Adam struck at the standard-bearer and brought him reeling forward. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Gilbert K. Chesterton His standard-bearer was killed at his side, and the standard thrown down. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 J. Endell Tyler King Harald rode at the front of his army with his standard-bearer beside him.
Definition. A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.efinition. A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.
An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase that tells us something about the noun it is modifying. The head (principal) word in an adjective phrase will be an adjective.In the examples below, the adjective phrase is shaded and the head word (i.e., the adjective) is in bold:ike a normal adjective, an adjective phrase can be used before the noun it is modifying (like in the first two examples above) or after the noun it is modifying (like in the last example). Here are some more examples of adjective phrases (with the head adjectives in bold):