Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am suprised they agreed personal terms . |
| 2 | I admire what Gorbachev is attempting , but I am afraid he has great problems . |
| 3 | If they are ill they get good doctors , if there is a divorce … over the years we have worked and experimented to discover new things and remember old ones . |
| 4 | I am sure he has other purposes as well , it 's basically about a marriage breaking down |
| 5 | I am sure she has more cards than anyone else on her ward . |
| 6 | I am sure I took great pains with you , alas , but to very little purpose . |
| 7 | Other differences may be cited : only in c and d can open take — s as an affix , and only in a and b can open be modified by wide ; c and d differ in that the noun phrases which form normal subjects of open in c are those which form normal objects of open in d ( and similarly with odd subjects in c ) , so that , for example , the normality of The book opened is paralleled by that of John opened the book , and the oddness of ? |
| 8 | Surely ( so the argument might be continued ) the interesting cases of knowledge are those which permit meaningful questions about criteria , and such cases necessarily involve states of affairs that are in some sense publicly accessible . |
| 9 | The asterisked entries are those which show significant differences between the passages according to the chi square test of statistical significance . |
| 10 | The most controversial sections of the Education Reform Act are those which allow secondary schools and primary schools with 300 or more pupils to opt out of local authority control . |
| 11 | Staff functions on the other hand are those which provide common services to an organisation ( see figure 28 ) . |
| 12 | But you will no doubt agree that the very best staff plans are those which give clear margins of error to allow for those days when an employee is ill or for one reason or another below par . |
| 13 | Enterprising people , in Thatcherism 's view , are those who create new jobs . |
| 14 | ‘ Far worse are those who denounce evil ways in the language of a Hercules ; and after discoursing on virtue , prepare to practise vice . ’ |
| 15 | The second group of participating policyholders are those who have unitised with-profits ( UWP ) policies . |
| 16 | Those most likely to object to this solution are those who have chronic illnesses and are currently receiving care within the NHS . |
| 17 | Although comparatively little has been written about the professions in the UK there are those who see these occupations in the same altruistic light . |
| 18 | I 'm glad I bought those tights when I did . |
| 19 | I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sure you have enough boots to provide for an army , ’ she said jokingly . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure you have some numbers . ’ |
| 22 | Ah One I 'm sure I did three tapes . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm surprised she took such pills at all . |
| 24 | Several designs of absorption towers are available which incorporate various types of gas/liquid counteracting equipment.l Absorption is not suitable therefore where the odorous contaminant is only slightly soluble or where the odour threshold detection concentration is particularly low . |
| 25 | Be better we had more Scouts and a couple more Vet Sergeants on our side , is all . ’ |