Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contention is that today the margins have been squeezed out of PC sales . |
| 2 | ‘ Hey , did you say something about buying me some lunch , or is that just an approach to win a girl 's confidence ? ’ |
| 3 | Another very important principle also is that these erm the relationship between the ultimate good — G I call it — and these subordinate ones is non-linear as a mathematician would say , that is that nearly every virtue becomes a vice if you have too much of it , you see . |
| 4 | An important consequence of this approach is that generally the courts have refused to accept that supervening events ( ie events subsequent to the time of contract ) can render an initially reasonable covenant unenforceable . |
| 5 | His only explanation is that possibly the gentleman had travelled on the line for many years in the past and that his ghost fitted into a well-worn slot in time . |
| 6 | The first is that sometimes the rules do not relate to the actual language use of native speakers . |
| 7 | And the reason for this is that usually the male has a vast number of sex cells and consequently can afford to compete er for er female cells to fertilize . |
| 8 | What this entails is that once a charge becomes enforceable , the chargee may thereupon take whatever steps are available to enforce the charge since English law places no significant impediments in the way of the right of enforcement of a charge . |
| 9 | First and foremost is that almost every facility has an OHP projector whereas not all have slide projectors . |
| 10 | What the child does not understand is that unfortunately the GIANTS have to do this . |
| 11 | Everyone has ability but some never take the trouble to find out what that ability is and so the world goes by . |
| 12 | There is as yet no vaccine to protect against all strains of meningitis . |
| 13 | In a perfect world the course should have lasted not one year but three — but there were neither the time or resources ; nor can one train trainers as well as one would like in a field where there are as yet no models to emulate and no specific literature . |
| 14 | There are as yet no plants to deal with the radioactive waste . |