Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if , if you accept the ten percent owning the eighty percent , there must 've been enough but the poor are not getting it . |
| 2 | Maxim drove it slowly , en-joying the first real countryside he had been in since the hot weather began . |
| 3 | ‘ It depends entirely where you live whether it 's down to the school you are in or the local education authority . |
| 4 | We 're there because the Conservative party chose us , and put us there . |
| 5 | The two sessions , described by Mr Butts as ‘ good confrontations ’ , seem to have been more than the sensitive Japanese journalists could stand . |
| 6 | THE Berlin Wall has long been more than the ugliest symbol of Europe 's division . |
| 7 | A straight channel was cut under the new bridge for the river to run in and it joined the original channel near the site of the old boathouse , the river 's original course having been near where the old Post Office used to stand . |
| 8 | ‘ What I say , constable , is ’ — and now it was Arthur speaking — ‘ there 's such a thing as 'arassment , that 's what they 've told me when I 've been up afore the old bloke . |
| 9 | The fears are now that the outgoing government of the Christian Democrats , Socialists , Liberals and Social Democrats will no longer be able to command a majority , leaving a plethora of parties from which it will be impossible to form a working coalition . |
| 10 | Oh yes , oh yes much as they are now and the big horse we used to call them the big horses you know and er shows and that , all , they used to , Willenhall Wakes used to be fine really good , and er that was down in the Lane somewhere there . |
| 11 | The outputs , Q and , should have opposite states that is one l.e.d. will be on and the other one off . |
| 12 | Let the prototype low-pass transfer function be so that the planned high-pass transfer function is where a and b are certain constants , for example for the Butterworth type , and ( see equation ( 12.11 ) ) . |
| 13 | That will only be so if the unbelieving partner is to leave , because at that point the values and foundations of the marriage are shown to be violated and at odds . |
| 14 | This will be so if the same work is done by fewer employees or by no employees at all . |
| 15 | Why should this be so and the rational processes just described not take prominence ? |
| 16 | They phone her every day , of course , and I 'm sure it wo n't be long before the whole family is reunited once again . ’ |
| 17 | But now that is behind me and we are touring together again it wo n't be long before the old nicknames ‘ Mork and Mindy ’ or ‘ Tweedledee and Tweedledum ’ or ‘ Pinky and Perky ’ surface again . |
| 18 | But the benefit of a second one-year set-aside , if the scheme is extended , would be less because the reduced area of cereals harvested in 1992 would reduce the co-responsibility levy refund . |
| 19 | So y y y you , you , you , you 've got at least three things which are all sort of brewing up there and you think good grief what a , what a , what a state to be in because the poor doctor does n't know what on earth to do , poor Jan does n't know , well it 's worse for Jan cos she 's sitting there thinking I 'm going potty or , you know , ca n't stand properly or you know is leaning over or , or numb down one side of her face or , or or whatever it was , it was i i it was the , the dizziness I think actually which which was most alarming . |
| 20 | And then Dawn , she rung work to say she would n't be in because the wee woman she |
| 21 | But a case which is of enormous embarrassment to sport may not yet be over and the International Amateur Athletic Federation might not regard the matter as closed . |
| 22 | It is not quite clear what he meant by this ; the point may well be not that the new kings — Eardwulf in Northumbria , and Coenwulf in Mercia — were of non-royal stock but that they were not of the lineage , respectively , of Aethelred and Offa — but it could easily be construed as a slur . |
| 23 | A policeman called to deal with the fracas suggested that it might be best if the nervous pair took the hint and left . |
| 24 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the edges are blurred and no one is sure just when youth may be said to be past and the second stage of adult life begun . |
| 25 | Therefore i if we , if he done that then that paragraph would seem to be slightly and the second point was really to ask if there was any further update on the progress in terms of negotiations in Surrey and East Sussex er in terms of this erm particular by-pass and I know that Mr in particular has been concerned with negotiations and Mrs also erm Mrs is not here therefore as Mr could advise me for us o of where we 're at really , so that we fully understand because obviously the the line of the by-pass is very important so far as any further development is is concerned . |
| 26 | The scientists who man the climatological observation posts are less cautious than they used to be now that the general theory of climate change has become common property ; government servants are more confident and outspoken ; and , while scepticism remains , no cabinet minister is likely to denounce the theory and the accompanying evidence as hysterical . |
| 27 | " Then they 'll be here when the bad thing comes . |
| 28 | Derby will be there when the final fight for promotion takes place , ’ said Holdsworth . |
| 29 | The question then arises , ‘ Would this fear be there if the individual concerned knew for absolute certainty that no-one will ever know that he is guilty ? ’ . |
| 30 | Most landowners do realise that people have a right to be there and the best PR for them is to ensure the rights of way are clear and enjoyable — landowners need public support . |