Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Causality is here contrasted with indeterminacy : either one pretends that the origin of psychological peculiarities is known and that it has the force of explanation , as in classical psychoanalysis , or one chooses to relinquish this concept and to see identity as a matter of discontinuity and flux . |
| 2 | There 's not so much wanking going on as there was , now it 's all on offer , so everyone thinks eating saturated fat makes you blind , and they 've all got obsessed with what they put in their mouths instead of in their … ’ |
| 3 | If there 's a younger referee than me it 'll prove that someone has got real guts . |
| 4 | If this message is output again it shows that someone has had direct access to the ORACLE database . |
| 5 | And a cobweb across an entrance hole tells you that nobody has passed that way for the past few hours , but little more . |
| 6 | It is used to establish and signal that one has identified initial relationships . |
| 7 | Jungle English was the title given by A. P. Herbert to writing so confused that one has to read each sentence several times , struggling with the words to find some sense like someone caught in a jungle . |
| 8 | Considerations concerning syntactic and semantic structure are not unconnected with those about the beliefs and intentions involved in linguistic communication — beliefs and intentions which McDowell suggests are quite secondary once one has accepted that communication in general ( from simple instinctive types through to natural language ) has first and foremost to do with the transfer of information , or the instilling of knowledge . |
| 9 | N Neighbourhood Watch is , is , is trying to establish that type of relationship in , in the area so that everybody does know each other . |
| 10 | ‘ Cumbria is rugby league mad and everyone wants to see this match . |
| 11 | A Soviet statement three days later made it ‘ absolutely clear ’ that the proposal of the EEC states ‘ can not serve as a basis for talks and no-one intends to hold such talks with them ’ . |
| 12 | I mean , we all wrote loads and loads of stuff saying what a drag housework was , how trapped women were in their kitchens , but no-one 's analysed it before , and no-one 's had any ideas about what to do about it . |
| 13 | If someone wants to pay 3.0 mil for Deane god help them — are then any quoted values on Rush and Ferd — both players we have recently been linked with . |
| 14 | What you are telling me is that you are the kind of person who needs emotional space , and if someone tries to occupy that space all the time , then you do n't want to know . |
| 15 | If someone has suffered severe hearing loss for many years and suddenly is able to hear well through an aid , he is likely to have the same experience of surprise . |
| 16 | If it ca n't get all the way round cos someone 's pulled this wire out , or opened a switch |
| 17 | You all know your details , so if nobody 's got any questions , I suggest we git our asses in gear an ’ move out . ’ |
| 18 | I 've examined each round under a microscope , and none seems to have any fingerprints , except the one that you packed separately , which you say you found in the mud . |
| 19 | And one has to have some distinction to appear on a medal . |
| 20 | The Romans , imitating the Greeks of Asia Minor and , nearer home , the Etruscans , thought a grid should have precise right angles , and so the rectangle of streets sits awkwardly in the bend of the river and one has to tack this way and that to cross it to the medieval cathedral and the Roman bridge . |
| 21 | It 's so difficult and frustrating for parents and one feels so isolated , and one needs to discuss these problems with other parents and the parents working together , of course , could do so much in erm getting units started and getting people to understand this problem . |
| 22 | The economic conditions of the 19705 do not lead to optimism if one continues to hold this view . |
| 23 | The weight issue seemed to bug her most : ‘ It is bad to be fat if one wants to play leading ingénue parts . ’ |
| 24 | If one tries to deduce human behavior from the laws of science , one gets caught in the logical paradox of self-referencing systems . |
| 25 | It is sometimes said that if one wishes to reject such values one must do so by rejecting the very concepts incorporated in such words , and can not do this merely by applying their negation . |
| 26 | It seems to follow that if one wishes to change corporate goals one must look further than the modification of directors ' duties . |
| 27 | If anybody does want further information on A B Cs erm in the booklet in the information pack , the Your Pension booklet , it 's it 's actually handled through the Prudential the office in Reading but there is the address is given in booklet . |
| 28 | Erm but then again , if anybody 's got any kiddies , which I have , it 's not it 's not a Well I do n't reckon it it is a place to bring children up in . |
| 29 | Er , if anybody 's got any items that they have n't told me about tonight and they go before perhaps you 'd be kind enough to give me a phone call . |
| 30 | I mean it 's empty at the moment if anybody 's got any suggestions or thoughts about what we can do with it it 's certainly er we I I would like to hear those . |