Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pron] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can just about get down here of a morning and then I 'm stuck until someone gives me a' and up , which they do n't want to be doing too often , do they dear ? " |
| 2 | So they get thrown when faced with a canvas which represents nothing other than form or shape or colour and they get thrown because they have n't the vocabulary , it seems to them , to respond to it , and they feel the need to respond verbally . |
| 3 | If there is a change in the individual 's wealth which affects his present and/or future income . |
| 4 | We share His life through the water of baptism which washes us clean and brings new growth into our lives . |
| 5 | The key is the understanding of deaf children 's processing of their own language , and it is this which requires our immediate and continued attention . |
| 6 | On this side of the House and , I suspect , on many parts of the Opposition Benches there is equal recognition , although unspoken , that those who do not have such a well-founded fear , some other compelling compassionate reason which justifies their remaining or another legitimate claim to stay , should return to their country . |
| 7 | There are people who know that they have experienced deep within themselves a reality which gives them simple and overwhelming certainties about the real goals of human existence and which transforms their lives . |
| 8 | Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings , but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes and which therefore paints nature in the colours in which I wish to view it . |
| 9 | Unless it can pull some rabbits from a hat , the losing consortium , led by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas , will see the YF-23 ( which resembles its sleek and costly stablemate , the B-2 bomber ) consigned to a museum . |
| 10 | Three conditions apply : the claimant must be in paid working employment for 16 hours or more a week , suffer from an illness or disability which leaves them disadvantaged when applying for a job and must have recently been getting benefit such as income support , housing or community charge benefit . |
| 11 | PARTICLE accelerators are designed to push as much energy into as small a volume as possible , which makes them big and costly . |
| 12 | It is this status which makes them popular and marketable . |
| 13 | However , today 's enlightened experts realize that there is little point in discovering important diet guidelines unless these can be presented to the public in a form which makes them realistic and easy to incorporate into daily eating . |
| 14 | Anyone with a passing knowledge of astrological influences will realize that he was born on the cusp , a Taurus caught in the influence of Aries , which makes him bullish and a bit of a ram . |
| 15 | The disease Thomas suffers from is a rare condition called A-T which makes him unsteady and prone to infections — and cancer . |
| 16 | With the robust acceptance of hardship and violence proper to his time , he is opposed to flogging and has an open demeanour towards his crew which makes him popular but still respected . |
| 17 | High dose Quinine , which makes you sick and also gives you a loud ringing in your ears . |
| 18 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 19 | Without the humour or positive ending of Ariel ( the second part of the trilogy ) , The Match Factory Girl has a twist at the end which makes it fascinating but depressing |
| 20 | If the process of taking evidence abroad is to serve its purpose , the evidence must be in a form which makes it admissible and gives it proper weight in the proceedings for which it was prepared , and this requires the authorities of the country in which the evidence is to be taken to show considerable flexibility in allowing , and it may be operating , modes of procedure which are quite unfamiliar . |
| 21 | There is a new attitude towards religion in society , which makes it appropriate and timely to introduce what would , in some ways , be a more serious element into religious education ( and indeed this new seriousness is evident in many schools already ) . |
| 22 | ‘ It has grown from local roots , with local volunteers and funding which makes it responsive and resilient . |
| 23 | It 's frustrated , urgent and fluent — plus it 's got that feeling of abandon which makes it unpredictable and on edge all the time . |
| 24 | Iron possessing a very low carbon content , which makes it tough and malleable . |
| 25 | It is the parochial character of the LXX — its obvious derivation from the methods of oral translation in the Synagogue — which makes it improbable that it should have been translated by command of Ptolemy II . |
| 26 | The agreement marking use of " you know what I mean ? " seems to be confined to people under the age of about 30 , which makes it likely that misunderstandings , if they occur , will be inter-generational . |
| 27 | That answer , at least , is consistent with the passage in Questions of Procedure which makes it clear that the internal arrangement of Cabinet business is no concern of Parliament or public . |
| 28 | The dashed and dotted curves do not intersect , which makes it clear that the rate of deterioration caused by adding records of average activity to an access frequency loaded file is only dependent on the starting point of the random load , and not on the particular file access situation , such as 90/10 , 85/25 , etc . |
| 29 | I have , however , seen an advance copy of the report , which makes it clear that Libya has still failed to comply with resolution 731 . |
| 30 | ‘ A policy must now be announced which makes it clear that the UN will recognise the rights of Croatia , Slovenia and Bosnia to live in peace , each keeping their own borders intact . |