Example sentences of "[be] [det] [adv] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as much of the rest of the world is concerned , we 're all just a bunch of queers . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're all just a bunch of crazies , ’ being one of them . |
| 3 | In Chapter 1 we argued that conscious awareness , the images and representations that people use to communicate with each other and the various forms of deliberate planning and foresight which they use are all partly a result of the myriad social relationships in which they are caught up , and partly a product of deep-rooted instincts and emotions . |
| 4 | ‘ You are all up a bit before your time . |
| 5 | Looking at the evidence leads many scientists to believe that God made the world , whereas other scientists look at the same evidence and believe that it all happened by chance and that the world , the solar system , you and me are all just the result of a lucky string of enormous flukes ! |
| 6 | These composers are not coldly exploiting their audiences ' kindness ; they are all equally the victims of the going ideology . |
| 7 | As ever , the saddest cases were those where no amount of educational funding could improve their life 's chances . |
| 8 | is that an Orkney way of doing it or is that just a sort of male thing ? |
| 9 | I du n no , as you say to see the culture things like that but it 's a bit difficult to put niggers down in their own country well what 's that then , is that , is that just the ferry between an island or something |
| 10 | Is that just the name of the vaccine ? |
| 11 | But one thing that I would share with you and it 's this , is that whenever the friends of Jesus eat and drink together they remember him his sacrificial love for them and the wonderful gift of freedom that he has made possible . |
| 12 | The implication of this though is that where a member of staff makes a suggestion about the way the department should be run , where the divisional quality manager thinks that suggestion should not be taken aboard er , feedback has to be given and , and some reason why . |
| 13 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 14 | Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ? |
| 15 | Is that not an example of private wealth at the expense of public underfunding ? |
| 16 | ‘ Is that not the job of our local police ? ’ |
| 17 | Is this just a way of expressing friendliness ? |
| 18 | Is this just a case of too much sun ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Is this just a game for you ? |
| 20 | Is this not a form of stereotyping at least as damaging as racist and sexist attitudes ? |
| 21 | is this not a recipe for disaster ? |
| 22 | Why is this not an explanation of the lunar crust being thicker on one side than on the other ? |
| 23 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 24 | At least , is this not the tendency in the beginning with most very young children and certainly with lively , healthy ones ? |
| 25 | Have the political and creative aspirations of the sector been abandoned in the climate of new realism ’ , or is this simply the beginning of a new phase ? |
| 26 | Nor is this necessarily a model of steady decline . |
| 27 | Is this now the age of ‘ lies , damn lies and journalism ’ ? |
| 28 | Is this how the head of the security police was passing his time ? |
| 29 | Nor is this only a question of a difference between writing and speech , as might at first appear . |
| 30 | Is this merely a definition of the limits of a gratuitous promise ( as in Thomas v Thomas , infra ) or is it an offer to contract , the consideration being P's forbearance from marriage ? |