Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A moral life without reference to religion is like a house built on sand . |
| 2 | Too often it is left to the police and union officials to work these things out in a hostile environment where clear thinking is at a premium . |
| 3 | Critics of the JCT point to these compromises and suggest that as a result either the client or the contractor is at a disadvantage . |
| 4 | In India , the Bombay Stock Exchange is to use 50 Sun servers to support some 3,000 personal computers running alongside an ICL mainframe to automate its trading floor — the deal is worth a total of some $30m over the next 12 months : Sun 's contribution is being handled by its distributor Wipro Infotech . |
| 5 | Strictly speaking , the application of the term to bibliometrics is as a metaphor , with a number of different definitions . |
| 6 | Influence can also be exerted where the partnership is with a housing association , yet this did not seem to be happening . |
| 7 | The line of reasoning is of a kind that evolutionists frequently use . |
| 8 | As Brian Clough told me when I met him on the top of the Little Elm bus earlier this season — we were both going to check out Little Elm Intaflora 's young Dutch forward , Kylie Van Der Graaf — ‘ Sadly , young man , football is like a football . ’ |
| 9 | They argue that , after the referendum , the president is in a position of strength , while his opponents are even weaker than they look . |
| 10 | It is at this moment that the question arises — is the victim who sustains the harm someone the defendant is under a duty not to harm ? |
| 11 | When beating the sideways force of the wind is at a maximum and so we need the daggerboard right down to get a good grip on the water and stop the boat drifting sideways . |
| 12 | This time there is more build-up and importance involved , and the episode is in a paragraph on its own , as a separate event , almost , from the exploration . |
| 13 | Lazing on a gleaming deck , the water lapping gently against the side is like a lullaby and I manage only 15 pages of Frederick Forsyth before succumbing to the pleasures of a hot Ontario sun . |
| 14 | The re-arrangement of the New Zealand slip field showed how shaky the home side is in a department which was even more vital than usual in this Test . |
| 15 | Murder is like a game of hazard . |
| 16 | But he 's got no , as far as I can see he 's got no convincing argument that democracy will do better , but that does n't matter because he thinks that the decisive criticism of enlightened despotism is that it wo n't improve the moral or intellectual well-being of the citizens , but if people are excluded from political decision making , they will have no incentive to educate themselves or morally improve themselves , or he thinks if they do , if a despot does allow for the moral improvement of the citizens , then citizens will no longer accept despotism so that despotism is in a way self-defeating here and if it one of the proper functions of government it ca n't survive . |
| 17 | ‘ It can take two to three years before an agent is in a position to provide accurate intelligence on ops and the movements of his colleagues , bombs and weapons . ’ |
| 18 | My mind is like a stage , with the actors , their costumes , props , scripts and agents all streaming on from stage right . |
| 19 | The mind is like a vat in which time works on all the ideas and changes them . |
| 20 | Almost like a rabbit looking at a snake , the mind is in a vice of non-comprehension . |
| 21 | Oh my god his mind 's like a sieve . |
| 22 | The best place for most artillery is on a hill commanding a wide field of fire with long clear lines of sight . |
| 23 | ‘ As far as giving advice is concerned , the debt lawyer is extremely useful in his field but I do n't really feel our other lawyer is in a position to help . |
| 24 | You remember me telling you how crucial concentration is to a driver ? ’ |
| 25 | The medical analogy is of a patient either not being treated because of the cost of investigations or undergoing treatment in the absence of data showing which treatment , if any , is indicated . |
| 26 | With the folks back home still seething after last week 's World Cup disaster in Norway , Taylor 's future is on a knife-edge . |
| 27 | With the folks back home still seething after last week 's World Cup disaster in Norway , Taylor 's future is on a knife-edge in his opening US Cup game in New England 's Foxboro stadium . |
| 28 | While this instrument is in a way value-neutral and may be used for ends of which different commentators may approve or disapprove , it may turn out to be — is indeed intended to be — a powerful force for overdue change , increased coherence and strengthened accountability . |
| 29 | The monastery is on a cliff , and sometimes the ice field moves underneath them . |
| 30 | In General chemicals , all research is for a market . ’ |