Example sentences of "is a [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is a discouraged child who needs love . ’ |
| 2 | Well this one is a wee bit I think . |
| 3 | SHAKMA ( 20/20 ) Roddy McDowall is a mild-mannered professor who accidentally makes a Frankenstein 's monster from a lab baboon . |
| 4 | But because , in terms of our Christian moral code , this is a shameful matter we are inclined to push it to one side and to assume that kinship is the equivalent of " blood relationship " which implies , or should imply , biological connection . |
| 5 | Thus , ‘ pro-Zionism ’ is a rhetorical move which serves to fuel the argument against the ‘ pro-Palestinians ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ That is a substantial achievement which represents lives saved and massive destruction prevented . ’ |
| 7 | Asked about TV advertising Mr Murray outlined the planned advertising campaign and concluded by saying , ‘ Unfortunately there is a limited budget which will not stretch to TV advertising . |
| 8 | It follows , therefore , that out of this sum only have the character of being realised surplus-value. if we recognise that capitalist consumption — α — is a limited quantity which is relatively inelastic , represents that part of surplus-value embodied in consumption goods which is ‘ saved ’ . |
| 9 | This hardly looks the same principle , but the connection lies in the fact that for Kant the sense in which every person is an end is that each is a rational agent who , as such , should be conceived as potentially cooperating with me in settling upon and living by universal principles of behaviour taken as binding on all rational agents . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's partly because she has got herself cornered economically , and partly because deep down she thinks there is a nationalist string she can pluck to her electoral advantage . |
| 11 | The Water Rail is a rare bird which usually makes its home near water . |
| 12 | And it is a rare judge who will explicitly base a decision on the opinion of ‘ intelligent men of commerce ’ . |
| 13 | It is a rare Scotsman who does not have a tale or two about a favourite pet or a loved relative who has been felled by their fangs . |
| 14 | It is a rule-articulated association which leaves its citizens free to pursue their own interests ; civil association is not constituted for any common purpose . |
| 15 | It is a Korean word which simply means ‘ country ’ . |
| 16 | The result is not that the user of the aid hears the phone conversation , but rather that there is a loud hum which drowns out everything else . |
| 17 | He can identify the participants : the addressor is a young scientist who is being interviewed by the addressee who is doing research on language . |
| 18 | Allan Chapman & James is a young company which is building itself an excellent reputation in the area as commercial insurance brokers . |
| 19 | The white-sock dealer , it seems , is a young jack-the-lad who lives with mum and dad , has access to their telephone , offers ridiculous fax prices to the hungry punter and is well pleased with his £50 profit margin . |
| 20 | The traveller , we now discover , is a young man whose ailing parents want him to stay within reach . |
| 21 | The third example is a young man who falls into the rare category of those who pose a serious threat to public safety , a threat which in some instances exists for only weeks or months , although occasionally a person may remain potentially dangerous for some years . |
| 22 | ‘ Among those unable to be with us today , ’ continued the colonel , ‘ is a young man who followed Lieutenant Harvey into the enemy trenches and then killed four , perhaps five German soldiers before later stalking and shooting another , finally killing a German officer before being tragically killed himself by a stray bullet when only yards from the safety of his own trenches . ’ |
| 23 | Wizadora is a young wizard who has n't yet mastered her magic spells — and as a result her magic often goes wrong ! |
| 24 | It could be that your plant is in the wrong spot , or that it is a young plant which has yet to reach the flowering stage . |
| 25 | THIS year 's recipient of the Memorial Trophy is a young boxer who is coached at Meadowbank Boxing Club . |
| 26 | In the end , the question of whether a function is a public one is a political question which may not always be answered in the same way . |
| 27 | In England the courts are almost certain to take the view that the way taxes are spent is a political question which the courts are not the proper bodies to consider , and that no taxpayer has sufficient interest to raise this matter in court . |
| 28 | The other is a political ethos which has structured the vocabulary with which economic distress can be addressed around the archetypal notion of regeneration . |
| 29 | ‘ In the end it is a political decision which will be taken by the council of ministers with the views of officials placed before them , ’ said Mr Claridge . |
| 30 | ‘ Quite honestly , no politician worth his salt says there is a political job he would not do . ’ |