Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [is] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some people that 's where you 'll probably get mugged anyway , if you 're safe from well from one road cutting through the flats where all the empty flats are that is the point where they 'd probably get mugged and assaulted and raped and God knows what . |
| 2 | ‘ The idea that all people involved in espionage are rich is a myth . |
| 3 | The one in which we are interested is the Type 10 paper which is a white , rather stiff but extremely smooth surfaced bonding of fibres . |
| 4 | ‘ To say I am delighted is an understatement , ’ said Wallace , who was tracked down on a business trip to Moscow by a Garryowen club colleague . |
| 5 | When you say , ‘ I know this is true ’ , you are really saying , ‘ This is what I am convinced is the truth of the matter . ’ |
| 6 | the news you 're overdue Is a bolt |
| 7 | You should be feeling confident , bold and assertive now making this an ideal time for meeting your boss or bank manager and getting support for a new idea , concept or venture that you 're sure is a winner . |
| 8 | If it is true that Socrates ( during the relevant period of his life ) is bald , then to say that this could have been false is a contradiction in terms . |
| 9 | you see salesmanship is applying psychology , you know , and a lot of people , I mean , wha the reason why insurance companies are justified is a lot of people are protected by it , you know . |
| 10 | If , as I am confident is the case , the average fare is less than £2 , then the average refund would not exceed 40p . |
| 11 | You 've made very powerfully erm and I 'm that 's a point that we 'll take on board . |
| 12 | I who do you want to be that 's the thing who do you want to be ? |
| 13 | Now in this first session I really want to look at the way that er er financial planning will affect you once you , once you retire , it may be that 's the sort of area you 've not looked at in detail . |
| 14 | I know it could be something to do with regime er banks of course are supervised by the Bank of England at the moment and er the financial services er regime is supervised by the S I B and it could be that is the reason why it is not explicitly stated er that the accountant has to be acting in his capacity as erm as auditor . |
| 15 | Anniversary date for the periodic charge The Government think it right as a corollary of the introduction of these reliefs , that the first anniversary date on which the periodic charge under paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Finance Bill will be payable is the anniversary date next after 31st March 1980 . |
| 16 | ‘ To say I 'm relieved is an understatement . ’ |
| 17 | Such hotness will be almost imperceptible to those who eat chilli every day , and the notion that Thai food must sear the mouth to be authentic is a misunderstanding . |
| 18 | Whatever is felt to be abnormal is a source of anxiety . |
| 19 | This is best explained , not by suggesting that they do not have interests in common or that they are satisfied with things as they are , but by attending to the crushing significance of those ideas in society which preach that to be poor is an individual 's own fault and reflects his or her lack of preparedness to study and train , to work hard , to postpone having a family , or what have you . |
| 20 | We opened with the simile of a wobbling jelly ; another parallel that may be helpful is the relationship between a shadow and its origin . |
| 21 | However it is clear from the context that all that he meant was that , where what is claimed to be confidential is an idea based on a well-known theme , it must have something such as a significant twist or slant which is not public knowledge . |
| 22 | Why space-time should be four-dimensional is a question that is normally considered to be outside the realm of physics . |
| 23 | What seems to be important is the number of people the housewife sees . |
| 24 | To be beautiful is a responsibility . |
| 25 | The fact that Black Monday 's effects on demand turned out to be trivial is the knowledge of hindsight . |
| 26 | This global negative self-statement brings emotional distress which is intensified and maintained by Automatic Thought 2 ‘ that to be distressed is a sign of weakness ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ To be psychic is a blessing ? |
| 28 | What could be worrying is the extremity of some of the observations on rap records , for instance . |
| 29 | No they 're just two standard stores , one 's twenty five thousand square feet in Yeovil which as you will be aware is a market town with a fairly wide catchment area and in Cardiff which where we 're opposite Marks and Spencers on an out-of-town development so they 're just two stores virtually picked because they were ready to open |
| 30 | As Barro points out , the only quantity rule which does not carry with it the implication that at times buyers and sellers will , at the price set , trade a quantity of the good they consider in advance to be sub-optimal is a rule which sets output equal to the value it would take in the absence of any unanticipated disturbances ; that is , y n . |