Example sentences of "a [noun sg] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variety is the Red Angus , and derivatives are the American Angus and German Angus . |
| 2 | Secondly in a microhierarchy are the terrestrial entities of physics , chemistry , biology , sociology and international organizations which are atoms , molecules , molecular compounds , crystals , cells , multi-cellular organisms and communities of organisms . |
| 3 | Begun in the 1220's , two powerful towers on a crag are the dominant features of this castle , which stands above a deep gorge overlooking the River Teifi , famed for its coracle fishermen . |
| 4 | In my view , for compensation purposes the position of an assignee in such a case is the same as discussed above regarding a statutory assignee . |
| 5 | A bit is the smallest amount of information that a computer can store , ie 0 or 1 . |
| 6 | The proposal is likely to divide the group since some councils are voicing doubts about whether a referendum is the best way forward . |
| 7 | I remembered the larder was bare and took a snap decision ( actually , ‘ going snap ’ on a decision was the latest buzzword ) to hit the local late-night deli . |
| 8 | This insistence on the plurality of meanings in a text is the logical consequence of the absence of any authorial intention in literature . |
| 9 | Your move to obtain a refund is the right one . |
| 10 | Here the campus is king and no breath of doubt is admitted that time spent at a university is the decisive influence on life , even if the claims of life take one willingly , even defiantly , out of universities forever . |
| 11 | The old woman was lying on her back ; the only part of her that was n't flat as a board was the hillocky outline of her feet beneath the bedclothes . |
| 12 | This is what I meant earlier : perhaps love for a writer is the purest , the steadiest form of love . |
| 13 | 17.28 One aspect of development as a writer is the growing ability to handle successfully different forms such as stories , poems , accounts , reports , instructions , essays , etc . |
| 14 | I do n't particularly like that word , but that 's how she describes herself and it 's great if people think that a tomboy is the best-dressed woman of the moment . |
| 15 | Much pre-war inner city housing has little in the way of space and more often than not a backyard is the best you can hope for . |
| 16 | And a Miss was the head mistress . |
| 17 | A rather kitsch ceramic stool in the form of an elephant wearing a howdah is the chief image in a couple . |
| 18 | Oh the smell of a cockroach is the nastiest ever to block your nose ! |
| 19 | A computer is the only way he could weigh up the effect of the bus fare factor . |
| 20 | ( A grudge is the one thing that you can take with you . ) |
| 21 | It was eerie listening to this voice , one moment high and hysterical , sibilant as a snake 's the next , issuing from the shadows as if directed down that merciless beam of light . |
| 22 | ‘ I must admit a fight is the last thing I feel like right now . |
| 23 | With the DFDR , on the other hand , the only parts that change with variations in the value of a parameter are the electrical impulses , and since electrons have negligible mass no inaccuracies accrue from this cause . |
| 24 | ‘ A nice restaurant or a settee is the best place to spend an evening . ’ |
| 25 | A scorecard is the only record of the 1910 Leytonstone versus South Weald showpiece . |
| 26 | Peregrines executing a dive are the fastest animals in the world , but at this time of year they are particularly vulnerable to attack while they are displaying and setting up breeding territories . |
| 27 | The ‘ limits ’ of a crossing are the alternate black and white stripes of the crossing itself . |
| 28 | ‘ Only ’ or ‘ just ’ a housewife is the ubiquitous phrase . |
| 29 | For them a week in a tent is the same as six weeks . ’ |
| 30 | A horse is the same in that he may be fit for one type of work but not another . |