Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ( These are only my personal feelings and I would n't want to put anybody else down for the way they dress . ) |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They are easily our favourite flowers . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | But these , of course , are not his main reasons . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | They 've got there are two little doors are n't there , which are probably their front doors ? |
| 12 | There are also her masterly contributions to the school 's double LP of classic ballads , The Muckle Sangs , now re-released on CD . |
| 13 | Thus the main multiples in the table are also themselves smaller components of parent organizations . |
| 14 | They are driven to cunning in order to buy the materials they need for their work … they are vain , envious and antagonistic to writers ‘ who are really their best friends , who control the public and try to bring it to a greater state of culture which will offer the artists great subject for their work … |
| 15 | Ian says that being a parent and devoted husband are now his main roles in life . |
| 16 | Exactly , they 're not , they wan they 're being interviewed for television , they ca n't be probably their normal selves , can they . |
| 17 | Hopkins appealed to working women in the name of ‘ the common dignity … of our womanhood ’ , but moral responsibility was often seen to be precisely what these women lacked and what middle-class women could give . |
| 18 | In a society which drew no sharp line between the natural and the supernatural , a very real presence of the saints in heaven was felt to be where their bodily remains rested . |
| 19 | they 're better for parking are n't they small ones ? |
| 20 | ‘ Are n't they glorious tales , mummy ! ’ |
| 21 | Oh are n't they lucky gits . |
| 22 | and they 'll get very worried , and it 's quite a difficult area because you have to be on the look out for something that 's not right , but you do n't want people to get er very worried because those feet are going to be very mobile and doing non walking thing until the child walks , they 're also very fat and podgy are n't they little babies ' feet ? |
| 23 | Whereas mothers at home are n't their usual selves because they 've their children to look after . |
| 24 | And if she 's a comedian , why are n't there more jokes in her shows ? |
| 25 | Why are n't there more women scientists and engineers ? |
| 26 | Why are n't there more pubs in London doing this ? |
| 27 | Are n't there any lights ? |
| 28 | Without waiting for an answer , she piled into the back — ‘ Are n't there any seat-belts for the twins ? ’ — and Carol , determined to believe I did not exist , joined her , after loading something which I did n't see in through the rear doors . |
| 29 | Are n't there any prints on that ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Are n't there any Dogs ’ Homes in this shitty country ? ’ demanded Perdita . |