Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [pers pn] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only by painstaking research are we able to paint an accurate picture of what is really happening . |
| 2 | She said fucking machine out there not paying me out and your cancel my money on the fucking card am I supposed to eat today ? |
| 3 | But only in certain areas of historical linguistic research is it appropriate to use standardization and ‘ the standard language ’ as our main reference point and focus of interest , and sound-change is not one of these areas . |
| 4 | Successive Secretaries of State have stated that only by the unvarying observance of this practice is it possible to ensure that in no circumstances is anything said or not said which , by comparison with what was said on a different occasion , might imply that a warrant had or had not been issued . |
| 5 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 6 | I would like to change the distributor for the electronic type is it possible to fit new type instrument binnacle from 84/85 vehicle and also new type Vogue seats ? |
| 7 | Helmut Mahlke , was hit in the starboard wing by an A.A. burst , and only by luck and much skill was he able to regain Sicily and land safely . |
| 8 | Only through the use of such a modification was it possible to have access to the complete lexicon provided with the second version of the ANLT . |
| 9 | Was it possible rhetorical question was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the constitution ? |
| 10 | As a community are we willing to risk building a just peace rather than arming ourselves for war ? |
| 11 | Indeed , a striking feature of post-war economic growth has been the increasing importance of techniques of persuasion : only by stimulating wants and keeping consumers in a state of dissatisfaction is it possible to secure high levels of demand for much of the output of modern industrial economies . |
| 12 | Only by including this process is it possible to access every word in the lexicon . |
| 13 | If they buy on credit are they likely to encounter difficulties in repaying the loan ? |
| 14 | Otherwise it 's not fair on the markist Are you ready to copy the questions out ? |
| 15 | WC apps : 8 Runners-up : 1934 , 1962 The Czechoslovaks have only been seen twice in the tournament proper since they reached the 1962 final and on neither occasion were they able to win a match . |
| 16 | Erm if you 're buying an endowment policy is it possible to put er put it in as it were paid up , or do you have to find the premiums out of your income ? |
| 17 | Indeed , only by holding to a very diffuse and very general understanding of social theory is it possible to see many of these views and their exponents as representatives of the same general theoretical approach . |
| 18 | How much rice are you supposed to have for one person ? |
| 19 | How much hard disk space are you likely to need ? |
| 20 | As a church are we willing to accept the rule of the Prince of Peace and the power of the resurrection or do we prefer to shut our doors to the pains of the poor and pretend they are not there Pause |
| 21 | And from the caller 's voice were you able to come to the view as to his age ? |
| 22 | The three others rose to leave and it was only at the very last moment that he added , almost casually : ‘ What message were you supposed to phone to the American Consulate ? ’ |
| 23 | In what sense is it true to say that a watch or an airliner or an earwig or a person is complex , but the moon is simple ? |
| 24 | Nan is it awkward to get in ? |
| 25 | What the hell are we supposed to do ? |
| 26 | How the hell are you supposed to deal with these people ? he wondered helplessly . |
| 27 | What the hell am I supposed to call you now ? ’ |
| 28 | What the hell am I supposed to make of you ? |
| 29 | How the hell am I supposed to get heads and bodies for the Poles and the Bunker if I do n't kill things ? |
| 30 | man said you got any experience , I said no , I said well you know experience , I felt like saying fucking well how the bloody hell am I supposed to get experience when no one will take me , but I 'm , I was n't really interested in the sales work not quite |