Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , ‘ I am persuaded that a good gaoler can more easily manage his prisoners by humane attention than by severity and heavy irons ’ ( Howard 1792 : 145 ) ( writing about Maidstone County Gaol ) . |
| 2 | I am arguing that a common ground exists between theists and atheists , where each exchanges different interpretations of reality and understands each other 's views . |
| 3 | cos Jo got a picture of my head when I was sleeping and a close up |
| 4 | This yard was just a kind of higgledy-piggledy yard with a with a a wall along there where you 're standing and a few lean-tos . |
| 5 | ‘ Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’ |
| 6 | She was soon invited back to the house at Paulton 's Square , where she found Laura ‘ motherly , warm , interested in what you were doing and a marvellous person to chat to . |
| 7 | Need it be a matter of wonder , when we see her capable of such restraint in general , that she should retire within herself and exercise that control we find her continually exerting over all her thoughts and actions the more energetically at a time when she is taught that a stray thought of desire would be impurity and its fruition pollution . |
| 8 | Not only can we point to the success of such a tax abroad , but at no stage in recent negotiations or since have we been told that a local income tax would not work . |
| 9 | After all , what do we do when we are asked whether a particular string is ‘ acceptable ’ ? |
| 10 | We are considering whether a small number of test air crews from industry in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve should be used as front-line reinforcements for fast jet aircraft . |
| 11 | We were told that a recurrent illness had made him in his earlier days an abrasive and difficult colleague but when we knew him , the right pill had been found and the former angrily flashing eye and rasping voice of which people spoke had mellowed to a genial twinkle and an infectious chuckle . |
| 12 | Making their way through the extensive 4th floor they were stopped when a massive explosive caused them to hit the floor . |
| 13 | On the fringe of the political scene , the Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for a coalition under a new leader and various important figures in the City of London let it be known that a Socialist Government would be a financial disaster . |
| 14 | Perhaps it 's telling that a similar process of self-siphoning is also afflicting Hollywood , for no other song-writer is as steeped in cinema as Springsteen ( it is surprising that we had to wait until Indian Runner for a film to be made of one of his songs ) . |
| 15 | Burglary — where it 's reckoned that a only tiny proportion are ever caught — nets £590 million . |
| 16 | This goal is about to be reached when it is discovered that a great deal more investment is required . |
| 17 | Although it is recognised that performance review must be tailored to local circumstances , generalisations can be made and it is intended that a good practice guide be drawn up based on experience to date . |
| 18 | It is intended that a full scale study of Scottish agriculture will follow this pilot project . |
| 19 | Although it is recognised that a major proportion of referrals to social service departments are about elderly clients ( Black et al . , |
| 20 | Because it is calculated that a retained crew might take four minutes to get to the station the computer calculated other stations could respond quicker . |
| 21 | It is said that a Dark Elf assassin emerged from his hiding place beneath the piles of bones and struck Tethlis down with a poisoned blade . |
| 22 | In Cornwall , south-western England , it is said that a giant white hare named Looe gambols along the clifftops on evenings when there is a full moon . |
| 23 | It is said that a British ornithologist asked his aborigine guide what the birds were and the guide said , in aboriginese , ‘ good food ’ : I suppose we 're lucky he did n't say ‘ birds , you dickhead ’ . |
| 24 | Thus it is said that a particular decision was taken by Sir Bryan Carsberg rather than by Oftel . |
| 25 | What is dangerous about the theory of ideology is that having described the structural relationship between knowledge and extant social relations , it is presumed that a correct attitude will enable the ‘ true ’ account of the world to emerge . |
| 26 | For the moment part-time and funded by the University , it is hoped that a private benefactor will be able to endow the chair for a full-time professor . |
| 27 | It is hoped that a wide range of other readers in allied services and occupations may also find something of interest in it . |
| 28 | It is hoped that a mobile advice centre will tour the area with the aim of making young people more aware of their rights and responsibilities in such areas as work , YTS and welfare benefits . |
| 29 | There will be meetings in 1986 in Beijing and in Cambridge , whilst in 1987 it is hoped that a national conference attended by the Rank Xerox Unit will introduce the whole of China to the techniques and analysis . |
| 30 | It is hoped that a positive report will emerge which will help to restore the standing of the mineworkers with the business community . |