Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [is] indeed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The priest is indeed a ‘ sign ’ of God to them , but it is the office of priest that matters , not the particular gender — nor any other physical characteristic — of the individual . |
| 2 | The reef is indeed a way of life , not a particular kind of creature . |
| 3 | The engine is indeed a P6 engine and as with all Rover V8 engines may run lead free . |
| 4 | But the issue is indeed a complex and subtle one and the educational needs of children with visual problems do not fall neatly into two distinct compartments . |
| 5 | The issue is indeed a major constitutional one . |
| 6 | The Economist has argued that the council is indeed a senate and ought to debate and vote as openly as a senate . |
| 7 | This attention to the total psychological development of the child is indeed a new phenomenon , in that earlier generations of parents have been chiefly preoccupied by the related themes of physical survival and moral growth , rather than with concepts of mental health or social and emotional adjustment . |
| 8 | The expression I is not of course the only such troublesome feature of English ; the following examples all present us with the same sort of problems ( with the relevant deictic expression italicized , a convention followed throughout this Chapter ) : ( 6 ) You are the mother of Napoleon ( 7 ) This is an eighteenth-century man-trap ( 8 ) Mary is in love with that fellow over there ( 9 ) It is now 12.15 The sentences are true , respectively , just in case the addressee is indeed the mother of Napoleon , the object currently being indicated by the speaker is indeed an eighteenth-century man-trap , Mary is indeed in love with the fellow in the location indicated by the speaker , and at the time of speaking it is indeed 12.15 . |
| 9 | The burden of the debt is indeed a misnomer , since the burden arises only because of the existence of constraints on tax policy . |
| 10 | If the Earth is indeed a living being , it was argued , then It may possess a subtle body corresponding to the human aura , with chakras and flows of energy as well . |