Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The question is whether these hallowed archaisms are only a surface phenomenon which a sensible modernization of Parliament would easily sweep away , or whether they indicate a fundamental unsuitability in the traditional kind of representative institution to cope with the problems of modern democratic government .
2 I am just a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games . ’
3 So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to enter into Deeds of Covenant , but to make your regular charitable payments by simple Banker 's Order without any covenant .
4 So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to make a payment under the Gift Aid scheme but to make a straight payment by cash or cheque .
5 The special report is meant to make sure that the Health and Safety s=Service are not the Cinderella service there should be a general principle of accountability and monitoring of the service in the regions .
6 they 're only a plastic job I would of imagined
7 You 're just a devil woman you 're just a devil woman
8 Of course , you 're not a family man yourself … ’ — Ron 's eyes flickered momentarily — ‘ … but we all have our ups and downs , I daresay life 's dealt you out one or two , one way or another . ’
9 Oh , mind you , they 're hardly a Mr charisma they have appointed .
10 I 'm not a Carter fan myself .
11 I 'm not , I 'm not a hat person me
12 The economics , ethics and effects of discounting were not the talking point they had been in 1991 .
13 If we were still an indie band I do n't think Peter would be as interested .
14 ‘ I knew you were n't the composing machine they say you are . ’
15 Like Ingram , they concluded that imitation is predominantly a perceptuo-motor task which is not influenced by the child 's understanding of meaning .
16 After meeting with Klibi on July 21 Shaikh Sabah appeared optimistic of a peaceful settlement , stating that " what is between the brothers in Iraq and Kuwait is merely a summer cloud which will go away " .
17 It is assumed that it is only the field man who ‘ really knows ’ what is happening ‘ out there ’ .
18 If there is anyone with a visual impairment who is not a braille reader we would be interested to hear from you to discuss how we might help .
19 Although it is not a mountain tent I did take it on a high camp with a family group .
20 Have no doubt in your mind about that because we did not take one of our representatives to negotiate with the guard force to enhance your and their membership that is not the ball game I 'm not playing it and we wo n't do that and you can rest assured we will pursue it to Bridlington if need be .
21 Okay , so this is not the price list you 're used to , this is the D I Y price list .
22 Ben Nevis is not the killer mountain it is often represented to be in the popular press .
23 As this is not an instrumentation treatise we must go no further on the subject , except to repeat that notes must not be written in the abstract .
24 We also have an oxyacetylene torch , which is rather more difficult to use under water than most people imagine , but as this is just a reconnaissance trip we wo n't be taking it along .
25 Sinead is just a rock'n'roll chick who forget to write any songs .
26 They say it 's just a paper excersise which ignores the real problems in the mental health service .
27 So it 's just the traffic side which I 'm dealing with here ?
28 The deputy editor of Which , Judith Gubby , although she 's not a banger fan herself , munched her way through two dozen different varieties , says you 'd be amazed at what 's inside .
29 This does it absolutely it 's not a dot printer it 's it is a laser printer .
30 I suppose they 'd say that 's not a Yorkshire accent she 's talking
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