Example sentences of "[is] [art] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know if it 's a once in a hundred years event , is it worthwhile providing all the backup equipment you 've got , for all the stations that you 've got . |
| 2 | It 's a once in a lifetime thing . |
| 3 | It is a little over a century since the first Protestant missionaries arrived in Brazil . |
| 4 | The normal period between contract and completion is a little over a month , but the Lois Scribener rules must be taken into account in fixing a date , as … considerable delays … can occur in obtaining replies to Land Registry searches . |
| 5 | This is a little like a video cassette . |
| 6 | The decoration on the discs , which seldom have names on , is usually either a variation of the Christian monogram IHS , or else the so-called ‘ Basque cross ’ , which is a little like a four-leafed clover and has sometimes been argued , in an attempt to find an origin for the Basques in the East , to derive from the old Hindu symbol of the swastika . |
| 7 | Now what should make you very suspicious is a soon as a policeman appears |
| 8 | ‘ This is a once in a lifetime find . |