Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the government 's Food Safety Bill , which is currently before parliament gets through , the sight of food in our shops with the label ‘ Irradiated ’ on it , will become commonplace . |
| 2 | This was certainly brought home to me when , by taking the long way round Australia this year , i.e. buying a round the world ticket to the Australian Open , rather than a straight forward London–Melbourne return , with a stop-off in Sydney for the New South Wales Open , I saved The Daily Telegraph , which is naturally as cost conscious as any other company in these difficult financial times , a considerable amount of money . |
| 3 | ‘ Just as well you 're away before father comes in ; he likes to gossip . ’ |
| 4 | So here Belinda was , with that naked feeling she always got when she looked at her wet hair and towel-draped neck under the bright lights of a salon , and she very much hoped that Faye was right about the end result looking ‘ fabulous ’ , because she was determined to show everyone at drinks this evening that she was just as soignée , just as at ease in a smart social gathering as they were . |
| 5 | He had kissed her before and turned her to fire , but now — oh , now she was more than fire , she was a glowing rivulet of flame , pulsing with heat . |
| 6 | Following supremely successful spell as a regular goalscorer at Arsenal , Watford and Northampton , Cliff Holton became Palace Manager Dick Graham 's answer to the perilous situation we were in as midwinter 1962 approached . |
| 7 | Given all this criticism , the obvious question to try to answer was whether there was more than hype to Making Belfast Work , whether there was anything valuable in it . |
| 8 | AS Stephen Hendry bent over the table to line up another shot there was more than victory at stake — he was literally taking his life in his hands . |
| 9 | But there was more than beauty in her face today . |
| 10 | In the view of private and public critics of the Wilberforce sons there was more than filiopietism at issue in their charge that Clarkson claimed leadership in the cause when their father was entitled to it ; they suggested Clarkson had been to all intents and purposes a paid agent of the Abolition Committee . |
| 11 | Robins played crap vs SCUM , so lets hope they are just as crap vs us . |
| 12 | oh dear , oh dear , just what will it be like when dad gets in ? |
| 13 | It 's just if Rod wanted to write notes this is the last blank one I 've got . |
| 14 | Yes , you have to keep up with the times , but it 's about as hop and happening as Liverpool 's away kit — and as clear as the sprites on Shadow Warriors ! |
| 15 | He admits : ‘ The verdict was such a shock , but it 's only as time goes by you realise what the implications are . |
| 16 | " It 's only because Dad does n't like taking the collection , " Caroline used to tell me . |
| 17 | It is not until point C on the time base that net positive cash flow begins . |
| 18 | It is not until point C on the time base that net positive cash flow begins . |
| 19 | It is not as plastic as the other buildings , if you understand me . |
| 20 | It is best if lead training is started quite young so that , as an older puppy , it will freely accept a check chain when it is placed around its neck . |
| 21 | In fact , Stevens ( 1991 ) argues that it is just because devaluation does not work as an instrument of economic policy that the argument for a single currency is made more powerful . |
| 22 | It is precisely because market forces have in the long run caught up with the operation of the CAP , as they inevitably would , that we are in such trouble . |
| 23 | Indeed as Neuhaus has recognised ( 1986 ) it is precisely because religion has been forced out of the central corridors of power in America that the New Religious Right has managed to stride in with such urgency and rage . |
| 24 | The implications of this failure are very far-reaching because , it is only if market forces can be counted on to produce good , or even tolerable , results that the abdication from all responsibility for strategic policy-making can for a moment be justified . |
| 25 | They are separable ; but in the end it is only when process and artists come together that the most memorable work is achieved : when Dürer and woodcut , Daniell and aquatint , Greenaway and colour printing meet in immortal partnership . |
| 26 | Walking is the only means of transport that can claim to be universal … yet the pedestrian is the most neglected of travellers … ironically , it is perhaps because walking is so commonplace that it is neglected — pedestrians are so universal as to be almost invisible . |
| 27 | The operation , originally planned for early afternoon , was re-scheduled and it was n't until quarter to six that she returned to the ward , still feeling groggy from the anaesthetic . |
| 28 | It was n't until Suede that I started to forge my own identity . |
| 29 | It was n't because Christmas |
| 30 | The archaeological evidence suggests that silver first came into use on a substantial scale during the third millennium B.C. It was not until metallurgy had been carried to a relatively advanced level of sophistication that the production of silver in any quantity became practicable . |