Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know where I am or who these people are , but they have n't harmed me . |
| 2 | The problem with any efficiency drive in government is that what some people regard as a mere means to an end , others regard as an end in itself . |
| 3 | But his shadow , Mr Gerald Kaufman , said : ‘ The fact is that what this Government has adopted is the policy of the three o'clock knock by police . ’ |
| 4 | The special feature of the two Unidroit Conventions is that they each deal with a transaction involving two distinct contracts . |
| 5 | The problem for the Thatcher Government is that its own diagnosis of the crisis of state authority constantly impelled it towards intervention whether in the internal affairs of trade unions , the spending priorities of local authorities , the curricula of schools and universities , or the patterns of family behaviour . |
| 6 | McGegan 's problem ( if it can be considered one ) is that his own orchestra , Philharmonia Baroque , is based in Los Angeles , and is therefore too expensive to bring annually to Göttingen . |
| 7 | What has happened to me in the group is that my own perceptions of myself and others have been modified by group norms , which may only be mine marginally . |
| 8 | ‘ But the fact is that my own mother and father lived in Innes Place in their first house after they were married . |
| 9 | Bill said : ‘ My only worry is if his former lover , the Penthouse model Gennifer Flowers , turns up on my doorstep . |
| 10 | I could if I just pick up one other point about you know , like the the non-standard times , or the non-standard occasions when we do fire evacuations currently er , I do n't know where we think the fire is but we all troop out via our normal fire exits and to our normal assembly ports erm , it maybe men , maybe an idea to do some fire evacuations where we stayed where the fire actually was and people have got to take other other routes to evacuate the building . |
| 11 | I desire only to know that all is well ; that it is but my own foolishness , aided by my being here at so unholy an hour , which causes me such anguish … |
| 12 | In contrast , the District 's perception of the Cambridge Board 's policy was that its own work would be undermined and possibly replaced by expansion of the Board 's providing powers for Chapter III courses through the appointment of a cadre of university resident tutors throughout the region . |
| 13 | What he did not know until late on was that his former Chancellor was to make a statement on his resignation . |
| 14 | The fact was that his own heart had grown irresistibly fond of the love of his life , Senora Isabel-Maria Estanguet de Moss , whose husband had just been posted to the Argentinian Embassy in Brussels . |
| 15 | Perhaps it was because her few visits to Sleightholmedale had been fleeting or was it perhaps , George wondered , because she knew how overwhelmed they would feel if they knew the truth . |