Example sentences of "[verb] is [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest amount normally permitted is one-and-a-half times your average final salary up to a ceiling of £1 12,500 ( or higher if your pension plan pre-dates the 1989 Budget ) . |
| 2 | what I suggest is these procedures are , we briefly mentioned this this morning , are supposed to reflect the best practice of what we do now . |
| 3 | The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . |
| 4 | Certainly it is in the private sector , where the only bribe that counts is low prices , where fierce competition and price wars have been wreaking havoc among Europe 's surviving computer makers . |
| 5 | Yet it recommends that the maximum penalty for such conduct should be two years where the girl is over 13 and under 16 , the same penalty as for sexual intercourse , whereas for consensual buggery the maximum recommended is five years . |
| 6 | All I want is easy knobs to turn with |
| 7 | We are well aware of this problem and the last thing we want is ex-service men having to live in temporary accommodation . |
| 8 | so the last thing they want is extra children to come in . |
| 9 | The length you want is 46 cms , 46 × 4 = 148 rows . |
| 10 | Well what we really want is more roads . |
| 11 | All I want is some friends , but as soon as I get some real good friends they go off and leave me . |
| 12 | All I want is some cigarettes . ’ |
| 13 | Modern compact cameras are ideal for this work because if you are scouting out miles of water the last thing you want is ten tons of equipment dangling round your neck . |
| 14 | The last thing we want is approved contractors having to wait too long for their money . |
| 15 | All he needs is 13 hours of calm weather . |
| 16 | ‘ All it needs is two seats and we could go for a jaunt in it . |
| 17 | With a twenty-one majority it becomes important cos all it needs is eleven by-elections . |
| 18 | This is the which is actually much further on in its decoration that most of the rooms , in fact all it really needs is some cushions and the window glass here . |
| 19 | what happens is both muscles contract together fully . |
| 20 | The only thing I can do is straightforward police work . " |
| 21 | I work with people on a one-to-one basis and the most I 've ever done is ten sessions with anyone . |
| 22 | What you 've done is qualified appointments by telephone . |
| 23 | At last she said slowly , ‘ What I mean is , looking back over the past is always a bit sad , even if what you 're remembering is happy times , because it 's over and done . |
| 24 | Considering the possibly apocalyptic and doom-laden task we have on hand , the least we could reasonably expect is high winds , torrential rain , thunder , lightning , tempests , tornadoes and all those other adverse weather conditions that King Lear encountered on his walkabout around the blasted heath . |
| 25 | The other thing you can not mark is compact discs |
| 26 | All that is needed is two alterations to sections 7 and 8 of the current act . |
| 27 | It must be strange to be the object of my affection , she thought idly , especially if all you 've had is hard-chested men doing their best but never sure . |
| 28 | He waves his fist in the air , and I realise that what he sees is three men on the grass , with a fourth going through their pockets . |
| 29 | Erm yeah well actually it would actually be much more sensible to divide the year into into thirteen months each of twenty eight days because twenty eight days you will realize is two fortnights so you can divide the year very nicely into thirteen equal periods . |
| 30 | Even during light exercise the heat produced is 20 times that at rest . |