Example sentences of "[be] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm one of the issues is going to be is whether or not we can afford to improve the level of the commitments apart from adding things as we go through . |
| 2 | I tell you what it could be is that cos you got ta know that C D's use laser to read it |
| 3 | I was so caught up in my plurals or situations in hardship that I did n't notice that the subject in more senses than one is a singular lack , and the verb should be is and not are , therefore I must ask the indulgence of the general assembly to change the verb . |
| 4 | The reason being is that it 's copied for formula across , see at the top F eight time E nine , and that formula has gone and recalculated straight away . |
| 5 | The idea being is that they would now spend the first year at college , possibly we then would look at them better and |
| 6 | Erm , she covers the Durham , Gateshead and Bishop Auckland area , the reason being is that I look after our certain areas , and Jane looks after certain areas , and we both make appointments for Jack . |
| 7 | A further great grievance that exists in this force in the Division where I am is that the Section Sergeant dare not enter any Station while he is on duty unless he signs the main station book ; yet the plain clothes P.C.s and Detective Constables , and even uniform P.C.s can go into the Station as often as they think and there is no order that any of them must sign in and out . |
| 8 | All that I have , and all that I am is now yours , I invest it in you , it is yours . |
| 9 | I think the problem 's been is the problem 's been is that we do n't want to let any business go |
| 10 | But generally the feeling is that the appropriate sort of area for Greater York er in terms of the main linkages erm are is that defined in the Greater York study , which appeared to er find some support in the local government commission for example . |
| 11 | A useful test of how effective your section headings are is that it should be possible to string them together into a paraphrase of what the essay says . |
| 12 | The main differences are is that it 's very heavy , slow and sluggish . |
| 13 | You are are , in the are you need an E , and E ends are , are is that a proper |
| 14 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 15 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 16 | So what 's is that a mixture of |
| 17 | So that 's is that roughly when this house was built ? |
| 18 | And another thing , she did n't have to do well her mother 's erm her mother-in-law seems a bit erm bad tempered with her , like , she 's is that she did n't have to tell John , her ex-husband that there 's anything the matter like and and , and that 's when she she , all she wants to do is get him against me . |
| 19 | I think that 's is that not the thing that 's worrying you , is that the question mark in your mind as well ? |
| 20 | I accept the Liberal 's is and so 's the Conservative , but I 'd be interested to know whether anyone allows a free vote ever in the Liberal party . |
| 21 | The first point in my manifesto for those with small gardens is is that when they go on a spree to a garden centre , they should quickly nip any delusions of grandeur in the bud . |
| 22 | Mm well the correct answer is is that normally a Thursday but there is no statutory er obligation that it is Thursday . |
| 23 | What they mean by that is is that the council is in close touch with public opinion . |
| 24 | So we could , one c er the argument there is is that the party political argument in favour of election by thirds . |
| 25 | Erm one argument is is that people are making a deliberate and adverse comment on local government by not voting . |
| 26 | What 's also come out very strongly er , in this programme is is that it 's a struggle for a lot of people , both financially , and in terms of juggling time and the multiple demands that particularly women have , in trying to care for young people and old people to the point where women may spend their entire lives between , between twenty and sixty looking after somebody or other . |
| 27 | erm , the thing about it is is that I mean , one of we we 've at the minute we 've been faced with with some individuals reckoning that they have er rashes forming around the face er in a number of areas and there 's an indication that , and it 's nothing more than that , that it could actually be to do with the laser printers and people sitting near them in the light . |
| 28 | What I would like to think is is that we put together an annual report for our own purposes , and that goes out to a very limited distribution , as Trevor was suggesting . |
| 29 | Which perhaps not revolutionary but to me it was er it was but of all these things that er we 've done lots of things you know , but the thing that I , that stands out in my memory is is that er it 'd be about nineteen forty eight , there was a a one of the old members who I worked with was , lived alone and he was very ill . |
| 30 | I think the a I think the thing is is that I , we ca n't mentally get into realize how to use his body weight which comes from using your feet and getting and the l and your legs and so forth . |