Example sentences of "[conj] [am/are] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting to speculate whether the boys ' attitudes are a result of their own experiences or are simply a reflection of the attitudes of the adults in their household . |
| 2 | Realistically the scope for change in 1992 – 93 was low but it will be interesting to see whether the present flurries of consultation bear fruit in future or are simply a public relations exercise . |
| 3 | But now take a closer look and with a pencil tick the qualities that are already a part of you and you will be pleasantly surprised . |
| 4 | I think that if you concentrate on really short term goals and practise things that are maybe a week away instead of a month away then you 'll gradually , slowly but surely , definitely improve . |
| 5 | It is the flesh , not the bones that are potentially a very serious problem . |
| 6 | New technology will enable movie games to have sprites ( electronic character images ) that are virtually a photographic likeness of stars such as Harrison Ford and Bruce Willis . |
| 7 | Images that are now a daily occurrence in dozens of countries across the world . |
| 8 | The former can not be defined by any objective criteria and are largely a matter of personal taste , although if you wish to guarantee a reasonable resale value , it is crucial to make sure that your tastes coincide with more universally held views on aesthetic appeal . |
| 9 | Market loans account for some 26 per cent of banks ' sterling assets and are thus a major source of liquidity to individual banks . |
| 10 | Cover-up sticks or creams and lighteners are too heavy and are invariably a different colour from the foundation . |
| 11 | Full transparent face shields or visors may be specified as an alternative and are sometimes an integral part of a safety helmet . |
| 12 | These people and their children differ from the so-called mixed race children only in terms of time , and are only a few generations removed from the point at which the mixture occurred . |
| 13 | They were first developed on seaplanes to encourage them to take off at lower speeds and are now a common feature on speedboats . |
| 14 | They performed again at our 30th Reunion , and are now an anticipated attraction at our own big public events . |
| 15 | Nectarines are a smooth skinned variety of the fuzzy peach , and are usually a deeper , red-orange colour . |
| 16 | Publishers ' blurbs — i.e. the brief descriptions of books on the insides of dust covers — may sometimes be used as selection information by librarians , and are certainly a very important factor for readers selecting from library shelves , though they constitute at best a dubious selection instrument for librarians and readers alike . |
| 17 | Sir , it 's our submission and the evidence of what you have heard and what you will see , that the two sites proposed to be excluded from the greenbelt are functionally part of the village , and distinct from the land the open agricultural land to the north , and are visually a part of the village , unrelated to the open countryside to the north . |
| 18 | Patterns for these are readily available and are basically a petal of one double crochet , one half treble , and a few trebles , one half treble and one double crochet all into a chain loop behind the previous row of petals . |
| 19 | They police waterways , clean coastlines , help ships in trouble , and are basically an integral part of international co-operation and patrol . |
| 20 | In shape , such apertures were roughly square , although circular openings began to appear in the early nineteenth century and are often a conspicuous feature of the brick-built Victorian estate barns of Cheshire . |
| 21 | Parent governors and those parents that help around the school are well motivated and are often a great source of feedback on how well the school is doing in the eyes of its adult audience . |
| 22 | The historical associations of the object of art noted by Benjamin ( 1973 ) pertain almost inevitably to any object which can be said to have passed through the hands of the ancestors , and are often a pivot around which social identity is constructed . |
| 23 | The big , dark backs slice the water and are often a sign that feeding will begin . |
| 24 | Bradshaw and Morgan demonstrate that children whose parents are in receipt of supplementary benefit suffer from deficiencies of iron and calcium and are below a basic clothing standard . |
| 25 | Vine fruits — that is , currants , sultanas and raisins — are full of invert sugars which are readily absorbed and assimilated by the body and are therefore a good supply of immediate energy . |
| 26 | Students , because their money is not tied up in big items such as mortgages , spend a lot on goods such as jeans , beer and cheap travel , and are therefore a target group . |
| 27 | Quite the contrary , it assumes that the nature of criminal definitions and their application are factors that influence people 's decisions whether to comply with them or not , and are therefore an issue for correctionalism . |
| 28 | But-I 'm still a bit puzzled . |
| 29 | Good photography or colour reproductions can enhance the quality of a book , but are rarely a crucial factor outside the obvious field of the visual arts . |
| 30 | Beliefs are not conjured up out of nothing but are rather a response to experience . |