Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep it clean , there 's only them two buggers . |
| 2 | It is only their sheltered lives which keep them from facing the same problem . |
| 3 | ‘ It is only her own customs she respects . ’ |
| 4 | This is often the decisive part of the race , since if you launch well and get clear of the group it is only your own mistakes that will stop you from qualifying . |
| 5 | Yet a casino is exactly what many bosses , politicians and pundits believe to have been the home of Anglo-American corporate finance in the past five years or more : a den of greed and chance in which the only way to win is to fix the roulette wheel . |
| 6 | Which is exactly what second-hand clothes are . |
| 7 | This , too , is exactly what real-life geneticists do . |
| 8 | But this is exactly what large sections of the media , especially given Manchester City Council 's refusal to publish the full report for fear of litigation , took to be the real meaning of the report . |
| 9 | And this is exactly what these trilobites have developed . |
| 10 | This shows that the actualization of the infinitive 's event is not what such sentences express , an analysis supported by Coates ( 1983 : 100 ) , who gives a similar argument for the meaning of can in her discussion of She can swim , and Palmer ( 1977 : 5 ) , who has pointed out that a sentence such as ( 12 ) is impossible because can " is not used to imply actuality in the past " : ( 12 ) * I ran fast and could catch the bus , Example ( 13 ) however is quite acceptable because it implies that the event did not take place , being seen merely as a possibility in the past ( i.e. a potentiality ) . |
| 11 | By contrast , the research reported here suggests that controlling is not what British solicitors — even those at the bottom end of the market — spend most of their time doing . |
| 12 | ‘ It is not their real conditions of existence , their real world , that ‘ men ’ ‘ represent to themselves ’ in ideology , but above all , it is their relation to those conditions of existence which is represented to them there . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ T is not your inky brows , your black silk hair , |
| 14 | But as Kerly heads for retirement , team coach Norman Hughes said : ‘ I 'd like to think that this is not his last Olympics . |
| 15 | But such mutual exchange is just what human beings are incapable of sustaining consistently . |
| 16 | And that 's just what these disciples did , they started questioning , what 's he doing there ? |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not me that changes , ’ he said mildly . |
| 18 | It 's not something English dogs do . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not his sexual propensities that matter . |
| 20 | However , this line of argument is hardly what radical analysts of the welfare state should want . |
| 21 | We 'd get £50 or £60 a night — which might not sound like a lot but that 's still what young bands get for the same gigs today . |
| 22 | Well it 's like what most exercises are , it seems like a lot of nonsense but actually when it comes to the crunch , you actually know what 's going to happen , you know the the procedures and everything like that . |
| 23 | But it 's it 's also his best friends |
| 24 | That 's really what both parties believe they will get out of this contract . |
| 25 | Rose , Birmingham Region and I make it very clear on the onset that our Region is having a free vote on this because we have n't had the opportunity to discuss the document and therefore what I 'm saying is purely my own views . |
| 26 | Erm , you know , the , it 's mainly our younger players . |
| 27 | ‘ Is n't everything these days ? |
| 28 | Telling your loved ones where you 're spending the night or what time you 'll be back is n't something that parents only demand of their children . |
| 29 | Mind you , is n't there some restrictions on what you can do with fridges ? |
| 30 | A bit like with the keyboards is n't it two keyboards for a birthday present . |