Example sentences of "[indef pn] is [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GUSHIEST COMMENT : ‘ The greatest thing you can do do when you love somebody is to make another human being . ’ |
| 2 | It may be difficult to explain why a few minutes spent reading fourteen lines of Shakespeare should be a higher pleasure than reading an equivalent length of a James Bond story , but the analyses of literary criticism elucidate how in the former case one is living those few minutes in intensified awareness with an extraordinarily extended span , from the texture of the words sounding in one 's inner ear to the remotest implications for the living of one 's whole life . |
| 3 | I think two of the big changes that I would like to see happening , and I think are beginning to happen , one is to put much less stress on the content of history , which in many cases is , is less important , than the learning the skills of a historian . |
| 4 | It 's a fairly low risk erm threat at the moment , air strikes are cheap er they 're not particularly dangerous whether they 're effective or not is another matter , er and there 's no immediate come back on the domestic scene because no one is expecting any one state to be the saviour in that particular situation . |
| 5 | If one is to avoid this simple circularity , then one must explain standing for in terms of some natural relation between particulars . |
| 6 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 7 | No-one is making any great claims for Neil Jenkins — which borders on the unique for a Welsh stand-off — but many are persuaded he will be a different player for his part in an historic triumph . |