Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [det] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't worry about the purple prose ( unless you are that way inclined ) , as the programme editors will be amalgamating all the information into one article , which we hope will be of interest to all Society members whether or not they are able to come to the Fairfield Hall . |
| 2 | Remember who you were this time last year . |
| 3 | We are some way short of being able to judge precisely what is required , especially as questions have been raised about the regulatory machinery under the Financial Services Act 1986 , as well as the arrangements of the Occupational Pensions Board . |
| 4 | We 're all penny wise these days . |
| 5 | We were this end sorry , we were this end , you know . |
| 6 | We were this time last year , and we ve got a better squad this time around ( and indeed than that which won the league ) . |
| 7 | Boro will be among the clubs stepping up their recruitment as their mid-table finish in North One proved they are some way short of promotion standard . |
| 8 | Now , if you contrast that with the protectionist case , we say , virtually in the whole of western Europe , Japan , erm , to a lesser extent America , but the main consuming areas for say a commodity like wheat right , they 're all self sufficient . |
| 9 | Let's assume they 're all self sufficient , the world market essentially becomes a residual market , it 's not the market place where everyone goes any longer , it 's the market where just a few people will go . |
| 10 | but you you can say , because people are working more effectively therefore they 're more cost effective . |
| 11 | Job vacancies are still 10,000 lower than they were this time last year . |
| 12 | Had it been any night other than Wednesday , he would have staggered out . |
| 13 | Oh , please do n't let it be another car full of drunks ! |
| 14 | So I said well , no it 's not now is it , it 's erm , oh it 's that school that the . |
| 15 | No , it 's not it 's that shit that |
| 16 | No , it 's that side first then . |
| 17 | Oh it 's that display open attracted container |
| 18 | See I mean it 's all paper that |
| 19 | Or may or maybe it 's tomorrow or Friday , it 's some time this week but she 's not sixteen yet . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , it 's more cost effective to privatise our work . |
| 21 | X times a quarter , it 's more point seven five , |
| 22 | occupied and as you say , she 's she 's she 's in the , the nursing home and I mean , it 's same environment all the time so , she 's bound to dwell it on longer is n't she ? |
| 23 | Chairman I 'll try and be brief er I think the problem with the car boot sales is that they have been er hi-jacked commercially er it seems a good idea it 's , it 's another line another way of disposing of goods whether they 're straight goods or whether they 're they 're er misappropriated goods or whatever . |
| 24 | This chair goes up and down when you sit on it is that computer free ? |
| 25 | Thus it is that Givon 1980 talks of verbs being reduced in finiteness and argues that the degree of reduction is related to the degree to which the event evoked by the complement is bound to the agent or experiencer in terms of his influence over it . |
| 26 | Conversely , some econometricians have argued that it is more cost effective to use a ‘ drip ’ system , advertising more or less continuously over a long period at a very low weight . |
| 27 | In some situations , it is more cost effective to use a PR consultancy , especially in areas where the organisation is inexperienced ( e.g. the City or Parliament ) . |
| 28 | Industry statistics have shown that engineers can waste 40% of their time searching for information , and it is this problem that VirtualStation addresses . |
| 29 | The reader can hope , all the same , that the writer will give an account of the special merits of key pictures , and it is these art critical passages which can be of most help in enjoying or appreciating the chosen artist 's achievement . |
| 30 | The first contends that the word ‘ appropriate ’ has built into it a connotation that it is some action inconsistent with the owner 's rights , something hostile to the interests of the owner or contrary to his wishes and intention or without his authority . |