Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adj] [verb] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I 'm happy to serve as long as it is n't you know , I mean I I ca n't give a lot of time because er my time 's so committed . |
| 2 | having visited Toys-R-us pre Christmas I was pleased to see though that on the front of the new Subbutteo box is a pucture of Chappie and Whyte cavorting about in the goal area ( against the Arse ? ) . |
| 3 | Then I was able to help when young Mrs Thwaites at High Birk Hatt , our nearest neighbours , suffered terribly from toothache and needed to go to the nearest dentist , who was in Barnard Castle . |
| 4 | No what we said was that if you were interested to see if two variables are associated , this is for a pi squared you might look at sex differences , men and women , and smoking or non-smoking now if they were associated what we 've said is that you might for example ex in fact women 'll probably smoke more than men . |
| 5 | What we are prepared to do when thousands of people are watching or listening we ought to strive to do for God week by week . |
| 6 | Fortunately , the Panel did not have to test its theory in court this time , although Review Panel secretary Sydney Treadgold told ACCOUNTANCY that ‘ we were prepared to go if necessary ’ . |
| 7 | It is not enough for Mr Large and the Treasury to say that they are ready to legislate if present powers prove inadequate . |
| 8 | Well they are grey looking cos that 's the colour of them . |
| 9 | A further 16% of severe forms of mental handicap are attributable to single gene disorders , and again , although these are genetic in origin , they are difficult to identify before one affected child has been born . |
| 10 | OEM customers , including Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc , Compaq Computer Corp , CompuAdd Corp and Toshiba Corp are breathing sighs of relief , but said they were unwilling to comment until final copies are delivered . |
| 11 | They were unable to determine whether this risk profile reflected cultural inheritance or difficulty in becoming pregnant . |
| 12 | The MPLA delegation , headed by Territorial Administration Minister Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento , had arrived on April 3 for the opening of the sixth round of the talks ( brokered by Portugal , the USA and the Soviet Union , and held at Bicesse , near Estoril ) stating that they were ready to stay as long as was necessary . |
| 13 | It 's impossible to say if this element affected the Asian research scientist 's vote but in General Elections it is the issues , usually , which dominate . |
| 14 | And so , through playing his stuff so many times , hearing him play it on record and on bootlegs and actually hearing him sing live — once — it 's got to the point where it 's hard to say whether this is my natural voice or if it 's something I learned . |
| 15 | That 's well , I was going to say it 's difficult to know whether that is that the Prime |
| 16 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait as long as two years before the upheaval and upset dies down to a level where you are really ready to cope again . |
| 17 | It is impossible to say whether Asian elephants enjoy working . |
| 18 | But it is impossible to say whether this was because the partner 's monitoring of management boosted efficiency or because the Morgan association generally indicated a monopoly . |
| 19 | Hunsdon himself died in debt , but it is impossible to say whether this was the consequence of high expenses at court or whether he was typical : in the upper reaches of royal service , where conspicuous consumption was demanded , much would depend upon luck . |
| 20 | This is a much lower level of use than either Edinburgh or Glasgow , but in view of the standard of service observed on this occasion , it is impossible to say whether this usage figure represents lower demand , or merely laxity in control . |
| 21 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 22 | It is impossible to know if this story is true since the police have no record of the event . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , systematic , industry-side data is now a thing of the past for the port industry following the demise of the National Dock Labour Board and the National Association of Port Employers , so it is impossible to determine whether this is a specific or general phenomenon . |
| 24 | By comparing the frequency of fluent restorations in different conditions , it is possible to see whether preceding context affects the recognition point of a word . |
| 25 | It is possible to doubt whether this was a good idea . |
| 26 | [ 7.1 ] If the Lease is completed rent shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the Lease with effect from the Rent Commencement Date [ [ 7.2 ] The Tenant shall commence trading from the Premises not more than after the Completion Date ] It is important to ascertain if any rent free period is to include not only the rack rent but also service charges and/or insurance premiums . |
| 27 | It is important to determine whether Bcl-2 blocks c-Myc-induced proliferation as well as apoptosis : the synergy between c-Myc and Bcl-2 can easily be rationalized if Bcl-2 blocks only the apoptotic function of c-Myc and leaves its mitogenic activity unaffected . |
| 28 | It is important to know whether this will impinge heavily on the poor . |
| 29 | It is obvious to ask whether these results are not simply those obtained in this particular numerical example . |
| 30 | As Dunleavy and Rhodes ( 1988 , p. 123 ) observe , ‘ high-spending ’ authorities not rate-capped tended to increase rates in order to build reserves against possible rate-capping in the future ; hence , ‘ it is difficult to say whether selective rate-capping has marginally decreased total local government taxation … or substantially increased it ( by encouraging many more councils to raise ( taxes ) as an insurance ’ . |