Example sentences of "[indef pn] is [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In any case , if someone is determined to go in the sea , for whatever reason , they can just hop over the wall , which is only two or three feet high . |
2 | My own guess is that there was no significant demand for free condoms ; nobody is going to go to the trouble of collecting free condoms who would not be prepared to buy them for himself . |
3 | Examples of this may be : the agoraphobic person who never goes out because they believe they will collapse and die of a heart attack ; the lift phobic who believes they may become trapped in the lift and suffocate to death ; a person who avoids meeting others because , if a disagreement starts , they believe they will lose their temper and hit people ; and last , a person may obsessively check the locks on doors and windows , believing that somebody is bound to break into the house if they fail to make these checks . |
4 | But I thought to myself , one day somebody is going to say to the child , ‘ Come and whisper in my ear … . ’ ’ |
5 | In a fairly well ordered society , such as ours , one is justified to act on the assumption that , on the whole , our official organs , be they the police or any other governmental body , do their job properly . |
6 | Or that one is to continue to believe in the biblical God despite all experiences to the contrary , that is to say believe that God is bound up with a religion and a community in which women are counted inferior ( in which case one is attempting to believe in an evil God ) ? |
7 | These are the practical considerations of the nature and limitations of wood as a material , on the one hand , and the visual effect one is trying to achieve on the other : the two are sometimes difficult to satisfy simultaneously . |
8 | Does Schüssler Fiorenza mean that one is inspired by these women , although the religion in which they were involved is sexist ( in which case one is inspired to act against the biblical God ) ? |
9 | Nothing and no one is going to get in the way of that dream . |
10 | Much of it is n't recorded in great detail , so one is left to read between the lines about the activities that were involved . |
11 | And virtually all contracts of employment where anybody is required to drive during the course of their work should contain that clause from an employers point of view . |
12 | Everyone is expected to join in the chorus . |
13 | Otaka ensures that nothing is allowed to detract from the overview , yet he allows his orchestra sufficient freedom to shape phrases affectionately without every suffocating them . |