Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] is [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going to Blackpool or Scarborough is now an adventure . |
| 2 | Gamma Virginis or Arich is also a binary ; the identical components can be split with almost any telescope , though not with binoculars ( they are much less wide apart now than they used to be 50 years ago , and the separation is decreasing steadily ) . |
| 3 | After meeting with Klibi on July 21 Shaikh Sabah appeared optimistic of a peaceful settlement , stating that " what is between the brothers in Iraq and Kuwait is merely a summer cloud which will go away " . |
| 4 | There are queues , of course , and Nasserein is definitely a no go area . |
| 5 | You mentioned Scott a moment ago , and Scott is certainly a profound influence on American fiction in the erm earlier part of the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | Lizzie proved a very capable and caring mother and Kim is now a fully integrated member of the group — always on the go and with a distinctly extrovert personality . |
| 7 | The Berlin Wall came down the year before , but John Major is not Prime Minister yet and EuroDisney is still a building site . |
| 8 | If ( 7 ) is premultiplied by A , we have A(AX) = ( AX ) unc and AX is apparently an alternative solution for X. But since AX = X{gd} it is X postmultiplied by a diagonal matrix , as before , except that here the diagonal matrix is not arbitrary . |
| 9 | Most drug research in that country has ground to a halt , and Canada is now a substantial net importer of medicines . |
| 10 | The differences between what is eaten in the richer countries of the northern hemisphere and what is eaten in much of Asia and Africa is now a commonplace ; it was already becoming visible . |
| 11 | who 's probably the orthodox first at position a yard or two behind Jack Russell and Gooch is probably a yard in front of Jack Russell at second slip and Lewis a foot or two up on him at third . |
| 12 | Maintaining the appearance of the civilised centre fighting the savage margins ( and Europe is still a margin for some ) displaces any confrontation of potential savagery at the centre , and the anxieties that raises . |
| 13 | Although the orang-utan of Sumatra and Borneo is primarily a fruit-eater , it takes a wide variety of foods including leaves , young shoots , flowers , pith and bark and occasionally mineral-rich soil , insects and possibly small vertebrates and birds eggs . |
| 14 | ‘ Simon Osborn is like a choirboy , Gareth Southgate is a clean , fresh player , Bowry is only 9st 7lb , and Ndah is still a youth player . |
| 15 | With so many intriguing narrow streets and interesting local markets to explore Delft makes the ideal destination for a quiet relaxing weekend and Amsterdam is only an hour away for a change of pace . |
| 16 | Unipart is particularly strong in wholesaling and factoring , and Slovakia is almost an untouched area for this service . ’ |
| 17 | But Bankside is nevertheless a sound structure which , like the best mills of the Industrial Revolution , is well worth preserving and is perfectly capable of adaptation for a new commercial use . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank you , Mr Oak , ’ replied Mrs Hurst , ‘ but Bathsheba is only a visitor here . |
| 19 | But IRAS is only a survey telescope , with simple detectors and a planned lifetime of around seven months , during which its main task is to sweep the entire sky and catalogue the sources it finds . |
| 20 | But Tenma is still a relatively cheap and simple satellite , and Japan is looking to Britain for collaboration on its successor , Astro-C , due for launch in 1987 . |
| 21 | But DataEase is definitely a class act that deserves its position . |
| 22 | Erm of which there , of course is erm impeccable logic er you might think well there are n't any coal mines in Didcot , which of course there are n't , but Didcot is actually a railway junction as I mentioned and in fact it 's on the main line from the midlands erm and they can get coal in from the Midlands very easily er it 's on the main line er also from South Wales and they 're getting co getting coal from , from er South Wales in the days when they built Didcot power station they still had coal m m mines in South Wales , so this was an obvious place to locate a large coalfired power station . |
| 23 | The spotlight may not be full on this time round but Langbaurgh is still a key result to watch out for . |
| 24 | It 's hard driven , but Tommy is unmistakeably a jazz drummer , very crisp and energetic and clearly leading the group . |
| 25 | Singapore has had better luck than Hong Kong at diversifying its export markets ; but America is still a big one , and America is in recession . |