Example sentences of "[noun prp] is a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ewan is a very lively character , and good to have around . |
| 2 | Madame Ludmila Tcherina is a truly remarkable artist . |
| 3 | Lewesdon Hill is a fairly rare work in its first edition . |
| 4 | Mark Tinkler is a pretty good ball winner/tackler himself and may get the nod when he recovers from his injury . |
| 5 | This Terebratula is a particularly large brachiopod , as its Latin name ‘ maxima ’ implies . |
| 6 | Friday is a very busy day I think next Tuesday would be more suitable . |
| 7 | Friday is a very busy day I think next Tuesday would be more suitable . |
| 8 | Sir David is a very old friend . |
| 9 | There 's a bit of everything in there and David is a very important part of it . ’ |
| 10 | The Interstate speed limit in the States is a strictly enforced 65 mph . |
| 11 | The United States is a very important market for us . |
| 12 | But to be fair , MicroProse is a completely different style of game and one all footy fans should have . |
| 13 | Mrs. G. is a very respectable kind of woman . ’ |
| 14 | Sharon Harrington is a very active member of the group who has also been influential in the setting up of the Blyth Valley Self-Advocacy Group , which she now chairs . |
| 15 | Robert Hewison is a very unhappy man ; at least , we could be forgiven for thinking so after reading ‘ Future Tense ’ ( Methuen , £7.99 ) his follow-up to The Heritage Industry . |
| 16 | This is well over half a magnitude fainter than Sirius , but appearances are deceptive ; Canopus is a highly luminous star , a very long way away . |
| 17 | Already AMV is a somewhat different type of advertising creature from the founding partnership . |
| 18 | Hungary is a much poorer country than Britain . |
| 19 | In retrospect , Ken is a little unhappy that he did n't ask his belayer to place the pegs so it could have been an on-sight flash . |
| 20 | ‘ Ken is a very talented and composed young player who is developing into one of the game 's best , ’ said Davis . |
| 21 | Mrs Iris Waddington said : ‘ Bobby is a very attractive rich brown-coloured dog , is good natured and accepts strangers well . ’ |
| 22 | Dr Greenslade is a happily married man — " |
| 23 | Braille is a particularly useful tool for probing predictions from different models because it depends on fine discrimination of raised dot patterns , and a rule system of contractions . |
| 24 | Now , the REALLY BIG QUESTION : why not find a place for him … yep I appreciate that Batty , McAllister , Speed & Strachan are all bloody good BUT I personally think Rocky is a far more skillful player than Batty , more likely to score goals ( than Batty ) & generally far more of an attacking player . |
| 25 | Nicholas Roe concluded our conversation rather surprisingly by saying : ‘ Billingsgate is a really tough environment , you work long hours and grow old quickly . |
| 26 | While the proposition that RoboCop is a more interesting film than , say , Star Wars might meet with little opposition among the over-12s , preferring Day of the Dead to RoboCop might appear downright eccentric or absurdly cultish to some readers . |
| 27 | She thinks Alexander is a highly suspicious character , although that would n't require any great acumen on anyone 's part . |
| 28 | Dr. Bonnard is a very good informant and he had no reason to invent anything . ’ |
| 29 | Blau Castello is a relatively new Danish cheese with a very creamy paste and slightly sharp but tempered flavour . |
| 30 | ‘ Alan is a universally charitable man , it seems . ’ |