Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development is adjacent to the lands of the Kugapakori Indians , most of whom are uncontacted and therefore vulnerable to disease brought in by project workers . |
| 2 | By contrast , there are few monosyllabic female first names ( Ann , Joan , May ) and many of them are trisyllabic or more ( Katharine , Elizabeth , Amanda ) . |
| 3 | Such names will be distasteful to many older people , but perhaps their introduction is the prelude to recognition of other people 's potential value and , in common with other caricatured portrayals , some of them are amusing or even helpful . |
| 4 | Reserved offer combinations which prove irrelevant , for the opposing reasons that applications for them are abundant or virtually non-existent , are dispensed with . |
| 5 | Although the fees they receive are small , most of them are faithful and often long-serving . |
| 6 | The club now has a 20-year lease on the ground with an option to buy , and relieved chairman Ken Bates said : ‘ I am delighted and very appreciative of the totally supportive role taken by the Royal Bank of Scotland , who have been instrumental in keeping Chelsea at Stamford Bridge . |
| 7 | I am sixteen and therefore in year eleven at high school . |
| 8 | I am dismayed that so little has been done to decentralise , when so many other EC countries have clearly felt the benefits , both economic and political , of taking the decentralised route . |
| 9 | I am sure that even at this late hour the hon. Gentleman will wish to withdraw that . |
| 10 | Afterwards I will have to knock on other doors but I am sure that yet again the right door will open at the right time . |
| 11 | He said I am sure I am sure that neither death nor life nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord . |
| 12 | I am sure that today my tinkering with Dave Doyle and Phil Meek 's positions will prove too much for Dorning Town and the high-flying Twitchit Albion . |
| 13 | The coal board never misses an opportunity to study carefully the comments made by the hon. Gentleman in the House , and I am sure that today will be no exception . |
| 14 | ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time . |
| 15 | I seem to remember an American thesis writer who crashed to the ground over this contorted problem , and I am sure that both Worsley and Sir John Summerson ( who contributes an elegant introduction to Mansbridge 's book ) would concur that mystery still surrounds the problem of Nash the draughtsman . |
| 16 | I am sure that sometimes it has even started one off on its own grooming session . |
| 17 | It 's a big challenge but I am sure that together we can do it . |
| 18 | Section er , I was very surprised indeed that er Hilary asking for a review of the service because in fact all one 's experience and I am sure as well tells us that this is a success story , it is something that petition after petition that we 've asking to keep it that way , shows that it is one of the services that the County provides which is very much appreciated by the recipients and we ca n't say that in all County Councils ' services but you can say it about er the section seventeen and I think you ought to acknowledge that Chairman . |
| 19 | I do not know how the RAF dealt with bed-wetters in the days of National Service , but I am certain that even although the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War , a persistent enuretic on board a warship would create even more serious problems than he could in an army barracks . |
| 20 | I am confident that together we can be a powerhouse for change . ’ |
| 21 | It is of the highest importance that we continue to maintain these standards , and I am confident that together we can achieve this , and maintain the best traditions of public service in Lothian . |
| 22 | MY NAME is Clare Humphries and I am 17 and currently at the Blessed Robert Johnson Catholic College in Wellington . |
| 23 | Number-taking outside polling stations is a fine occupation for the elderly , the infirm , and the lazy ( clue : I am young and reasonably fit ) . |
| 24 | Mr Pratt , 35 , said : ‘ I am black and so is my partner in the schemes we are currently undertaking in New Brighton . |
| 25 | A lot of people drink but it 's unfortunate because I am famous and well known people try to have a dig at that side of it . |
| 26 | ‘ I cry , sometimes I am strong and sometimes I burst into tears . |
| 27 | My husband says I am calmer and more relaxed and that I have had a much more positive outlook on life ! |
| 28 | What these sounds mean is : I am alive and so are you . ’ |
| 29 | What these sounds mean , he thought , is : I am alive and so are you . |
| 30 | Mr Yegor Gaidar , First Deputy Prime Minister , said : ‘ I am convinced that so far we have agreed on effective co-operation in order to resolve the problem by joint effort . |