Example sentences of "is [conj] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Historically the most important aspect of Davenant 's productions is that they removed English masque/opera from the Court to the field of public entertainment . |
2 | An interesting feature of the jades is that they included numerous pieces in the form of halberd blades . |
3 | The most likely explanation is that she intended some disruption of the race and , having ducked under the rails , found herself the beneficiary of the sheer coincidence of the King 's horse — whose colours she would have recognized — being isolated from the other runners . |
4 | ‘ The problem is that I learnt this trick whilst tied up and submerged in a barrel of water . |
5 | Those of us who witnessed the touch-and-go progress of an ultimately triumphant War and Peace — recorded by Philips for release early next year — feared for the future of the rest , but as Gergiev puts it ‘ that which makes me incredibly proud is that I announced these things and they happened ’ — and , one might add , that inspiration was to hand for rather more performances than the fiercely self-critical Gergiev might admit . |
6 | Well mum , what it wants is that I got this tooth |
7 | ‘ I worked on various things , but the reason I 'm here is that I spent five years with SimFic working on artificial intelligence . ’ |
8 | The only difference with you is that I used two grains of gunpowder and no oil . |
9 | what we 'll say to you is that you got that parcel on Tuesday |
10 | The most telling comment on the wealth of the metropolis is that it had more men worth upwards of £100 than most other towns had taxpayers of all grades ; indeed , the number of four-figure assessments equalled the total taxpayers of some tiny market towns . |
11 | The information available to me , provided by Liverpool city council , is that it accepted 397 households as homeless in the second quarter of this year . |
12 | What constitutes the novelty of the Hellenistic age is that it gave international circulation to ideas , while strongly reducing their revolutionary impact . |
13 | One thing you could say for Daine is that he had good taste in furniture . |
14 | So indeed it might have pleased him , for as has subsequently become clear , the best that can be said about the debate , from the Prime Minister 's point of view , is that he had one facet of the truth while General Maurice had another . |
15 | The charge is that he allowed domestic inflation to get out of control and messed around with the exchange rate when he should have been applying the monetarist remedy . |
16 | Is it a question of economics , because if they were more efficient , that is if they used less fuel to get a given mileage , is it a question of the companies involved being unwilling to put the money into the development costs , or would cars that are more efficient cost a lot more money to buy ? |
17 | Those sorts of things inspired me , and the reason those records sound like they do is because they used that equipment . |
18 | The gravest doubt which has assailed historians about Charlemagne 's moral and educational programme is whether it had much effect . |