Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , though the office air is clean , the butt-crammed ashtray outside testifies that smoking is far from stubbed out . |
| 2 | Slater thinks little endian was added to support Microsoft Corp Windows NT , the operating system HP has n't committed to yet . |
| 3 | Possibly , we may know more still about her : that she has always voted Labour , believes in capital punishment , and thinks multinational firms are manipulating the world ; likes reading romances , does the pools regularly , and watches Coronation Street every week … . |
| 4 | Nobody doubts that trade is the best way to help Poland , Hungary , the former Czechoslovakia and the others to overcome their economic difficulties . |
| 5 | Nobody seriously doubts that butter is lovely stuff . |
| 6 | Although the immediate context for the ‘ attack ’ on local government was pressure for overall reductions in public spending and local government spending in particular , few of those writing about it have accepted this as a major explanation , partly because the evidence that levels of local government spending are of major significance to the economy are limited , and the arguments that state spending in itself discourages private investment are also weak . |
| 7 | That the lover knows this and understands that love is a solitary thing , the value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself or herself . ’ |
| 8 | She took it very well , I am sure she understands that security is paramount . ’ |
| 9 | Bob said : ‘ Training is vital so everyone in the organisation knows what is expected of them , and understands that quality is the essential ingredient in making their jobs more successful and enjoyable . ’ |
| 10 | The corporation understands that design is not merely styling and market hype . |
| 11 | The feeling persists that sport is still of peripheral concern when the parties make their manifesto pledges ; that in the struggle with the arts for the hearts , minds ( and pockets ) of politicians , it comes a poor second , but that government is more than happy to accept the millions of pounds in various forms of tax generated by this ‘ art of the masses ’ . |
| 12 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 13 | Each Brownie then takes it in turn to pin their card on the map where she thinks that country is . |
| 14 | My boss is very clever and thinks that presentation is one of the main things to think about . |
| 15 | Equally , nobody to whom I have spoken thinks that decommissioning is a magic wand . |
| 16 | Sir Leicester may think it appropriate to keep Mr Rouncewell waiting , ‘ opposing his repose and that of Chesney Wold to the restless flight of ironmasters ’ , but it is his housekeeper 's son who now wields the moral authority , for he has come to remove his future daughter-in-law , the lady 's maid Rosa , from Lady Dedlock 's charge because he thinks that position is unsuitable . |
| 17 | But he has got himself into difficulties because he thinks that beauty is not , so to speak , a logical construction that allows us to talk about particular objects in the world . |
| 18 | So the next time a male voice , or a male footfall ( for cats can quickly associate the heavy male tread with the deeper male voice ) , or the scent of a human male ( for cats can also associate human odours with human genders ) is detected , the cat thinks that trouble is on its way again , and beats a rapid retreat . |
| 19 | ‘ The youngest watches TV like every other little boy , and from that he thinks that prison is a place where they put bad people who 've done terrible things , ’ explains Margaret . |
| 20 | Mill thinks that voting is to be ideally modelled on this er jury service idea so that 's another reason why jury service is so important for all citizens . |
| 21 | Nathan returns , suggesting that you need to be in a sheltered spot for minimum discomfort ; he thinks that constipation is to be feared almost as much as the wind . |
| 22 | Audrey Wise , Labour MP for Preston and a member of the Commons Select Committee on Health , agrees that education is vital . |
| 23 | Zednik agrees that trip was the one . |
| 24 | Affirming that " practically every leader agrees that negotiation is the key to reconciliation , peace and a new and just dispensation " , and in support of the government 's " declared intention to normalise the political process … without jeopardizing the maintenance of good order " , de Klerk announced changes which he said removed some of the most important obstacles to negotiation , namely ( i ) the lifting of the ban on the ANC , the PAC , the SACP and a number of subsidiary organizations ; ( ii ) the release of those imprisoned for membership of one of these banned organizations ( but not members imprisoned for politically motivated crimes involving violence ) ; ( iii ) the abolition of the media emergency regulations and of the education emergency regulations , although restrictions would remain on " visual material pertaining to scenes of unrest " ; ( iv ) the removal of restrictions imposed on 33 organizations under the state of emergency , including the National Education Crisis Committee , the United Democratic Front ( UDF ) , the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and an extreme right-wing group , Die Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging van Suid-Afrika ; ( v ) the lifting of personal restrictions imposed on 374 people already released from detention ; and ( vi ) a six-month limit on detention without charge under the emergency regulations , with detainees henceforth being entitled to legal representation and their own choice of medical attention . |
| 25 | ‘ Everyone agrees that confidence is the magic ingredient needed to spark recovery . |
| 26 | Whoever wins that bout is likely to be in the semi-finals , which should guarantee an Olympic place . |
| 27 | Me thinks another pilgrim is trying to make a buck . |
| 28 | He said bookings for summer holidays this year were well ahead , with operators competing fiercely on price to capture their share of the market . |
| 29 | Some of the ways in which at present the Society renders this service are listed below : |
| 30 | Exactly how the Pill produces this effect is unknown — the simplistic explanation usually offered is that the hormones in the Pill promote Candida because they are steroids , but this is really no explanation at all . |