Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he or she is married the sentence is death by stoning , beheading or shooting . |
| 2 | Where they are contradictory a decision of some sort must be made , or further evidence found to determine the issue . |
| 3 | Where they are present the insurance companies should be consulted . |
| 4 | Where it is clear a person has some deficits in functioning then an advocate should be appointed , a relative , friend , solicitor , or occasionally the social worker . |
| 5 | Although I 'm sure the article was of great interest to guitarists and bassists alike , I would like to set the record straight on a few points . |
| 6 | I can only conclude by saying that I am sorry the situation has developed the way it has . |
| 7 | It is so important that the person nearest to the patient should have the right to prescribe that I am sure the measure will receive all-party support . |
| 8 | That was in fact the private view of Harold Nicolson , although he did not allow it to be expressed in his official biography of George V. In an unpublished section of his diaries , he writes of his interview with Queen Mary on 21 March 1949 , ‘ I talked to her about the 1931 crisis and said that I was convinced the King had been a determinant influence on that occasion , ‘ Yes certainly ; he certainly was , ' |
| 9 | ‘ Under starter 's orders , so I 'm afraid no stake money refunded . ’ |
| 10 | Although she was due a week later in Glasgow , I did not go there . |
| 11 | She shied off , but it seemed unarguable that she was convinced the killing was political : she had hired Brian Berg to follow that line . |
| 12 | I think perhaps I must try never to go away unless with you — And yet I know when you are out at supper with others , that you are all the time thinking of me , as I am of you ( and last evening in the hansom ! |
| 13 | If we 're no further on than we were half an hour ago . |
| 14 | I mean we 've counted the pledges , but we have n't counted the money yet , so we 're glad the post is getting back to normal soon because that 'll start it flowing in . |
| 15 | And once we are married the money will be yours by right . |
| 16 | Although there are regional differences , social and marital roles have become less clearly defined and structured than they were half a century ago . |
| 17 | The new Middlesbrough to Liverpool service starts on May 11 , but Liberal Democrat councillor John Fletcher , who represents Egglescliffe , said : ‘ Residents of the area I represent have told me that they are disappointed the train will not stop at Eaglescliffe . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) Fourth , although it is unusual the purchaser may have agreed to take over some liabilities such as payments under leasing arrangements or after sales repairs . |
| 19 | The flat string of squares flickered slightly just sufficiently to show it was a projection , nothing real ; but although it was apparent the line of squares itself was merely an image , on its surface sat seemingly real and solid wooden chess pieces made from black and white wood , and set on that strange line like tiny isolated guard towers on a chequered frontier wall . |
| 20 | And , ’ he insisted threateningly , when it seemed she might find her voice to make some vigorous protest , ‘ if you value your job , which I 'm sure you do , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair . ’ |
| 21 | It crossed her mind that perhaps she should , despite her employer 's ‘ … if you value your job , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair ’ , explain some of it to Travis . |
| 22 | You seem to think that it 's all a game , a make believe . |
| 23 | A reference to its dictionary would help it realise that it is unlikely a word would begin with the character ‘ 5″ , but , in all probability should read ‘ Singing ’ . |
| 24 | The Commercial Director of British Coal has admitted that it is likely the industry will be a fifth of its present size by the mid-nineteen-nineties . |
| 25 | I kept telling myself that it was all a mistake , some kind of ghastly mistake . |
| 26 | Basically , he avoids discussion of his amazing wartime adventures , preferring to indicate that it was all a mistake . |
| 27 | How could he tell her that it was all a mistake ? |
| 28 | You 'll explain that it was all a mistake . ’ |
| 29 | Just before the verdict was announced he told Central South that he never attempted to gas his wife — and that it was all a plot by her to ruin his life . |
| 30 | Would I perhaps welcome the security of a helicopter , or welcome the security of waking up in bed to find that it was all a dream and I had n't actually gone hill-walking at all because I had a date with Gerard Depardieu ? |