Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [pron] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Embarrassment is under no obligation to be comic , though it is most naturally that , and as a fictional theme it is of inexhaustible power and seemingly unending appeal . |
| 2 | Note the reference to " welfare " , a low test which is below that required for reckless manslaughter . |
| 3 | I am a member of a multi-disciplinary group which is considering undertaking an audit of children with learning difficulties who have challenging behaviour . |
| 4 | The story centres on Giorgio , a successful eye-surgeon working in Paris and his alter egos : his much younger brother Piero , who is caught up in the obscure ‘ manoeuvres ’ going on in Sicily ( it will turn out that he has sabotaged an American helicopter and is on the run ) , and Charles , a 12-year-old boy who is at the centre of the whole story . |
| 5 | The resulting first-order filter circuit clocks at 25MHz , and produces a measured characteristic which is within 0.04dB of the theoretical value at the 1MHz cut-off frequency . |
| 6 | And has a combined budget which is in my view , the important thing that I believe was necessary in the life of the economic circumstances . |
| 7 | But we can not have a professional elite which is beyond criticism . ’ |
| 8 | Such matters are to a great extent determined conventionally by syntax , and become noticeably expressive only when a writer makes a graphological choice which is to some degree marked or unconventional , such as a deliberate misspelling . |
| 9 | What a different man he is on the page ! |
| 10 | A theoretical perspective which is of considerable value is put forward by Gorry and Scott Morton ( 1975 ) , who draw on the work of Anthony ( 1965 ) in the area of managerial activity and Simon 's ( 1966 ) analysis of decisions , to develop a sophisticated framework for management information systems . |
| 11 | WHILE watching the Olympic boxing , I realised what a sensible idea it is for the amateur fighters to wear headguards to protect them from brain injuries . |
| 12 | It is a remarkable column surmounted by a Doric capital which is in one block of marble 14 feet square and nearly five feet high ( 101 ) . |
| 13 | In previous Wembley appearances Norman has proved what a tremendous asset he is to the team . |
| 14 | The marking device is in the form of a microchip , enclosed within a tiny container which is about the size of a rice grain . |
| 15 | What a splendid week it is for Earache Records . |
| 16 | What will her reaction be when she knows that her bright boy , while patting and stroking her and kissing her brow and her blue lips , must have been laughing up his sleeve at her , and thinking what a clever boy he is to be able to live in her fine house and have a big say in her business , while at the same time running a mistress on the side . ’ |
| 17 | 9 in Chapter 5 , it is perfectly conceivable that Keynesian ( demand deficient ) unemployment is consistent with a real wage which is at its market clearing value , w * ; . |
| 18 | The court said : " If the right to be heard is a real right which is worth anything , it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case which is made against him . |
| 19 | ‘ If the right to be heard is to be a real right which is worth anything , it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case which is made against him . ’ |
| 20 | Yet for the growth of the later strident and vigorous anticlericalism , the self-consciousness of the laity was a prerequisite , and on a national scale it is by no means certain that this lay identity would have come about so forcefully or so quickly had parliament not been ready to hand as a vehicle in which to rally hostility and an instrument by which to further it . |
| 21 | I would gladly say , ‘ Heil Hitler ! ’ and at once part company with him , realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to tlatter him with an imitation which he has always disdained . |
| 22 | It is evident that change has not been achieved as rapidly as desired , and to a large extent it is for this reason . |
| 23 | To counteract this , one must consider growing few plants other than the all important submerged oxygenating plants , or else arresting the turbulence by placing beneath the fountain a large ring which is of greater diameter than the lower bowl . |
| 24 | They verified both predictions , and calculated the effective mass of a moving soliton. it is about the same as an electron 's mass . |
| 25 | Your front page carried a report ( Echo March 31 ) on a dare-devil canoeist who is in hospital in Middlesbrough with a broken back following an attempt at a world record waterfall passage . |
| 26 | We are coming to terms with a major sport which is of great interest to a great number of people . |
| 27 | This shows a Spartan caution which is at variance with their previous bellicosity over Samos . |
| 28 | But even if Flaubert had described himself as a lethargic meliorist , I should make the same point : what a curious vanity it is of the present to expect the past to suck up to it . |
| 29 | Even when the problem has been identified as having a legal perspective it is by no means certain that the client will conclude that a solicitor is the most appropriate source of advice . |
| 30 | 2a The pupil can identify the place value of a column or a digit in it for values of tenths , hundredths and thousandths ; 2b the pupil can represent in numerals a decimal number given in words ; 2c the pupil can represent in words a decimal number given in numerals ; 2d the pupil can order decimal numbers ; 2e the pupil can provide a decimal number which is between two given numbers in size ; 2f the pupil can represent a given decimal number on a number line or read one from a number line or scale ; 2g the pupil can understand relationships of the form 1.3 x 8 ( I x 8 ) + ( 0.3 x 8 ) ; 2h the pupil can represent a fraction in tenths or hundredths as a decimal ; 2i the pupil can represent a decimal with not more than two decimal places as a fraction . |