Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear from the right hon. Gentleman 's first attempt to amend regulation 72 that the Government 's motive is to save money and administration — the motive is so absolutely blatant that I am amazed that even the Parliamentary Under-Secretary , whose eccentricities are well known , could not deny the obvious — while , at the same time , blocking or restricting back payments of entitlement , even where there has been official error . |
| 2 | I 'm sure if ever the occasion arises when I want advice on insurance , you 're the first person I 'll come to . ’ |
| 3 | That 's why I 'm glad that WISE thing , I mean it 's about time they bloody realized — I 'm convinced that once a woman gets into science she 's just as good as if not better than , any man . |
| 4 | The house is all straight and you 're tired and then the kids come home from school and upset the house again , so you remake it again for the next day . |
| 5 | " She 's forgetful and sometimes a little difficult , but she still does the garden and she did all the cooking right up to your aunt 's death . " |
| 6 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |
| 7 | Given that £1 million was spent in 1990 under the WOAD Farm and Conservation Scheme for the provision , replacement or improvement of hedges ( 80% of this on hedge-laying ) , we are disappointed that only a further £0.2 million is to be made available during 1992 under CCW 's new scheme . |
| 8 | Er so we are elusive and maybe the time will be , will come when we really must put it all down . |
| 9 | The Wagner Report set the goal that residential care should offer a positive experience : ‘ actively aimed at providing every resident with the highest quality of life of which they are capable and indeed a better life than would be open to them in any other environment ’ ( ibid. , p. 8 ) . |
| 10 | They 're far and away the most passionate sign in the Zodiac . ’ |
| 11 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 12 | They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked . |
| 13 | For a moment Ruth wondered if he were real or just a ghost . |
| 14 | It 's crucial that even a basic name and address system can get at a particular name , or group of names , as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | Or does it get left outside , and then somebody comes along and kicks it , and then it 's open and therefore the rubbish is all over . |
| 16 | I know it 's commonsense but unfortunately a lot of people still tend to leave these er objects lying about in easy reach of the young child , okay ? |
| 17 | IT 'S incredible that both the British Government and the European Commission plan cuts in overseas aid . |
| 18 | We give it a drink of water when it 's thirsty and then the tiny flower begins to grow . ’ |
| 19 | If we are tackling a very big warren it is probable that only the most likely of the bolt-holes will have been fitted with purse nets , simply because insufficient nets are available . |
| 20 | Whatever the final conclusion to research underway may be , it is ironical that perhaps the best solution to the problem is the increased use of that other much environmentally criticised energy source , nuclear power . |
| 21 | It is ironic that often the most severe weather conditions can produce some of the most intricate and fragile sights . |
| 22 | It is unclear whether all the eligibility criteria listed in points ( i ) to ( iii ) need to be satisfied before a grant will be awarded . |
| 23 | Today it is far and away the leading stout in Malaysia . |
| 24 | It is noticeable that even a writer like J. 5 . |
| 25 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 26 | It is true that once a useful co-ordinating convention is established every person has reason to adhere to it , a reason which is independent of the existence of the authority , a reason deriving entirely from the existence of the useful convention . |
| 27 | But at another level it is significant that almost every new initiative in British urban policy in the last decade has involved a ‘ freeing up ’ of the labour market . |
| 28 | But it is important that here the yokes are inverted : Mariana and the ties with Spain she represents have been transformed , translated into Mexican , into the complexities of the mestizo Mexican present . |
| 29 | ‘ It is scandalous that only a tiny fraction of cars in the UK have catalysts fitted . |
| 30 | Bukharin replied : ‘ It is obvious that only the real process of exchanges of substances between town and country can serve as a firm and stable basis for the influence of the town to be decisive . ’ |