Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is ‘ unity of command ’ which is to say that each member of the organisation only has one direct supervisor . |
| 2 | Ackroyd pastiches Dickens in form rather than style — which is to say that this book is very long , Dickensianly long ( the main text signs off at page 1084 , where it gives way to a fat coda of source notes , bibliography and index ) . |
| 3 | And until that changes — which is to say until human nature does — the opinion polls , spot on as they frequently are , will continue to experience gratifying humiliations such as last week 's . |
| 4 | In terms of the land which is lost and will it be counted , er I would agree with David Allenby , in so in so far as where small sites are lost , they are in fact largely taken up in past land-take trends , but when a major site is lost , that at the moment forms part of the ninety one base of employment , and it it is something that we would n't have anticipated , therefore I think in terms of when we look at land availability figures and availability of supply erm we would have to look very carefully at land which is lost or significant land which is lost , or a significant number of jobs , it would n't necessary be added onto the structure plan requirement , but it could be deducted from the land availa land availability figures as land lost . |
| 5 | It is the existence of this kind of role , and the presence of notions of ‘ unreasoned ’ action , which is taken as strong corollary evidence for assuming the existence of a tacit awareness among fans of the rules governing social behaviour on the terraces . |
| 6 | However , the Lord Chancellor wishes the Legal Aid Board to keep the arrangements governing eligibility and contributions for legal aid under review so as to fulfil the Board 's overall aim , which is to ensure that legal advice , assistance and representation is made available to those who need it . |
| 7 | Each node has a flag which is set if that letter is an end of word ( see figure 3.3 ) . |
| 8 | Would my honourable friend er recognise that just up the River Thames from er the South Thames tech is the Surrey tech which is doing and excellent job with local industry in re-skilling particularly younger people and this partnership with industry , not just dependent on what the government does , but what industry itself does to try and help people get back into jobs with the new challenges that are coming from the difficulties that are presented by higher calibre needed particularly for school leavers and other and will he w would she welcome the Surrey tech 's initiative ? |
| 9 | ‘ Drivers want to be able to put the same smart card in a holder ( or a different card in the same holder ) whether driving in the Netherlands or on a French autoroute , ’ says Ian Catling , a member of an EC group which is ensuring that electronic Babel is avoided on the roads . |
| 10 | The European programme is , like the US Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile ( GOSIP ) effort , mandatory , and its is expected that most government buyers will follow the guidelines because they will have to give and explain reasons for non-standard purchases . |
| 11 | However , who 's to say that this figure would n't be as open to exaggeration as amp output always used to be ? |
| 12 | Resident in Holland for the last decade , Julyen Hamilton is a dancer and teacher who 's studied and developed improvisation and set dance derives much of its inspiration from Jazz . |
| 13 | She fancies her handsome American lodger like mad and , as he seems equally keen , she is devastated when another woman starts creeping into his room late at night . |
| 14 | In the language of contemporary sociology , she is saying that juvenile delinquency is a subculture … |
| 15 | To the insensitive , theological talk seems as redundant as a prescription to a man who thinks he is well or a recipe to a man who is overfed or another cheque to a billionaire . |
| 16 | While no one is suggesting that any health risks attach to Quorn , it need only take one popular comedian cracking jokes at Quorn 's expense to generate major marketing problems . |
| 17 | Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise . |
| 18 | Important : Skin brushing is safe for everybody , except for those suffering from skin disorders such as eczema or psoriasis or if there is infected or broken skin . |
| 19 | ‘ Everybody 's saying that black comedy is the next big thing , because it 's something strong and different — but unless we do something ourselves , it 's not going to happen at all . ’ |
| 20 | Now the reason why we 've come together and this has been a recent change and it 's been this year , erm is because there are overlaps without going into deep detail , there are overlaps in our work and we were working together as officer 's anyway , but not as well as we should , so what we decided to do was formally integrate the three teams under the same unit , and we do have regular er internal meetings , management team meetings consisting of John , Pete me and Carol and we so we more co-ordinate the work for all the teams much more systema systematically , that we know what everybody 's doing and that way we believe we can use best use of resources we 've got most effectively . |
| 21 | Either it 's argued that British life does n't show up well in front of a film camera , or that British filmmakers are n't capable of using that camera to probe behind the surface of things . |
| 22 | And while it 's said that central government intervention would ‘ not be appropriate ’ , campaigners feel the only way to improve matters is through legislation . |
| 23 | The delay line i.c. is an expensive device and should only be removed from it 's packing when all construction has been completed and checked . |
| 24 | It 's marketed as easy rebellion , like you pay your money and you join that clan . |
| 25 | It 's estimated that each day another three species are lost for ever . |
| 26 | Right , if you just want to come out of there and we 'll just have a look at the plot of the residuals , if you plot the residuals the test for serial correlation there well the test for serial correlation , right , and try and determine whether there 's a auto regressive structure to those parameters and I think Steve was talking to you about er auto regressions , so what the computer is doing essentially , it is getting the residuals from the model raised and it 's regressing them right on the residuals in the previous period , right , and it 's testing whether this parameter row , right , is significantly different from zero right , now if this is , if row is significantly different from zero , let's say it 's nought point six , that implies the residuals in T are not independent of the residuals in T minus one . |
| 27 | So rather than pay nine pounds ninety pence it 's claimed that many lorry drivers take a detour through gloucester , then heading back down the A48 through Newhnam . |
| 28 | It is disputed whether these onion domes were a development indigenous to the area or whether the idea came from further east , but the former seems more likely on the weight of evidence ; they were being built by the mid-twelfth century here and were designed in a great variety of shapes and in large numbers . . |
| 29 | I do not believe it is disputed that this factor has been powerfully in operation recently . |
| 30 | 5.3 Electricity gas and other services consumed To pay to the suppliers and to indemnify the Landlord against all charges for electricity gas and other services consumed or used at or in relation to the Premises ( including meter rents ) In a footnote to the precedent it is stated that this clause is possibly superfluous in the case of a separate building as the tenant would make arrangements for a separate supply to be provided to the premises , but there is no objection to its inclusion . |