Example sentences of "i [vb base] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even if we agree this order tonight none of those issues will actually be clearly resolved er , there is a temptation and I regret that the honourable member for Southend succumbed to this , there 's a temptation to blem blame the French and the French government for this present state of uncertainty . |
| 2 | ‘ I regret that the legal advice then given to the House was not correct . ’ |
| 3 | I regret that the legal advice then given to the House was not correct … |
| 4 | I repeat that the European Community money should be for the benefit of coal communities , and we very much regret that the European Commission has not released the funds . |
| 5 | You may , sir , the rather believe me when I declare that the only man I could honour more than another is the gentleman who of all others seeks my everlasting dishonour . |
| 6 | Well we were taken up to the standby boat which is I mean every vessel in the North Sea , every rig and installation has a boat that circles it , non stop , twenty four hours a day and I mean that The standby boat on Piper I mean it was the the two inflatable boats off it that picked everybody up , and most folk up , and one of them was lost , they lost two of the crew off that . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean that the only reason I keep your brother on is because he 's an absolute wizard with engines . ’ |
| 8 | By correctly distinguish I mean that the correct phrase must be the only phrase with a certain score , and it must have the highest score . |
| 9 | Er I mean if a particular group 's promoting a product which we 're already using , then I might switch investment to that product if there 's a big discount . |
| 10 | Was it I mean when the actual decision was made to ge to get rid of that property that was there prior to the flats , was that a controversial decision or was it welcomed by local people who ? |
| 11 | In my experience , perfect compromises are unusual animals , and I fear that the hon. Gentleman is in for a disillusioning experience if the tax is ever brought into practice . |
| 12 | Truly I make but a stammering companion , I have no graces , and as for the wit you may have perceived in me when we met , you saw , you must have seen , only the glimmerings and glister of your own brilliance refracted from the lumpen surface of a dead Moon . |
| 13 | Erm , I think that we have a very sane , sensible budget proposed here , and I trust that every sensible councillor will support it . |
| 14 | I concede that the current recession and the Government 's mismanagement of the economy have a part to play in the fact that prestige projects are not lining up to locate in the bay . |
| 15 | I can put a point rather more crudely than the Lord put it , but I realise that the present Government find it inconceivable , one day they will be in opposition , but I do wonder if they would have shown quite the same enthusiasm for this solution if it had been forthcoming from a Labour Government . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , I expect that the methodological pluralism which has characterized our biogeography during my time will continue , and diversity of both material and outlook must in any final reckoning be a source of strength . |
| 17 | ‘ I expect that the Royal Family will wait to see what happens to both Charles and Diana , and to the Queen . |
| 18 | Euro-American society is already suffering from a bad self-esteem problem , and I expect that an uncritical belief in the moral supremacy of nature will make it worse . |
| 19 | People often turn from fiction to biography as they get older , I expect because the real world comes to seem more mysterious and more valuable to them the closer they come to leaving it . |
| 20 | I propose that a useful point to be considered by the doctor is whether a treatment would be clinically indicated for a private patient with unlimited personal resources . |
| 21 | I propose that the new Bill , like the Bill of 1938 , should contain a provision to carry out this recommendation . |
| 22 | Instead , I propose that the independent scrutineer should be allowed such access on behalf of any union members who are concerned that the list may not be accurate . |
| 23 | I suggest that an outside agency such as the Commission for Racial Equality should use the method more widely , targeting hospitals selected at random . |
| 24 | Well we would all welcome that but in in its absence , I suggest that the current policy is defined by the R P G , even though that 's not specifically targeted at North Yorkshire , none the less , to be consistent , North Yorkshire should not be entitled to a to reduce arbitrarily , it 's er migration assumptions . |
| 25 | To people who seek to follow the Labour party 's proposals in this area I suggest that the new clause demonstrates very deep and very worrying confusion . |
| 26 | I suggest that the present handicap system should be printed on a couple of toilet rolls and used accordingly ! |
| 27 | I suggest that the typical history of a concept , whether it be ‘ chemical element ’ , ‘ atom ’ , ‘ the unconscious ’ , or whatever , involves the initial emergence of the concept as a vague idea , followed by its gradual clarification as the theory in which it plays a part takes a more precise and coherent form . |
| 28 | I suggest that the floppy funhouse groove of ‘ Oblong ’ — from the trio 's new ‘ Top Up ’ EP — is strongly reminiscent of Happy Mondays , and they do n't immediately nut me . |
| 29 | I suggest that the general public also regard statements about animal tested products with caution , as it is well known that many of these products have had extremely adverse effects on human beings . |
| 30 | ( September 6 ) I suggest that the Tory logo of a flaming torch be replaced by either a cuckoo or an oozelum bird . |