Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [pers pn] [is] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the answer is , each one secretly thinks he 's the best . |
| 2 | What always annoys me is the display of sweets at the check-out right where the children can grab them . ’ |
| 3 | Women will continue to choose men — or men women ; each sex always believes it is the other which does the choosing — the man being a little older , a little richer , a little more decisive than the woman , for this is how the majority of the human race pairs itself off , and why the myth of female inferiority is so prevalent throughout the world — it being the direct experience of so many children in so many households that Daddy knows best and Mummy 's a fool . |
| 4 | Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 . |
| 5 | What really angers me is the exploitation of young women like us by advertisers , to sell their products . |
| 6 | But the Bordeaux that really grabs me is the oak-aged Blanc de Bordeaux ‘ 90 . |
| 7 | But what really concerns me is the area directly relating to my composition . |
| 8 | Germany is at last waking up to the what has been clear to outsiders for the past year or so , that there is going to be no quick fix to the recession it is facing and that it will be long and grinding : this week the BDI industrial federation admitted that the downturn could develop into Germany 's worst recession since the end of World War II , saying that the western German economy will continue to decline , and the fall will be deeper than previously thought , so that in important sectors such as the capital goods industry the downturn will represent a new post-war record ; the body blames weak foreign demand for German goods , the now over-valued mark and rising costs for German industry and now admits it is the result of structural problems that will have long-term economic effects . |
| 9 | Why then has a divorced man , who cheerfully admits he is the wrong side of 50 and used to a fairly fancy-free existence , decided to play Good Samaritan to Bosnian refugees ? |
| 10 | The road , resumed south from Wolhusen , leads in 8km ( 5 miles ) to the pretty village of Entlebuch through what is called the Entlebuch valley , although the river which actually traverses it is the Little Emme river referred to above . |