Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to avoid loading a title with a chain of such covenants , it is perhaps better draftsmanship , when first imposing restrictions , to provide that the owner for the time being shall be responsible only for breaches committed whilst he or she is such owner . |
| 2 | For this to be effective each transmitter-receiver system needs to be based on varied signals or there is great confusion and you become unable to tell which ferret is where . |
| 3 | If that motivation appears to be weak or there is marked ambivalence , it is worth reflecting upon what the old person wants to be able to do ! |
| 4 | ( c ) External wall In the case of a demise of one floor of a building , or of a room on any floor that is bounded or enclosed on one or more sides by an outside wall , unless the outside wall is excepted or reserved , or there is some context which leads to the contrary conclusion , prima facie the premises demised comprise both sides of the outside wall ( Hope Brothers Ltd v Cowan [ 1913 ] 2 Ch 312 per Joyce ; Goldfoot v Welch [ 1914 ] 1 Ch 213 ; Sturge v Hackett [ 1962 ] 3 All ER 166 ) . |
| 5 | Or there is some connection between the two incidents . |
| 6 | Or there 's chemical warfare — but who wants to carry an aerosol can of doggy deterrent around with them , even if it is CFC free ? |
| 7 | ‘ Either school dinners have really gone downhill , or there 's one hell of a big parrot on the loose round here . ’ |
| 8 | Or there 's some Ryvita . |
| 9 | Would you like a pie or there 's some haggis , neeps and potato left ? |
| 10 | So when you looked at in the in the exam , did you think , Oh , they 're not giving me enough information here , or There 's some trick I do n't know , or what did you think about it ? |
| 11 | Or there 's another thing you can mum we 're trying to make that . |
| 12 | Fixed-term appointments are offered by the Board only where the job is expected to be of limited duration or there are exceptional management reasons for appointing someone for only a limited period to an ongoing job . |
| 13 | In particularly cold winters , when frost is prolonged or there are bitter north-east winds , some herbs will be killed ; thyme , sage , rosemary , marjoram , tarragon and pineapple mint are examples . |
| 14 | I know er , down at Corfe Junction or a one road across or one another across or there was one road going to Wimborne , one going to Broadstone , up road and down road . |
| 15 | That 's punishment , yeah , they would either do that or there was one driver down there he broke a wheel , that were n't his fault , and he had to pay for it , he had to go in the office like I did once . |
| 16 | Either Gibson know something we do n't , or they 're one fret short of an octave … |
| 17 | Torturers were either trained policemen or soldiers , or they were special commando units , or they were trained in USA or Panama , or they simply carried on the tradition of civilian torture . |
| 18 | It 's not that good , cos it 's either Final Fight you have to be or you can only pick out of and or it 's Final Fight guy where you can only be or Guy . |
| 19 | Or what 's that word that Lizzie — 'er as married my grandson — ‘ as picked up ? |
| 20 | As neither he nor I were long-term government servants , we were rather more critical of policies and decisions , and did our best to see that reasonable criticism was reasonably answered . |
| 21 | Next to Paul Theroux and me were two lady companions . |
| 22 | There is a substantial crowd of Schillings contemporaries waiting on library shelves awaiting discovery , and I am sure Marco Polo will bring us some of these . |
| 23 | The programme in 1988 was basically the same , and I am sure audience and choirs stood then , as they do now , for the ‘ Hallelujah ’ chorus . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think so , Brother , and I am afeared worse might happen . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ This year is the 21st anniversary of Durham Wildlife Trust and I am busy preparing for that . |
| 26 | I am alone on a desolate plain , and I am cold and I am lonely thought Jay , chanted Jay , she could find no comfort . |
| 27 | Marion and I are living day by day . |
| 28 | Your father and I are worried sick about you . |
| 29 | Well John and I are both Chair Person , are Co-Chair at the moment , erm |
| 30 | Do you think your mother and I are happy hearing you described as Ace Barton 's latest tart ? ’ |