Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The planets insist it 's a wonderful week ahead . |
| 2 | Mr Collett 's employers say he was a first class driver . |
| 3 | Experts say there 's no scientific evidence the drug helps build muscle . |
| 4 | Housing experts say it 's an increasing problem and they want a new law to protect tenants . |
| 5 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 6 | The prison authorities say it was a genuine call for help . |
| 7 | Parents have supported the ban , even though manufacturers insist there 's no proven link with child aggression . |
| 8 | Supporters insist it is a valuable way of boosting British exports . |
| 9 | Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls . |
| 10 | The antis say it 's an atomic eyesore … a dangerous heirloom to leave future generations . |
| 11 | Angola wants Mr Savimbi to go into voluntary exile while elections are held , perhaps to return later , but his supporters say there was no such agreement . |
| 12 | Supporters say it 's a nutritious and healthy food . |
| 13 | The economics ministry has kept mum about why it made its decision so abruptly , but most in the industry assume it is a first step towards rejoining an international quota system . |
| 14 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 15 | If the opinions of the referees agree there is no real problem , but sometimes they do not , and even when they do agree the editor 's decision may not appear to agree with the opinions . |
| 16 | Though this technology is well-established in medicine , researchers in Japan 's electric power industry think they are the first to take tomography outdoors . |
| 17 | We left Swansea tentatively with the idea of getting round Land 's End , but with a south westerly gale forecast it was a forlorn hope . |
| 18 | And these red ones : they are Lal Khal , along with the Avadi Golay they are the fastest of all kabooter . ’ |
| 19 | If you do n't know they were trainers or shoes say they were a white type |
| 20 | Not wishing to come down on either side , the planners say it 's a nice fence but high fences near roads need permission . |
| 21 | He had heard old men in the workhouse say it was a good place for brave boys , and that there was always work there for those that wanted it . |
| 22 | This advice was still being offered 1,200 years later , in the Middle Ages , when an expert on herb gardens wrote , ‘ Behind the turf plot let there be a great diversity of medicinal and aromatic herbs , among which Rue should be mingled in many places for its beauty and greenness , and its bitterness will drive away poisonous animals from the garden . ’ |
| 23 | By ordering the fourth Trident submarine , the Conservatives show they are the only party to be trusted with defending Britain . |
| 24 | In your July issue there was a white bird house in the David Stevens feature ‘ Making Wood Work ’ . |
| 25 | Exchange control was introduced in 1930 and has been in force ever since , but subject to the provisions of exchange control it was a basic tenet of pre-communist Hungarian law that foreigners had the same rights as Hungarians in all respects ( but for some professions and performing public functions Hungarian citizenship was necessary ) . |
| 26 | Now the County Councils and the City Council 's assessment of the capacity of the Greater York study sites are roughly the same , you can see , sir , that as things have moved forward in only a six month period , the City Council calculate there 's a residual requirement of nine hundred and forty seven dwellings , only twenty five percent of the migration assumption , none hundred and forty seven dwellings left , compared to the County Council 's outdated information which suggested it 's one thousand three hundred and thirty five . |
| 27 | They have a filing system , and the procedure for it which is about two pages is highly efficient , and the engineers think it 's the best thing since sliced bread . |
| 28 | Er in fact I never gave telephone call it 's no good telling me to do something |
| 29 | I , too , 'ave an absurd fake Cockney accent but youngsters think I 'm a sad old man an' they refuse to buy my records . |
| 30 | On the A four two two Alcester bypass there 's a single lane working only for roadworks , and finally again on the A four one near Gaydom proving ground , there 's temporary traffic lights during the daytime only . |