Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [be] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , an oddness of one sort or another is frequently a signal that an expression is being used creatively , in a novel extension of its usual sense . |
| 2 | Where this is so the question must be asked , what was the real or predominant purpose of the combination , and it is to be answered broadly as by a jury or judge of fact . |
| 3 | Although that 's never a problem is it with large |
| 4 | Often referred to as a ‘ bit pad ’ ( although that is actually the trade name of a specific device ) it can take one of two forms . |
| 5 | Half the force had been at the match , of course , although that was hardly an excuse . |
| 6 | It 's that that 's simply the advice the advice that 's given by the Teachers ' Pensions Agency . |
| 7 | Do you think that that 's just the way things are and they ca n't change it and society gives me more economic power and he has more natural strength , so this is an on-going battle that wo n't change very much ? |
| 8 | So the erm but as , but as Katherine reminds us , I mean if , if that 's the kind of life our emotional parameters are my , my guess is that that , is that that 's probably the truth , certainly a persuasive argument . |
| 9 | I I think that that 's really the message which I 'm quite sure er the the economic secretary has got er and I do apologise if I have laboured the point but I will be doing so until we can have a situation where we do n't go on passing more rules and regulations but in fact all the legislation coming to the house is purely repealing legislation so we do n't actually need any fresh legislation , we just repeal what in fact er we have introduced er because it is it is er not helpful to the prosperity of this country . |
| 10 | I look forward to further reductions in unnecessary disconnections and I know that that is also the desire of the independent electricity regulator . |
| 11 | Few people will dispute that that is largely a result of the legislation that we passed to reform industrial relations . |
| 12 | This , of course , is the United Kingdom Parliament — many of us think that that is exactly the problem . |
| 13 | Now I would say to sa say that that is almost a bit like the story of the boy crying that he did n't have many holidays because he did n't go to school and that because Harrogate 's er unemployment is so low or has been historically so low compared with other areas , a relatively small increase in the number of unemployment has an enormous increase as compared with what it 's been in the past and so the same number of people living in Harrogate who lose their jobs has an impact on the unemployment figures as perceived locally greater than a similar number of people losing their jobs in Leeds or Selby or somewhere else , and so I think to some extent this the rhetoric has outrun the reality on that point . |
| 14 | Clearly , the comparative static effects on the output and sales decisions stand or fall together ( and it is quite encouraging to see that that is indeed the case with our subjects ) : if a given parameter change suggests an upward movement in a reservation price then it should also suggest an upward movement in output ( and vice versa ) . |
| 15 | Just er for clarification that that is indeed the case as Mr Cunnane says , but the erm the village envelopes were brought forward by way of an alteration to the adopted rural areas local plan which will take us up to nineteen ninety six , erm we will possibly have to look and review some of those envelopes in connection with the emerging local plan . |
| 16 | Not that that is quite the point . |
| 17 | Yes I mean I acknowledge that that is rightly a matter for investigation establishment through the local plan system . |
| 18 | I heartily agree with him , and I suspect that that is really an argument in favour of federalism in due course — I would not necessarily be too frightened of taking that course . |
| 19 | The thought patterns like Joanne and others the the concept of putting a little circle down and one word in it and expanding that out and being able to stand around and talk erm for three minutes or ten minutes or whatever for a significant amount of time erm that that was also a revelation to me . |
| 20 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 21 | Right that that was just a letter for reference anyway |
| 22 | Ironic that that was originally the reason she 'd hesitated to invite Carolyn : fear of her Mum hovering round the house all the time . |
| 23 | He did n't believe in the idea of people possessed by devils , because it seemed to him that that was only a way of trying to tidy up the world by pigeon-holing everything . |
| 24 | I did n't , I was n't aware that that was still a part of , of the Guild work today . |
| 25 | Although this is partly a result of lower market share during the last days of The Sunday Correspondent , the IoS has made ground while its rival The Observer has not . |
| 26 | Entertainment of company clients may take place at the property , although this is just an assumption . |
| 27 | Although this is largely a question of over-priced business lunches , clearly out of the price range of most students , it is imperative that the ‘ professionals of the future ’ are not excluded and are allowed to establish early formative contracts . |
| 28 | Forty-one per cent of the known opioid users were also known to have taken other types of drug , although this is probably an underestimate since some agencies do not routinely record or receive information about all drugs used by people on their files . |
| 29 | But although this is probably the way the young man would have spoken , the line seems to express a certain naivety in his character . |
| 30 | The most important ingredient in the construction stage is time but , although this is sometimes a source of worry at the beginning , in practice it is often found that this stage is less time-consuming than the planning stages . |