Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [pers pn] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now some may even find themselves with property liabilities and if this is so they need professional advice on how to remedy the situation .
2 Yeah I know it 's , I just , it 's just I like these ones in particular .
3 It 's like you know those houses
4 ‘ That is how we greet beautiful women in Spain . ’
5 Managers must dream — that is how they get good ideas — but their dreams must be profitable .
6 And it 's how you put that point across , if you put it across and if the body language you use when you put it across and do you know what makes the biggest different the biggest difference about how you put it across the most important factor about how you put it across and what you 're trying to do ?
7 It is n't used for power , it is used for purity and clarity , and that 's how you create that sense of space .
8 ‘ How 's the new church going ? ’ 'Slowly. ’ 'Well , that 's how you grow big trees . ’
9 and that 's how I use visual aids
10 Here 's how I play this shot .
11 aye yes , that 's when you miss that fridge
12 And it 's when you see these mothers there that the question : ‘ Why Care ? ’ receives its most direct answer .
13 Yes it 's when you see British Telecom repainting all their vans with this silly new logo that you get a bit twitchy do n't you ?
14 Such episodes may , of course , be confused as passing acknowledgements , but the readiness to exchange such signals is one of the ways in which we register the normality of the passing scene and it is when we encounter consistent anomalies in the broadcast that we begin to suspect and perhaps report something odd .
15 The only exception is when you need unique expertise not required on a permanent basis .
16 He says the worst is when you say good evening , sir , and they walk past you as if they do n't exist .
17 All I can say is when you read that document carefully it 's an open cheque for the C E C. They can go and come back next year and give you a date for a merger .
18 ‘ What infuriates me is when you see scummy people dropping litter .
19 erm you end up with four different er types of er reproductive strategies which are of monogamy , polygyny , polygamy and polyandry and the first one monogamy is when you have one male and female and er this minimizes the differences in reproductive success and the way it does that is because erm it , it minimizes the difference between the sexes because monogamy takes the limitations of the male erm to reproduce only with the one female so the male to female ratio of reproductive success the same in monogamy , and er what happens to that is this little in er more equal towards their parental investment .
20 The best time to do this diet is when you have two months uncomplicated by going on holiday , moving house , changing your job , doing large amounts of business travel , or entertaining at home or at work .
21 Er the second polygyny where you have one male and then females and here reproductive success erm meaning that there 's a large again you 'll have the males who 'll have the large reproductive success than males who have none at all and erm of course often differences between male and female because the male has and the male has opportunities to erm try to control success rate the female biological and er consequently with this kind of system from female choice and male competition and er are about eighty percent and er polygamy is when you have many males and many females and er is also and er I would assume it 's kind of like males have opportunities .
22 Now the next thing I 'd like you to note down is when I say other actors in the international system , obviously there are other governments as well but as well as governments if you , the word actors is quite often used in international affairs , if you were to list what the other actors are erm would you , would you note down them , say , put four or five other actors .
23 That is why we need more women in position of authority and influence within News and Current Affairs .
24 Which is why we see each other so rarely . ’
25 That is why we begin this section by describing briefly who the sentencers are .
26 Er that 's becoming more recognized , which is why we do more routine things on people who appear fa yeah , it
27 That is why we encourage mass sport in the G.D.R .
28 Which is why we offer Pictorial Aerogrammes in a choice of six evocative designs .
29 That in the end is why we want true beliefs rather than false ones .
30 This reflects , effectively , the sale of another of our shares in Cedar Fayre The profit on sale of fixed assets comes right down , as you again er , I think all know , we 've had the benefit of our last of shares and we 're actually rather pleasantly surprised that we were able to er , sell some land at Lakeside to CostCo , which is why we have some profit of three million er , for the first half of ninety three .
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