Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [is] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sure there are , but I can quite honestly say that you 're the first one I 've been aware of , or who 's made such a marked impression on me after so short an acquaintance . ’ |
| 2 | Where liability is admitted , or it is acknowledged that liability is likely to be established , then it may be sensible to try and agree an interim payment because it will probably be possible to secure a lower sum in interim damages than would be awarded by the Court if matters were so to proceed . |
| 3 | Yes , sorry , you could say it again , is sent on line seven , or whatever is numbered seven . |
| 4 | Most of what passes for women 's education and which is considered different in kind and emphasis from that which is usually provided in mainstream education for women , is , in my view , a transparent variation on a familiar theme . |
| 5 | Oh , oh , it 's already 10 am and nobody 's posted last night 's result . |
| 6 | She 's going around calling me a murderer and she 's invited this Cobalt in to turn over the place looking for drugs . ’ |
| 7 | And she 's done that . ’ |
| 8 | Recently , things have got worse and she 's become agoraphobic . |
| 9 | And she 's made such a difference to me . |
| 10 | Her husband died about five years ago and she 's put all her emotional energy into her job . |
| 11 | If a joint is swollen and there is increased synovial fluid in the joint , a sample of this fluid can be taken by your vet and tested for the presence of white blood cells in the joint . |
| 12 | His results in seven of the eight one-day internationals were only marginally better , with six wickets at 41.33 , and he is ranked 12 with C&L — the highest Englishman . |
| 13 | The manager is responsible for the actual results achieved , and he is held accountable because information about his achievements will be fed back to his superiors , and they can then call him to account to explain his performance . |
| 14 | Maamur showed , when winning a maiden race at Southwell last month by 10 lengths , that he has the potential to develop into a useful stayer and he is napped this afternoon . |
| 15 | But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he 's served two jail sentences . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's an intelligent boy , very sensitive and he 's seen other players leave Forest and things not go well for them . |
| 17 | And he 's mounted some of his moths for us . … |
| 18 | And if it goes the other way , and he 's called guilty of murder , then , worse , he 'll hang . ’ |
| 19 | Howard always started by getting the 'keeper and back four right first , and he 's done that . |
| 20 | And he 's pledged five per cent of tonight 's take to the Children 's Aid Fund , which means — ’ |
| 21 | his beard and everything to a T. He 'd sit at the top of the table , have his stiff white serviette tucked into his waistcoat , and he 's lifted that carving knife and fork until — you sat there and you never said a word . |
| 22 | They 're both over twenty-one , and he 's signed all the papers . ’ |
| 23 | Brian Horton says that Joey has signed a three year contract and he 's sold enough players to last him a lifetime … |
| 24 | Many others , however , ( and it 's believed this group included Orkney Islands Council ) would have liked to see the family leave South Ronaldsay altogether . |
| 25 | ‘ It taught him to settle and relax and it 's made all the difference . |
| 26 | erm it 's an old one and it 's called Fancy Fish and we were sorting our videos out to list 'em and then we 'll make a list and then we 'd let you have and then if you want a video and that , you know what you got and we were looking through this Fancy Fish and it 's erm I do n't know if you remember it , it shows an open show at Oxford |
| 27 | And it 's called Fancy Goods |
| 28 | Yes lovely , amino acids , right , it 's one particular amino acid there are eight essential amino , amino acids and it 's one of these and it 's called venial alanine you do n't have to remember that , it 's very difficult to , to remember . |
| 29 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 30 | And it 's called enhanced careers guidance . |