Example sentences of "[noun sg] that be [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ God witness , ’ said Llewelyn , drumming his long fingers on the arms of his chair in a hard-driven rhythm that was always a key to the stresses of his mind , ‘ it could not have come at a worse time . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd already stretched my credit to the maximum when the bank gave me a cheque guarantee card that was also a credit card . |
| 3 | Tomorrow night on Central we begin a two-part report on a murder that 's still a mystery … ten years after it was committed . |
| 4 | Sa , and I 'd say yeah but that 's not a pun that 's only a pun if you if you write down this is smashing said erm the robber or the smash and grab , in other words the window fell in , that kind of thing , you know . |
| 5 | She looked down with a fear that was also a pleasure at his stained , scarred hand . |
| 6 | Irena drove me to the station , past the monastery that is now a military hospital , along the main road north where tanks rumble across at night . |
| 7 | It is clear that the worst child mortality is found among children classified as unoccupied , a term that is usually a euphemism for their economically inactive single parents . |
| 8 | And now here was a pleasure that was also an irritant . |
| 9 | The next claim which constructivism makes is that centralsystem thinking emerges out of the organism 's interaction with the environment , an interaction that is initially a literal inter- action but which is later carried out internally , at least in the human case . |
| 10 | Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden . |
| 11 | To provide a dramatic contrast that is also a unity , the sun must be truly dominant and its satellites must be a family that shares a common property of shape and size : just like an atom or a solar system . |
| 12 | So if you have a cold starter and dessert and a main course that is either a one-pot meal , like a casserole , or a roast , where the oven temperature can be adjusted to cope with delays in starting , then you should avoid disasters . |
| 13 | But is n't it er true according the reports in the financial times , that the government at this moment is planning to withdraw Britain from the I L O. Precisely because the I L O has censured Britain a censure that is normally a sanction that is normally applied to countries like Haiti and North Korea . |
| 14 | There was a fractional gap in time in which she went blind and deaf and limp , a second that was almost a miniature swoon in essence , but so infinitesimal that she was n't even aware of the fleeting relief , the madness in her again instantly , the craving , unbearably heightened by this first knowledge of his nakedness in contact with hers . |
| 15 | STEPHEN MANSFIELD Hopes gone up in smoke : Phil Green of People In Need examines the charred and sodden mess that was once a £1million aid cargo for Romania and Bosnia |
| 16 | If in doubt , it might be as well to look at a pattern for fabric or to measure the amount of depth on a hemline that is already a favourite . |
| 17 | Luke gave a shuddering sigh that was almost a sob and a tear rolled down his cheek . |
| 18 | With a sigh that was almost a gurgle of gratification , she found the slippery spread . |
| 19 | Hoare Govett is a leading UK institutional stockbroker that is now a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Bank , the largest bank in Holland . |
| 20 | He had just provided some polish for a machine that was already a miracle of design . |
| 21 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 22 | Does not the transparency , the reproducibility of the grid , contradict the modernist ‘ insistence on the opacity of the pictorial field an insistence that is also a claim for its singularity and uniqueness ? |
| 23 | Indeed it is used , in 26 of its 27 occurrences , literally ; in the other case , " The highway of the upright is to depart from evil " ( Prov 16.17 ) , we have the impression that the metaphor is freshly minted for the occasion , and there can be little question that is typically a literal road . |
| 24 | That it had made contact was evident , for Sister Mary let out a cry , a weird sound that was rather a yell not a scream . |
| 25 | Well when we got it home I realized it was the battery lead that was just a little bit of lead |
| 26 | Gosstandard , a body that was once a bane of exporters to the Soviet Union has again raised its ugly head . |
| 27 | What you do n't get is her recent excellent EMI stuff with Ten City , nor ‘ I Do n't Know If It 's Right ’ , another early record that is surely an ‘ essential work ’ . |
| 28 | She seemed to be staring back at him with a smile that was almost a grimace of pain yet somehow full of mockery . |
| 29 | He unclipped a plastic water-bottle from his belt and held it out with a smile that was almost a grin . |
| 30 | Knowing Anthony 's appetite that was probably a very fair deal , Nigel thought . |