Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against the historical unification we would stress that sex is relational , is shaped in social interaction , and can only be understood in its historical context , in terms of the cultural meanings assigned to it , and in terms of the internal , subjective meanings of the sexed individuals that emerge . |
| 2 | Whatever the setting , the counsellor should stress that alcoholism is a curable condition , particularly when the social distress underlying the need for alcohol is openly discussed and the problems tackled . |
| 3 | Now , I must stress that Christianity is very important to me , although maybe I am not deeply religious or believe enough . |
| 4 | The number of contracts undertaken each year is approaching 10,000 deriving from thousands of customers in 50 countries , but 14 top customers in the UK and Europe still account for 70% of all business sales . |
| 5 | and we also know that advertising reinforces smoking , it makes , makes people think that smoking is okay . |
| 6 | You do n't think that teapot is a good idea then ? |
| 7 | . Now that normal heart you saw , you saw that normal heart , I would ask you if it was in a twenty five four year old man , do you think that man is alive or dead ? |
| 8 | But do n't you think that spelling is important for everybody to ? |
| 9 | What do you think that style is . |
| 10 | I do n't think that Dad is at all , but |
| 11 | I do n't think that elegance is the main thing in my mind at the moment . |
| 12 | Too ma mind you it 's easy today with that p , I do n't think that pill 's reliable . |
| 13 | So I think I 'm asking for just a bit more , more talks and where there is a , a home or homes in a rural area that may be the only home in that area , so it is available to local people that Social Services come in and there in an understanding in planning authorities first and now the actual criteria we 're working on because most local people will think that home is for local people . |
| 14 | How does Freud get or to refer to Marie-Anne 's erm subject couple weeks , how could Freud think that libido was involved in groups when he says in the book that she 's gon na tell us about tha that society and civilization erm is in conflict with indiv wi with , with individual 's erm libidinal self-interest , th th their personal libidinal desires . |
| 15 | It means being a good member of the community in Europe , so I do n't think that horse is going to run . |
| 16 | And i in terms of , you know in terms of the image that Green 's got , the flats , do you , can you remember before you came into here you you knew you had , obviously had a cer the area had a certain image , do you think that image is fair or not ? |
| 17 | For a start he was preaching that assurance was essential for salvation ; that is , you could know within you that you were well and truly saved . |
| 18 | For the only reason Cara would make that contact was , she knew , if Barney was worse . |
| 19 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 20 | The 1966 ALPAC committee report on machine translation systems concluded that human translation was superior in terms of speed , accuracy and cost , and recommended that funding be curtailed . |
| 21 | Proctor & gamble and Unilever , the two giants of the detergent industry , were guilty of this practice , and it recommended that advertising be reduced and product prices cut . |
| 22 | Their trick this time was to pretend that Parliament was really only a legislature and not also in consequence the effective controller of executive government . |
| 23 | But most of us are frightened by our emotions so we like to pretend that rationality Is normal . |
| 24 | We try to pretend that sex is n't so important , that we are just like everyone else , just as we sought to distance ourselves from books like The Milkman 's On His Way during the Section 28 debates . |
| 25 | For another — here was she with no experience whatsoever of professional interviewing techniques — not even a rank amateur , in fact — yet she was about to pretend that interviewing was second nature to her . |
| 26 | Perhaps it 's an attempt to pretend that fame is worthless and spurious and all those things . |
| 27 | It was , in fact , the professional warrener , the man who became each estate 's killing machine , who perfected the various sporting methods that exist today and who honed them to their maximum effectiveness . |
| 28 | Now , though the office air is clean , the butt-crammed ashtray outside testifies that smoking is far from stubbed out . |
| 29 | It 's not that they 're in rehabilitation , it 's just like seeing that person is locked away in the prime of their lives revenge . |
| 30 | When the bombers at Fenton Bishop were under orders , a blanket of security covered the aerodrome and to breach that security was the most serious thing . |