Example sentences of "[is] [art] sort of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet this is the sort of change of which comparatively few people , perhaps , are aware ; there are others which have been more spectacular . |
| 2 | This is the sort of case in which judges must exercise the discretionary power described a moment ago , to use extralegal standards to make what conventionalism declares to be new law . |
| 3 | This is the sort of relationship between man and animal which westerners find hard to accept : the use of a monkey as a fly-swat . |
| 4 | This is the sort of book in which the amateur detective , modern-style , is a much more credible figure . |
| 5 | However , although the first part is quiet , the quietness is deadly — it is the still of a battlefield after a battle — the sort of picture you have is one of a film of war where the previous scene has been fast , tense and confusing with loud , dramatic music and scenes of battle and suddenly everything becomes quiet as the camera moves slowly over a battle field strewn with bodies — this is the sort of stillness of these lines — the stillness of death . |
| 6 | Since in the last resort everything has to be achieved by people , the first thing we have to consider is the sort of environment in which people can give of their best . |
| 7 | When thinking about the bereaved , this is the sort of network of family and friends it becomes even more crucial to identify and contact . |
| 8 | ‘ In my book , that 's the sort of response to be expected of an honest , decent , upright citizen . ’ |
| 9 | Good header by Rozario Collimore could n't control it and that 's the sort of link up Frank Clarke 'll be looking for . |
| 10 | I think it 's the sort of evening for vodka . ’ |
| 11 | I thought cor blimey it 's a wonder he can walk look at that you would n't believe that today would you nineteen ninety two oh no wonder they all come over here , is so really , ca n't blame them if that 's the sort of quality of life they 've got |
| 12 | Not really cos it 's a sort of discussion with the whole class so I need the sort of feed back |
| 13 | Going from there to , and that 's a sort of history of where things have happened over the previous four mon four months , to expectations about output this is the first survey since the recession began in which all regions , mainland regions of the U K say that they expect output to increase over the coming four months . |
| 14 | You know , if you need , it 's a sort of trip of a an evening . |
| 15 | I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so . |
| 16 | It 's a sort of caricature of a machine . |
| 17 | this is , that 's a sort of reference to sort of |
| 18 | It 's a sort of reference to the way the Messiah will come and rescue and save God 's people . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's a sort of medium between overground and underground , ’ notes Babba . |
| 20 | ‘ I prefer me hard pallet ; it 's a sort of penance for me sins . ’ |
| 21 | But that 's not to say that the picture is totally without threat — I think there 's an element of threat in those blue spots — there 's a sort of feeling of disease and consumption almost . |
| 22 | It 's a sort of dictionary of many of the words that we use as part of our worship and teaching . |
| 23 | It 's a sort of progression from the reading of the birth chart . |
| 24 | Maybe it 's a sort of throw-back to my army days . |
| 25 | Erm , there 's a sort of shop in the mall that sort of sells , oh it , it does key cutting and heeling and stuff , we got one from there in the end . |
| 26 | Erm however w w with the changing environment erm such as the bigger demonstrations , also the continuing victory of the nor the northern expedition erm it was more easy to join these associations er indeed the there 's a sort of climate of opinion that , you know , if you do n't join that then you 'll be left behind and threatened yourself . |
| 27 | But then I thought … there 's a sort of eagerness about you . |
| 28 | So there 's a sort of list of socialisation . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's a sort of walkway along this right-hand wall , ’ I told Doone . |
| 30 | Erm yeah if er you have no objection , what it 's for is the , there 's this outfit called the British National Corpus and they 're trying to make a record of English Language as it 's used in the late twentieth century erm so it 's a sort of resource for further scholarship so it can assist in writing dictionaries and studying grammar and , and all sorts of things like that and erm they 're attempting to tape conversations from all over the place erm er I 've got a bit of bumph about it , it 's quite interesting erm and in some cases it 's sort of out of erm er it 's out of people 's homes , it 's out of broadcasts , it 's out of meetings , it 's out of all sorts of things erm at work and at home erm |