Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] is [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So each week we can plot our , our value where this is one , somewhere down here is nought and we would hope to er , eventually get to a situation where our planned performance was somewhere near one so we would be pardon ? |
| 2 | When she had sat down again she said : ‘ So how is it that you 're looking for Elsie now , so long after the event ? |
| 3 | So how is it that I , a pensioner earning half that sum , will pay more tax should he win the election than I did last year ? |
| 4 | So why is it that your company , and certain other major multi-nationals , plan to invest heavily in those countries ? , |
| 5 | So why is it that these views exist ? |
| 6 | ‘ Mr. Smith , I can read everything I 'm asked to , and I can understand all the words , so why is it that I can never work out what the main points are ? ’ |
| 7 | But no , not only is he or she a competent scientist , but also something of a lab-coat frocked economist . |
| 8 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 9 | Erm but er unless I I may repeat one or two of the things I 'd have said on the phone I 'm bound to do that , er the three things that are gon na be decided here today really is you if you and I erm you 've got inside information of course , er if you and I agree that er is the is the platform for you to earn some good money . |
| 10 | How long is it since you last had some good , old-fashioned fun ? |
| 11 | How long is it since you 've seen Bertha ? ’ |
| 12 | How long is it since they were taught to sign ? ’ |
| 13 | The first recognition that response is not as it should be immediately conjures up visions of lost working time , expensive repairs , frustrating delays and , perhaps most evocative of all , the thought , ‘ how long is it since I last did a backup ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ How long is it since you had a square meal ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ How long is it since you 've seen her ? ’ |
| 16 | How long is it since anyone advanced five miles in one day ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ How long is it since I first saw you in the surgery ? |
| 18 | ‘ How long is it since she died ? ’ |
| 19 | How long is it since you were diagnosed ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ How long is it since you last drove a right-hand-drive car on the right side of the road ? ’ he demanded . |
| 21 | ‘ And how long is it since you last drove ? ’ |
| 22 | So how long is it before social pressure makes it a case of look — but do n't touch ? |
| 23 | Er , he 's not gon na give it to you twice though is he cos I do n't reckon he would di give it to you twice . |
| 24 | How often is it that I have asked you for money ? |
| 25 | If we can notice differences in people , then how is it that the IAAF and other governing bodies do not notice them as well and start target-testing them during the winter months ? |
| 26 | The problem with it , so far as we can see , is that if the political system is democratic and the state is relatively neutral then how is it that anyone could use the system in such a way as to ensure that it permanently advantaged them to the exclusion of other actors and interests in the system ? |
| 27 | ‘ If he 's so untrustworthy then how is it that you know him ? ’ she asked with shaky triumph . |
| 28 | If aggression and violence are part and parcel of what it means to be human , then why is it that there exist societies where aggressive or violent behaviour is conspicuous by its absence ? |
| 29 | Now th he was saying that , it 's being argued here that , that very seldom is it that the punishment exceeded the crime , that they 're able to assess , look at the behaviour of the people in power before the movement er gathered pace and to , to , to assess how they er they were , how sort of humane and so on and , and by saying that depending on how you , you , you did before hand , you w you now your punishment , it will , will be a administered accordingly which is an interesting concept , I 'm not sure quite how accurate these assessments could 've been , I think really when things get going it 's er really very difficult to stop them . |