Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that the only recourse a sufferer now has is to appeal to the landlord . |
| 2 | A spirituality not earthed is not biblical . |
| 3 | I think erm , often when judges , I do n't know whether George or any other judges that might be here tonight , one of the things which I as a judge often dread is photographs of babies coming up in competition . |
| 4 | He told them to go amongst the people of the land and offer them their service , to defend Minginish instead of conquering it ; for the most earth a man ever needs is what is piled in his grave . |
| 5 | Apples of gold referred to in the Bible — ‘ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver ’ — are thought to have been apricots which abounded in the Holy Land and were introduced into Palestine from Armenia . |
| 6 | A number of indicators are used to compute this index , two of which are educational level and occupational mobility ; the indicators are selected for their capacity to measure the extent to which the persons with whom a migrant customarily interacts is integrated into ( i.e. participates in ) urban life . |
| 7 | Once again , time must be taken to consider all aspects of the project , for a pool once installed is a very permanent feature . |
| 8 | Unless the mains water supply has failed and the cold water cistern emptied , the cause of a tap not working is either a frozen pipe ( page 40 ) or an airlock in the pipe ( page 50 ) . |
| 9 | At Bearsted they have left Fauchon 's Lane and a house recently sold is known as Fauchon Cottage . |
| 10 | A canvasser thus entrapped is lucky to escape inside four hours ; lucky , indeed , to escape before the polling day after next . |