Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | : In some environments ( e.g. doctors ' note-taking on hospital wards ) speech or typed input would be deemed inappropriate for social reasons , whereas handwritten notes are already an established procedure ; |
| 2 | For example , it is possible that clinical cases are only an extreme form of a normal reaction to the short winter days . |
| 3 | For example , commercial microwave ovens are now an essential piece of equipment in catering establishments throughout the UK . |
| 4 | To the West are the rugged moors of Brontë Country , and the magnificent Dales and Peaks are only an hour 's drive away . |
| 5 | Wedding bells are merely an incidental punctuation in a life which will already be committed to career , aerobic class and the occasional night with the lasses . |
| 6 | The line-outs are also an area of concern . |
| 7 | Such meetings are also an opportunity to exchange ideas and see displays of books and other materials . |
| 8 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee 's final proposals are undoubtedly an improvement on those adumbrated in its Working Paper . |
| 9 | In America , dental insurance plans are also an impediment . |
| 10 | It is here , as our LFS analysis and our case studies indicate , that fixed-term contracts are quite an important form of engagement for temporary workers . |
| 11 | The times are only an indication of when results are due . |
| 12 | In Sussex most conservation work has been carried out to conserve particularly vulnerable habitats , in which birds are often an important element , and in a few cases the birds have been the main reason for the conservation work . |
| 13 | Groups are now an integral part of most local authorities although operational styles vary enormously . |
| 14 | Whether or not we accept their view , it can not be denied that groups are always an important part of any developed political system . |
| 15 | Mechanical methods are also an obvious possibility , making use of the force or torque exerted by a flow on an obstacle . |
| 16 | The women 's organizations are also an important source of information for many refugees who would otherwise be isolated from events in their country and a channel by means of which they can express support for the revolutionary movement : |
| 17 | In most Latin American countries the Communist parties are now an accepted part of the political scene , largely because of their willingness to engage in the horse-trading of Latin American politics . |
| 18 | Courses for trainers and tutors are therefore an essential part of the training cycle . |
| 19 | In her editorial Vivienne Van Someren suggests that arrangements for job sharers are often an afterthought . |
| 20 | The readers were simply an unlooked-for hazard . |
| 21 | The baths were quite an important part of my life in Reine . |
| 22 | MC 's access to over 2000 on-line databases is both an invaluable aid to search work and a very strong ‘ selling ’ point . |
| 23 | ‘ One has always heard whispers , ’ remarked Googol , ‘ yet to behold with one 's own eyes is quite an experience . ’ |
| 24 | But so long as the company 's objective is maximum profits , a concern with the welfare of third parties is necessarily an instrumental one : it is a means of protecting profitability in the long term . |
| 25 | 1.1 Loss , whether of status , security , freedom or in its many other aspects is often an implicit part of the life situations of departmental clients . |
| 26 | The first is a belief that education consists of the transmission of ‘ male ’ knowledge ; that is , that what is taught in schools is simply an account of male experience presented as though it were everybody 's experience . |
| 27 | Comte 's view of the arts was primarily an instrumental one ; they were to be harnessed to , and take inspiration from , the new scientific , moral and political order he proposed . |
| 28 | Interviewing prospective candidates was quite an eye opener for people who have n't a clue on what that job entails . |
| 29 | There were a lot of civilian girls there , wearing short , flared skirts and matching pants , and to see the way the men swung the girls up under their arms and even over their heads was quite an eye-opener . |
| 30 | The blame lay with the DES , which had thought that ‘ establishing polytechnics was just an administrative exercise ’ . |