Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he has done , he explains , is to combine the belief of his philosophical predecessors that ‘ the things immediately perceived , are ideas which exist only in the mind ’ with the common-sense belief that ‘ those things … [ we ] immediately perceive are the real things ’ ; and these two , put together ‘ do in effect constitute the substance of what I advance ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ If by that you mean are the white ones dirty , then yes . ’ |
| 3 | The main problems they pose are the excessive patronage they confer on the politicians and officials who establish them and make appointments to them , ‘ their frustration of the implementation of public policies , their financial irresponsibility and their erosion of democratic accountability and control ’ ( Jones , 1982a , p. 924 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ The sounds I program are the natural Stick sounds with synthesised coloration for atmospherics . |
| 5 | The ones you want are the good long ones are n't they ? |
| 6 | They 've shown that if you run it at the right speed and stuff it 's one of the most effective methods of doing it and erm the ones we say are the nice little plate compactors which are the best thing , they are useless in comparative performance so |
| 7 | Only as these islands coalesce is the full Madelung energy involved , producing the observed increase in adsorption heat with coverage . |
| 8 | ( Thus in the current debate about the ordination of women , both sides ask what does Jesus ' message suggest is the right thing to do , what difference does it make that Jesus was a male human being , or what kind of a community was the early church ? |
| 9 | Does em does empirical evidence , well I think you probably say generally that there is some economic factors and there is some non economic factors , which of those two does er empirical evidence suggest is the main driving force behind migration ? |
| 10 | Taking away the protection which the Wages Councils provide is the latest step in the bullion offensive against the poorest in society . |
| 11 | Bassett said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 12 | He said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 13 | You 're thinking more than doing and er wit you know sarcasm they say is the lowest form of wit but actually sarcasm probably is wit . |
| 14 | climbing they say is the fastest growing sport … indoor mountaineering is certainly packing them in … there 's plans to build a centre like this in Cirencester … |
| 15 | SMARTDRiVe is the free disk cacheing program provided with DOS 5 ( the version you should be using now ) . |
| 16 | Well what I want is the black and the cerise |
| 17 | What I want is the best government for Rhodesia . ’ |
| 18 | The distance you want is the perpendicular distance to the line , not the distance you would travel to the line if you stayed on the same heading . |
| 19 | Yeah , they are what they want is the regional fucking words , like phrases which are particular to your area , like bull shit and the |
| 20 | ‘ Statistics are all very well and good , but what I want is the human angle . |
| 21 | You may , even as a novice , care so passionately about plants that all you want is the maximum space to grow them in . |
| 22 | The facts that cause the beliefs those observations yield are the very facts which make those beliefs true . |
| 23 | But despite enthusiasm and hard work , disappointment and disillusion are the main reward . |
| 24 | Stress and worry are the main causes , but fear of oversleeping in the morning , late-night eating and snoring partners can lead to restless nights , says a survey for the Royal Society of Medicine . |
| 25 | The only thing we await are the official photos , which may be ready this week-end . |
| 26 | Then fa(N) is the smallest value of nr , for all such rows r . |
| 27 | The evidence suggests overwhelmingly that the biggest single influence on whether children smoke is the parental influence . |
| 28 | Speaking on April 24 , ANC president Nelson Mandela said : " It is evident that what they really seek is the continued incumbency of the National Party even in the event that it loses the election . " |
| 29 | The only material they receive is the syndicated material which is sent out to everyone on the mailing list , and there is little attempt at placing original and exclusive material . |
| 30 | One of the conservation groups that I wholeheartedly support is the Environmental Investigation Agency ( ETA ) , a small industrious organisation that gets effective results . |