Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my experience it 's always , it 's higher than low pay , and I do n't believe that companies go to an area because the payment of wages is low if everything else is not favourable to them as well , in fact low pay in itself does not attract , and conversely , I do n't think the thought 's an impossibility , because I 've talked to potential inward investors , and jokingly , sort of teased them and if you get enough companies coming into Shropshire , then inevitably wages will go up , and they 're intelligent people , and they realize it , and they not the magic ball , and of course when local shopkeepers are concerned about their businesses , then the amount of wages that are available to spend has an effect on your local small company . |
| 2 | ‘ You look like that French actress , ’ I tell Megan , after I have switched to Bloody Mary , ‘ Marie-Christine Barrault . ’ |
| 3 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 4 | There 's many a time wished I 'd had one of them buggers when I 've gone to these meetings , union meetings and that . |
| 5 | As long as I stay confined to this moral nihilism , the single unquestioned imperative will be to act intelligently , and in particular to be aware of objective conditions , of those obstinate facts about external difficulties and my own limitations which thwart my efforts unless I recognize and adapt myself to them . |