Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's puzzling me is that phone-call Nicola had at the party . |
| 2 | I realise there is little chance of the sponsorship suggestion coming about , but there should be some way of assuring that playing for your country does not cost you money in an amateur game that makes a fortune . ’ |
| 3 | Stockbrokers say there is little interest in Pilkington shares and today 's figures will lead to little change in a ‘ continuing sell ’ attitude towards shares . |
| 4 | I 'll seal to such a bond , And say there is much kindness in the Jew . |
| 5 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 6 | Saga travellers are now jetting around the world , but in spite of the company 's undoubted success , as a 1989 report demonstrated there is little evidence that the British travel trade as a whole has fully understood the importance and increased spending power of the older and more prosperous customer . |
| 7 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 8 | I do n't recognise it is that ford , that 's ford Ruth is n't it ? , that 's what it is , it 's a back ford , Pearly Way , those factories I 'm sure . |
| 9 | ‘ But at the end of the day , we both realise it is each other 's happiness which matters most . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do not know what is this action you refer to . ’ |
| 11 | Anyway she left twelve pence on the floor and Gary says whose is this money , said you leave it there , it 's for Enid 's no nobody touch this chuffing twelve pence . |
| 12 | She left twelve pence on the floor and Bill put it in the cubby hole in the fireplace and Gary says whose is this money and Arthur was going to pick it up an'all , he says leave that he says that 's for Enid 's money . |
| 13 | I have ruined everything , and Aycliffe says there is little hope of your succeeding in a contest with Araminta . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It was extremely painful for a while but the doctor says there is little risk of permanent damage . ’ |
| 15 | Davies says there is some evidence to suggest that showing the consequences of violence is preferable to not doing so . |
| 16 | Marsden says there is more change , more uncertainty , than at any time in his 33 years in the fertilizer business . |
| 17 | Social services director John Ransford , who is also ADSS secretary , says there is less money left for other services . |
| 18 | The whole area of classification is one which is regularly the subject of Market Research Society working parties , and from time to time provokes a rash of articles in the technical press , but at the time of writing there is little sign of any real breakthrough to a new and better system . |
| 19 | However , at the time of writing there is some doubt about the robustness of these programmes while the implications of the internal marketing reform in the NHS are worked through . |
| 20 | ‘ In The Home I 've been in , I do n't feel there is any authority over me at all . |
| 21 | But certainly in the Craven context I do not feel there is any justification for this policy . |
| 22 | State 3 to state 4 — usually if the approximate number of blocks for the item was estimated too high , resulting in Offline believing there is more space available even though it is physically full |
| 23 | ‘ Sometimes we make the mistake of believing there is some connection , when in truth we are discussing a different era , different players who played different laws . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope there is another way out , ’ Alexei said . |
| 25 | there are advantages erm and quite honestly if erm er the way I put it is that salary company car and BUPA and all that sort of thing |
| 26 | ‘ I do not understand you , ’ he rasped , ‘ but coming from you I imagine it is some acid comment . |
| 27 | Whether the public will want to keep on swallowing it is another matter . |
| 28 | Whether he 'll do anything is another matter . ’ |
| 29 | What it should have told them is that terrorism makes it harder , not easier , to gain a hearing in a democracy . |
| 30 | So The other thing you 've got to think about , if you do react the wrong way , and we 've probably all been tempted to at times if we have n't done it , but if you do react the wrong way , consider who is that person coming by ? |