Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at the evidence leads many scientists to believe that God made the world , whereas other scientists look at the same evidence and believe that it all happened by chance and that the world , the solar system , you and me are all just the result of a lucky string of enormous flukes ! |
| 2 | I am sure neither the record company nor Symbols And Instruments share my view , but wait until the mass media gets its claws into the return of the underground . |
| 3 | ‘ My father says I 'm mad practically every time I see him . |
| 4 | ‘ I was 20 when the change came , ’ he recalls . |
| 5 | I suppose I was ten when the school said I could n't see . |
| 6 | I suppose I was ten when the school said I could n't see . |
| 7 | These figures suggest that where items are available at all times ( as in the case of items housed in the Main Building , which are accessible whenever the Library is open to the public ) and can be delivered relatively quickly ( as is again the case with items from the Main Building ) readers will tend not to make advance reservations , but where access is restricted ( as in the case of material from the Annexe and from the Advocates ' Library , both of which have restricted hours of service ) or where delivery may take some time ( as is particularly the case with Annexe materials ) advance orders will more frequently be placed . |
| 8 | Other diversions include a sauna and steam bath which is free once a week , but otherwise is payable locally . |
| 9 | Facilities include an indoor pool which opens onto a large garden , a solarium , sauna ( which is free twice a week ) and sun terrace . |
| 10 | ‘ You are all up a bit before your time . |
| 11 | If it is inappropriate or if you are underprepared then the likelihood of success is reduced . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're good enough an actress to be invited to our Fenice theatre . ’ |
| 13 | How come you were all up the garage last night ? |
| 14 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 15 | she is deaf twice a day |
| 16 | She was thirty-three when the baby was born . |
| 17 | ‘ If we are successful then the timing is absolutely perfect . |
| 18 | As far as much of the rest of the world is concerned , we 're all just a bunch of queers . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're all just a bunch of crazies , ’ being one of them . |
| 20 | We hold onto stuff because we 're afraid someday the money will run out . |
| 21 | Imagine the physical feeling we would experience if we were high up a ladder and began to feel it slipping , or if we had a ‘ near miss ’ in a car . |
| 22 | If everything was uniform then the beam diameter would go on decreasing . |
| 23 | The oddest call she had was from Teesside airport , where one was stuck up a drainpipe making squeaking noises . |
| 24 | The impression just described is not characteristic of all uses of the modals however : there are some where the infinitive 's event seems to coincide with that of the auxiliary , but in a very different way from do . |
| 25 | But there is that again a confusion So a target that perhaps election by thirds reduces public interest , possibly reduces turn out . |
| 26 | The problem is that if a hotel reneges on its contract with a tour operator , there is little else the tour operator can do other than take legal action for breach of contract . |
| 27 | There is another back the way we have come … |
| 28 | It is to say that there was available neither the will nor the means to drive through the revolution which would have established Owen 's new order . |
| 29 | Once they are manageable then the tummy either twinges or aches . |
| 30 | If the module versions are the same then that fact is output to the log file ; if they are different then the log file is updated with : |