Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adj] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everyone agrees that confidence is the magic ingredient needed to spark recovery . |
| 2 | Me thinks another pilgrim is trying to make a buck . |
| 3 | the thing with them , a bed with them , she 'll not come in now , and never come , no reason why not , cos I know she smokes so what does she do that we have n't to know , so I says oh I says this bed is n't gon na keep being here and no An no Angela in it |
| 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 | Bentham would say that the one which produces more pleasure is the better action , but Mill would say that it need not be , if the quality of the pleasure which is lesser in amount is sufficiently much higher in quality . |
| 6 | This is starting to become a trend in Britain as well , although the planning system which encourages standard development is to some extent acting as a block . |
| 7 | Locke 's description of a person as ‘ a thinking , intelligent being ’ does not mean that the continuity of self-consciousness which constitutes personal identity is the continuity of some immaterial substance , a soul , mind , or spirit , which is self-conscious , for he is clearly unhappy with a Cartesian view of this sort . |
| 8 | Thus he seems to be arguing from within a position which holds that aggression is an innate attribute of sufficient strength that it needs to be redirected in some way for it not to manifest itself in interhuman relations . |
| 9 | One particular aspect of the economic life of Israel which has received great attention in the history of the Church and which needs further expansion is the prohibition on usury . |
| 10 | One observation which illustrates this principle is that a Foucault pendulum at the North Pole swings in a plane fixed relative to the frame of the distant galaxies ; however , an earthbound observer sees the plane of swing rotate through 360° every 24 hours . |
| 11 | A simple example which illustrates this point is to choose polar coordinates ( r , θ ) to describe motion in a plane . |
| 12 | The only type of housing tenure which has any effect is council tenancy : being a council tenant reduces the probability of receiving an offer by about 41% in Models I and 2 , ceteris paribus . |
| 13 | An act which has this characteristic is a prima facie duty . |
| 14 | Another large scale landscape pattern which John Michell has drawn attention to and which has considerable credence is the Circle of Perpetual Choirs , mentioned in the Welsh Treads as being located at Stonehenge , Glastonbury and Llantwit Major . |
| 15 | Do not do anything which risks this privilege being withdrawn . |
| 16 | Any record in the module which exceeds this width is flagged with |
| 17 | One star which shows obvious colour is W Boo¨tis , which is of type M and is slightly variable with a range of from 5.0 to 6.4 . |
| 18 | Laboratory studies have been made up to about 10 6 bars , at which pressures molecular hydrogen is still liquid even at 170 K. However , such pressures are encountered at depths of only a few 1000 km below the clouds , and therefore theoretical studies have to be used to obtain the phase-diagram at greater pressures . |
| 19 | Using the term ‘ dialectic ’ means that the process of movement which characterizes human history is not a smooth development but a development caused by conflicts and contradictions which lead to temporary resolutions , like two people arguing with each other . |
| 20 | A further relaxation of its previously rigid stand is suggested by Computer Reseller News , which hears that Apple is negotiating with other third parties — including Radius Inc and DayStar Digital Inc — to develop PowerPC versions of the Macintosh for specific niche markets . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , this does not address the question in which cases such service is required ; it does not , read strictly , touch those provisions of the law of the state of origin which allow valid service by notification au parquet or , for that matter , affixing the document to the courthouse door . |
| 22 | The passage which opens this chapter is an instance of a satirist attacking a higher social class . |
| 23 | One final area which requires some discussion is the question of whether advertising has its effects in the short or long term . |
| 24 | A fifth of England could be built on by the middle of the next century , according to a report from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England ( CPRE ) , which finds that countryside is disappearing much faster than official figures suggest . |
| 25 | Well if I could just read read that , a well planned strategy for hou for land , for hous , sorry a well planned strategy for land for housing which ensures that housing is available in the areas where jobs are being being created can make a valuable contri contribution to national prosperity and economic growth , so I say I do n't think we would have that erm valuable contribution if the new settlement were located away from Greater York . |
| 26 | One particular organizational feature which facilitates this process is a degree of flexibility in work practices and a skilled and constantly re-skillable workforce ( Hoshino , 1982c ) . |
| 27 | The fundamental concept of The Green Book is that any claim on a person which diminishes individual sovereignty is unjust and oppressive . |
| 28 | However , the theme which deserves more attention is the basic argument of the article : the author is claiming not to be prejudiced and is attributing prejudice to those who oppose the National Front . |
| 29 | ‘ Play More music ’ , which follows last year 's highly acclaimed ‘ Friendly Fascism ’ LP , was self-produced by the San Francisco-based three-piece and mixed by Meat Beat Manifesto 's Jack Dangers . |
| 30 | Investors on Wall Street have rarely been in such an uncertain state — which means big money is about to be lost and won |