Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We noticed now a trail of well-trodden snow winding back towards the shore , obviously a route known to be safe by the experienced locals . |
| 2 | And the most general principle is : nominals occurring before the main verb of a sentence tend to be definite while those occurring after the main verb can be either definite or indefinite . |
| 3 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
| 4 | The whole problem was compounded by the fact that the first successful desktop publishing system was based on the Macintosh ; a computer designed to be easy to use and , therefore , give the feeling of rapid achievement . |
| 5 | Such a framework needs to be flexible enough to move with the times , keep abreast of public sympathy , but ensure that their control over our lives remains essentially untouched . |
| 6 | LIFESPAN will automatically mail a user deemed to be responsible for the SPR from the following list ( in the order specified ) : — |
| 7 | A horse needs to be able to use its different senses of sight , hearing , touch , smell , and taste , and to perceive change and variety . |
| 8 | Whereas his brother and sister , Manfredo and Margharita , had been brought up in Italy and educated to be Italians , he was a hybrid , with a mind trained to be English but emotions entirely Italian . |
| 9 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 10 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 11 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 12 | The reason for this is that the snail can only perceive events which are more than one quarter of a second apart , so a stick which is moved four times a second appears to be stationary . |
| 13 | We found that the decision to end a marriage tends to be unilateral , and is more often taken by the wife ; there is widespread evidence of regret , but this is confined to one party in most cases ; while some members of the divorcing population allege that divorce is ‘ too easy ’ , these people will often say that they themselves have struggled with their marital problems for many years . |
| 14 | I 'm not sure it 's a bad thing for a specialist to have to be able to explain his problems in terms which erm and intelligent and reasonably informed layman can understand , but erm I think perhaps in Britain we go too far erm in not integrating the two and putting them together and erm this is somewhere where the French in many cases have got the balance a bit better . |
| 15 | Furthermore , a stake has to be substantial enough and in good enough condition to prevent the tree from breaking its neck . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm just a small part of a team , so you need n't get your knickers in a twist trying to be polite ! ’ she snapped . |
| 17 | The test of incapacity should be either that contained in s94(2) ( where a judge has to be satisfied of the incapacity ) or that in the wider provision of s145(1) ( where the patient is " a person suffering or appearing to be suffering from mental disorder " ) . |
| 18 | If a window has to be tailor-made , you must expect to pay for it if it does n't fit ! |
| 19 | A teacher has to be conscious of the different between an error and a slip . |
| 20 | Each field had its own small barn for wintering stock , a custom said to be typical of the early Norse settlers that came to this dale , leaving on the landscape the marks of their hands and on the speech the sound of their tongue . |
| 21 | The original duty owed was the basic one of not intentionally or recklessly injuring a trespasser known to be present ( Addie v Dumbreck Collieries [ 1929 ] AC 358 ) . |
| 22 | The occupier owed a duty of common humanity to a trespasser known to be present . |
| 23 | Then , from nowhere , a kind of despair seemed to settle on him , and he felt lonely and used and cheated , and for a moment wanted to be far away from this slim , black-haired woman with her tense white face and her slender fingers . |
| 24 | In general terms , some idea of the standard deviation of a variate has to be available from past experience and the acceptable width of confidence interval must be stated . |
| 25 | Before the Act , there was some doubt as to whether or not a person had to be aware that his conduct or language was or might be regarded as being threatening , abusive or insulting . |
| 26 | Detention of a person presumed to be innocent is a serious matter . |
| 27 | These fees are modest , but a person shown to be appealing in a frivolous or vexatious manner may have the costs of the appeal hearing awarded against him . |
| 28 | Built in left-hand-drive form only , a mere 125 a year of the 155mph saloon will reach the UK , starting around mid-year at a price expected to be close to £52,000 . |
| 29 | ‘ Lady Agnes told me , laughing at a virgin pretending to be pregnant ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Lady Agnes , what did you mean by referring to Queen Yolande as a virgin pretending to be pregnant ? ’ |