Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wishes and feelings of the old person are properly our first consideration , though , even if there is no risk to others , one can not necessarily in all circumstances make them paramount . |
| 2 | From the beginning heads of missions had had secretaries who often played an important role ; but these had been recruited and paid by the diplomats themselves and had been merely their personal servants . |
| 3 | ‘ My actions and my choice of companions are entirely my own affair , and frankly I do n't see any reason to divulge any information about either . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Your beliefs are entirely your own business . |
| 5 | ( These are only my personal feelings and I would n't want to put anybody else down for the way they dress . ) |
| 6 | I am not what one day I hope to be , |
| 7 | ‘ And I am not your little friend , ’ she muttered , feeling terribly near to tears again . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not your imaginary playmate . |
| 9 | I am not his private confidant , I am only a cook , remember . ’ |
| 10 | Erm I have to say that that these are largely my personal views of the member of the regional office , rather than obviously the Secretary of State at this stage in the proceedings . |
| 11 | It does n't give a very realistic picture ; again a lot of the costume in museums , it gives a distorted view because the clothes that people keep are generally their best clothes — their ball dresses , their wedding dresses . |
| 12 | They are easily our favourite flowers . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Naturally my blessing — are not we all King Edward 's men at heart ! ’ |
| 14 | The document began by declaring that ‘ while BEC and TEC must be closely involved with the new arrangements , it would not be appropriate for these Councils to assume responsibility for levels of agricultural education which are not their proper concern ’ . |
| 15 | Divine inspiration and revelation are not their own guarantees , and we must always ask ‘ How do I know that God is the revealer of this to me ? ’ |
| 16 | Many species that are not themselves distasteful mimic other brightly ones that are . |
| 17 | In recent years the practice has developed , on the initiative of the financial futures market , of allowing members onto the floor who are not themselves clearing members . |
| 18 | The platinum tresses falling around her shoulders are not her real hair . |
| 19 | MARTI PELLOW of WET WET WET may have a world-famous grin — but , unbeknownst to his legions of fans , they are not his real teeth ! |
| 20 | But these , of course , are not his main reasons . |
| 21 | While both the above are certainly types of social research , we will say no more about them here , since their specialist activities are not our major concern . |
| 22 | However , this lively lot are not your stereotypical Essex Girls , but a trio of glamorous drag queens with the names Saffron Walden , Kirby Cross and Sible Headingham ( all Essex towns ) , known collectively as ‘ The Pleased Wimmin ’ . |
| 23 | They are not my primary concern in this paper . |
| 24 | ‘ Record companies and things like that are not my main concern . |
| 25 | ( I subsequently had ( 27 April ) a site meeting with an EGBT official , who completed a proposal form on the spot — however , the funding aspects are not my main concern here ; suffice it to say , 1 ) that I have always been confident that funding would be secured from one source or another , and 2 ) that my direct approach to SNH was done only because I had indications that their project approvals took months rather than weeks — something I have subsequently been assured is not true ) . |
| 26 | Are not there fewer pages in our charter than there were in ’ Meet the Challenge : Make the Change ’ , the document produced by the Labour party ? |
| 27 | In this light , Seadocs ' main shortcoming may have been not its premature ambition , but the modesty of its scope . |
| 28 | Most , most criminals do n't want to get caught but there are the odd exceptions who are a bit idiotic er but we erm they 're very rare and usually high on drugs on something like that , but we 're just your ordinary sort of down and out type criminal who wants to break in some way . |
| 29 | It 's quite possible you 're not their only victim . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not their bloody nursemaid . |