Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she 's on back on the right track as well with her . |
| 2 | Nobody has any idea what he 's on about in the mangled trance opening song ‘ Bong ’ , but at least there 's some conviction and fire . |
| 3 | Not only because of the risk and the safety factor er of the gun going off , because of er a movement by that person on the floor , but so there 's no getting around it that , should a firearm be discharged against a solid object in as much as er the barrel is right up against an individual , and the trigger is pulled . |
| 4 | When in football someone takes aim at the goal we say there is a sudden heightening of tension ; when it is all over after a noble save by the goalie there is an equally sudden slackening of tension . |
| 5 | I go back to the car , thinking maybe Mr Azul 's only out for a short while . |
| 6 | And it 's perhaps up to the new civilian C P O to go to the likes of Mick and say I ca n't do this , I have not been trained to do it yet , until I have been trained to do it perhaps P C should continue using his skills . |
| 7 | I think it 's all over for a long time . |
| 8 | Though I must admit , we 'll be glad when it 's all over in the Far East and they can come back safe and sound . ’ |
| 9 | The bridal bouquet is somewhat out of the ordinary , too ! |
| 10 | ‘ It is entirely up to the local education authority to decide what it considered to be the child 's needs , ’ the judge said . |
| 11 | It is an offence to drive when your eyesight is not up to the required standard . |
| 12 | This reviewer is a long-time fan of Mr Greer 's superb aviation art in the Squadron Signal series over many years ; sadly , his figure work is not up to the same very high standard . |
| 13 | Right now , Kendall is not back at the aristocratic Everton he knew seven years ago . |
| 14 | It is no good not following those rules and then worrying when your teenager is not back at the expected time , looking nervously at the clock and twitching the curtains every time a car pulls up in your road . |
| 15 | Mr Tudor , who farms , near Welshpool , is just back from the big SIAL international food exhibition in Paris . |
| 16 | Whatever its merits , however , it will have to live in the shadow of W T Stearn , whose magisterial Stearn 's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners is already out in a revised edition ( Cassell , 1992 , £16.99 , 0 304 34149 5 ) , and whose Botanical Latin has just appeared in a 4th edition ( David & Charles , £25 0 7153 0052 0 ) . |
| 17 | The appeal is already off to a flying start with around £100,000 already guaranteed , over £80,000 from a major sponsor , Walter Scott and Partners , and £15,000 from local authorities . |
| 18 | Because that 's where the humour is really ; it 's on the slopes , it 's not , it 's not back in the apres-ski sort of lodge . |
| 19 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 20 | Managers are responsible for providing their people with development opportunities , but it is always up to the individual person to take the opportunities on offer and make something of them . |
| 21 | the monarchy are non political and therefore , when they choose to speak it 's usually out of a genuine concern for that problem , it 's not for popularity or personal gain because they are there already and , I think that is quite important when po politicians tend to do good it 's usually to get votes . |
| 22 | The jury is still out on the Criminal Justice Act , even if it is swinging towards the negative rather than the positive . |
| 23 | The A34 just south of Newbury is still down to a single lane due to the roadworks there , between the Swan roundabout and Sandalford roundabout and the A41 London road in Bicester has roadworks by the level crossing , temporary traffic lights there , expect some congestion which is reasonably bad at the moment , but it is beginning to clear in both directions . |
| 24 | The A forty-one though , at the Banbury spur is still down to a single lane between the junction with the A forty-six Longbridge Island and the A four five two , Grey 's Mallory Island , that 's for M forty construction work . |
| 25 | Johnny McBride is hardly out of the Juvenile ranks but he is regarded as one of the most talented under-age players within the Oak Leaf county . |
| 26 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 27 | I trust you 'll find the other one to your satisfaction , though I fear it 's hardly up to the five-star standards you 're doubtless accustomed to . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It looks as if it is probably down to the two of us , ’ said Grindley . |
| 29 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 30 | One of the excursions which is slightly out of the ordinary is to the Ice Caves at Dachstein , where you are guided through a twilight world of amazing ice formations . |