Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [is] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If slavery is not wrong nothing is wrong and yet I have never understood the presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling and I aver that to this day I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery . |
| 2 | Most written languages have an alphabet , and in English everyone is familiar with the 26 letters from which many thousands of words can be constructed , each having a dictionary definition to help the process of communicating . |
| 3 | FORECASTS from the Treasury have been proved to be hopelessly wrong which is one reason why the economy now seems to be in Freefall , leading to the closure of hundreds of Factories . |
| 4 | The familiar beat and offbeat of metrical analysis are an example of this , each beat having an associated offbeat which is contiguous with it ( Attridge 1982 ) . |
| 5 | Sometimes I find the book very interesting which is good because when it comes to writing about it I find it easy . |
| 6 | It is not clear who is responsible for stoking the latest tension . |
| 7 | She says , I 'm afraid she 's dead . |
| 8 | But all the German one is stuck out about what , about inch , so you ca n't open one the the fucking si side door . |
| 9 | The top one is Celtic in origin and is solid bronze . |
| 10 | Paralysis , when a limb is paralysed there is complete loss of movement and feeling , if you 're talking about paralysis , loss of limbs , we 're talking about the severance , would you believe , of any two limbs . |
| 11 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 12 | really cos there 's such a cross section of conversation going on , it 's really funny there 's this bit in the car when we went outside with the mike and on a at Claire 's party and er erm like there 's me talking to Claire really loudly like across the car and Frank talking to Nigel across the front and he speakers were up here and there 's just a whaaaaaaa this massive rabble going on . |
| 13 | It is clear there is considerable uncertainty over the effects of dredging this and other submarine accumulations of sand and gravel in the Bristol Channel . |
| 14 | It is clear there is considerable uncertainty over the effects of dredging this and other submarine accumulations of sand and gravel in the Bristol Channel . |
| 15 | if anyone 's interested there 's another coming out on marriage , so if you want to write a poem , send it off . |
| 16 | But I an afraid there is little chance of your defeating King Michael 's champion . " |
| 17 | Mr. Speaker : It is well known that when the Benches are empty there is much else going on in the House . |
| 18 | Erm , just having different it 's different than what |
| 19 | If the subject does not know the junction and is attempting to decide how risky it is likely to be in other circumstances it would make sense to extrapolate from the information in the film to decide for example how busy the junction generally is , or to simply generalize from their current feelings of risk . |
| 20 | So when something goes wrong it 's likely to be very expensive … and that means new parts |
| 21 | ‘ We know how bad we 've been lately , but when things go wrong it 's hard to explain how confidence drains . |
| 22 | It 's so funny it 's real entertainment someone at the Tate said er , you know when I told them I bought the bird bath , they said you will have lots of pleasure with that and I think I have . |
| 23 | Not many problems have been encountered , but if the whiteout point is too high it is possible , though unusual , for the maximum gradient of the radius vector to occur in the flood region and the value delivered for the LB-level can then be higher that the UB-level . |
| 24 | As the tent is quite high it is prone to catching winds broadside which distorts the shape . |
| 25 | These are generally considered unsuitable for modern treatment of the mentally ill , but so long as demand for beds is high it is difficult to do more than try to upgrade and improve them . |
| 26 | Well she was n't too bothered it 's all experience is n't it ? |
| 27 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 28 | Although both the OALD and the re-indexed CED produce 70% correct choices , the z-score for the OALD is 2.15 whereas for the CED it is 0.98 . |
| 29 | When a service is free it is difficult for consumers to express dissatisfaction . |
| 30 | She said : ‘ It is amazing how popular it is ten years on . |