding member of the Chemical Society lived and worked , and on behalf of the Essex Section Committee , I take this opportunity to thank Leaback and the Stepney Historical Trust for their most welcome contribution to this closing event . |
| 16 | An example would be where a large articulated motor vehicle was turning a sharp corner and in doing so had a slight collision with a parked car . |
| 17 | By this we do not mean to imply that any old interpretation will do because , clearly , there are standards involved in any inference from the data materials to the theory , be this a substantive sociological theory or what we have referred to as an instrumental theory . |