Example sentences of "[vb base] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 2 | If you 're available on Friday or Saturday October 1–2 , contact War On Want 's head office at |
| 3 | What they forget is that rationality is opposed to absurdity , not to mystery . |
| 4 | Before the final had begun , when Forget had put their chances at about 3–1 against and French president , Phillipe Chatrier believed that they had no more than one in five chance of achieving the prize which had been his ultimate goal from the time that he led the French tennis revolution in 1968 , Forget 's possible vulnerability in moments of such stress had been one of the chief causes for such concern . |
| 5 | ‘ . But if rule-following is a practice , which must be public only in the sense of being a way of behaving rather than in the sense of being regulated by a community , how are we to derive from that thought the conclusion that the solipsist 's private language is impossible ? |
| 6 | What people want is low risk . ’ |
| 7 | What the Russians want is technical help and equipment , now our own industry is in decline er yes , particularly in machine tool industry , and I think the first thing we should do is to go over there and see what it is they actually needed , what they actually need right now , er one of your previous er correspondence , er speaker turned round and said well they 've got half finished buildings and things like that , I mean er , people have got to be put to work because people in co-ordinate employment is the only source of real wealth , but the market economy is n't interested in promoting real wealth , I mean it 's only interested in what it can get out of an economy not what it gives . |
| 8 | What you want is that sugar stuff what they 'll take back to nest . |
| 9 | Old fashioned notions , perhaps , but since what you want is old-fashioned marriage , those are the principles on which it should be based . |
| 10 | What we want is down-to-earth accountability , not lots of incomprehensible grand ideas . |
| 11 | What our users want is adequate information about regular , punctual services , on buses which give them a comfortable ride in a clean environment , driven by skilled and courteous drivers . |
| 12 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
| 13 | This is n't about changing the company ; what people want is more money … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There is quite a sameness in high street stores in Britain , ’ he told the Clothes Show Magazine , ‘ whereas what customers really want is more individuality . |
| 15 | Maybe Brian but what they want is initial contact point for somebody . |
| 16 | All I want is some idea of why he tucks himself away down here in general practice running a one-man show — ’ |
| 17 | Now all we want is some bread and some onions an' we 're set . |
| 18 | All I want is some action , and I do n't mean the action of my facial muscles working overtime in order to produce streams of bullshit . |
| 19 | What they want is everyday talk . |
| 20 | All we want is mass sewerage . |
| 21 | United Distillers enjoys a commanding position in this market , with Dewar 's the number one brand overall , Johnnie Walker Black Label the number one de luxe , and Usher 's Green Stripe the number one locally-bottled Scotch . |
| 22 | Sports coach is new envoy for Russians |
| 23 | There are nt that many midfielders higher than speed/macca — and basically midfield only score point for goals/assists … so strach is good value , macca is good value , speed is about right . |
| 24 | This achievement shows a superb standard of golf and the finals match is fitting competition for the Club 's 80th year . |
| 25 | This appeal presents an early opportunity in the life of the Children Act 1989 , to give what I hope is useful guidance to family proceedings courts and their clerks on the subject of findings of facts and reasons . |
| 26 | Give what I hope is curt nod , though double chins seem to go on flapping for ever . |
| 27 | : animate being initiating action ; |
| 28 | look is that digging up , |
| 29 | SAVE 's first priority was to persuade the council that such a desperate measure could be avoided . |
| 30 | Matthew Saunders , SAVE 's second Secretary , now runs the Ancient Monuments Society and the Friends of Friendless Churches , and Sophie Andreae , his successor , is Head of the London Division of English Heritage . |