Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ You grow quite professional as a landlady . |
| 2 | Jonathon is a graduate of the Northern College of Music and has been professional as a viola and violin player for 6 years . |
| 3 | He proved himself to be thoroughly professional as a railwayman and ruthless as a manager . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you think he looks rather divine as an officer ? ’ |
| 5 | The report proposes a new structure for the centre , which it says has been underused as a TNO institute . |
| 6 | Perhaps underused as a source of prospects , the press is nevertheless important . |
| 7 | Get rid of Norman for a start ; you ca n't have a chancellor who goes round telling the voters ‘ Je ne regrette rien ’ , when lots of them have lost their jobs and their homes because of what he does n't regret . |
| 8 | Or else she would turn round , as though sensing my gaze on her skin , and for a moment as brief and yet momentous as a pause in music our eyes talked dirty . |
| 9 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 10 | means they are outstanding for an average of 67 days . |
| 11 | Suppose : That through good collecting your average accounts receivable are reduced to £ 150,000 , which means they are outstanding for an average of 45 days . |
| 12 | Newark 's recently-completed Avro Anson C.19 VL348 has been short-listed for an award in the Scania Transport Trust Award Scheme . |
| 13 | And Nan would be twenty next month and due for a rise , and she was hoping her father would stretch a point and make it ten shillings , for no matter what he said , Nan was a good assistant . |
| 14 | something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red |
| 15 | Wood could still play if there is any danger of a recurrence of Simon Brown 's problems with cramp , which troubled him over the weekend , while Simon Hughes is also due for a rest . |
| 16 | But Rush is confident that any animosity has long-since faded and that his former boss is due for a hero 's welcome when he leads his side out at the ground he graced for 14 illustrious years as player and manager . |
| 17 | It 's it 's almost due for a service again . |
| 18 | I 'm due for a drink . |
| 19 | Interviewees sometimes think that when an interviewer says to them , ‘ Do you have any questions you would like to ask me ? ’ this is an opportunity to ask how long the holidays are and how soon you would be due for a pay rise . |
| 20 | Art nouveau stained glass windows , famous local architect due for a reappraisal , that sort of thing . ’ |
| 21 | Any number of romantic operas likewise deal with patriotic heroes , from Rossini 's William Tell , just revived at the Royal Opera , to Smetana 's Dalibor ( which is due for a revival ) . |
| 22 | Perhaps they are due for a revival . |
| 23 | Stonehouse 's bill was due for a second reading in three days ' time . |
| 24 | The Willis Bill , which is due for a second reading in the House of Lords on 6 May , says that anyone who sells , distributes or otherwise manes available am machine capable of reproducing a sound recording or cinematograph film shall be deemed to have authorised infringement of the copyright , in a sound recording or film Although the Bill has little chance of getting any further it will achieve one aim — to generate publicity for the record and film industry 's call for a tax or levy on blank audio and video tape . |
| 25 | Commenting on a considerable drop in sales at a book fair , one experienced bookman wrote about these travel books : ‘ That such a range of books which I find boring beyond belief — I prefer to call them non-books — was due for a shake-out , appeared inevitable to me . ’ |
| 26 | ( Croydon 34E and 55E then due for a repaint ) Following Mr. Spencer 's resignation , T. E. Thomas became General Manager ( Trams and Trolleybuses ) covering the whole system . |
| 27 | Are you due for a screen test ? |
| 28 | Before I start , I would like to draw out two birthday titles , both paperback originals and both due for a lot of press coverage . |
| 29 | Art is , and always was , the only point — a notion so old fashioned in today 's hyperventilated art world that it just might , if we are lucky , be due for a comeback . |
| 30 | Then I think perhaps she 's due for a visitation . ’ |