Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adj] be [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leader of the Scottish National Party , Alex Salmond also challenged the Scottish Office 's spending claims , commenting : ‘ Mr Lang claimed this is a windfall but the increase is based mainly on internal government transfers of responsibility and will evaporate as soon as this is taken into account . |
| 2 | Syria feared this was the fist step in his long-awaited Greater Syria project . |
| 3 | Mr Gould thinks this is an election loser . |
| 4 | Artemis realized this was a reference to her new stepmother , but she preferred to try and keep dropping her gathered pebbles into the centre of the splash made by the last one she had dropped . |
| 5 | The Orb recreating the Pistols covering Iggy , with Paterson simulating Rotten 's every sneer , note perfect except for odd snatches of reggae backbeat . |
| 6 | What Katherine found daunting was the ambience within : the large unsmiling woman who sat at a table in the entrance hall and stiffly handed her two sheets of paper , one with a map of the school which showed her own room clearly marked , the other with a long list of instructions printed in four languages , French , German , Italian and English ; a smell which mingled disinfectant and scouring soap ; the difference in temperature between the stifling main body of the school and the chill of the outlying wing where she found her room . |
| 7 | Tony Greaves says that 's the crippler yet again |
| 8 | Three four three four three four to call erm David Judd from Eastwood says close is the answer for Joyce 's crossword so we worked it out together and we got there so er one down in the Mirror is close . |
| 9 | One of the offences to which Gavin pleaded guilty was a specimen charge of £100 , an amount he admitted taking from the account once or twice a month between March and October 1991 . |
| 10 | He came to no more meals , and Roland feared Fergus thought this was a function of his , Roland 's , resentment . |
| 11 | Saxa frall that 's a plant ! |
| 12 | While underlining the right of the East Germans to opt for unity with their fellow Germans in the Federal Republic , Dr Kohl said this was a matter for their own free choice . |
| 13 | Er , Mr said this is a debate about personal freedom . |
| 14 | Caterina knew this was the way things were done ; she glowed at her own craftiness at bringing it about . |
| 15 | Father Devlin decided this was the time to be mute and neutral . |
| 16 | ‘ The Managers ' Association have written to the FA suggesting this is an area that needs to be looked at for the good of football . |
| 17 | Edwards denies this is the case , but in the September issue of Climber and Hill Walker , Mark Edwards was reported as having said he would not report any of his new routes ( or indeed whole areas of development ) until they received a second ascent . |
| 18 | Keith Richardson says this was a game Gloucester had to win … it was a turning point and the players will now be able to relax and play the football they are capable of |
| 19 | Shamlou guessed that was the reason they had been chosen as ‘ sleepers ’ . |
| 20 | Last year , 300 practices in Britain decided that was the way forward , and another 300 have done so this year . |
| 21 | However , this is much less widespread than it used to be and two surgeons from Guys Hospital in London and Withington Hospital in Manchester believe this is a mistake . |
| 22 | David McKnight says this is the language they use you know . |
| 23 | As a result , all four benefited from a Wembley Arena show that was a study in contrasts : Cash 's rockabilly bass , Nelson 's plaintive Texas whine , Jennings 's bad-boy blues and Kristofferson 's world-weary romanticism . |
| 24 | Paul feels this is an emergency . |