Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [conj] [conj] [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today we all have access to the speed , warmth and comfort of cars , buses , trains and planes , if that is we have the money , if there is a service running when we want it to where we want to go and if there is n't already so much traffic ahead of us choking the roads , polluting the atmosphere that we wished we stayed at home . |
| 2 | By now Kapuscinski is on his ‘ last legs ’ , and he telexes Warsaw to say that he wants to leave and that it is ‘ more or less clear ’ that ‘ the Angolans will win ’ . |
| 3 | Make sure that the software is compatible with the other applications you want to run and that it 's the genuine UK version , not a grey import . |
| 4 | Make sure that the software is compatible with the other applications you want to run and that it 's the genuine UK version , not a grey import . |
| 5 | It stands to reason that if one is claiming to have discovered universal historical laws these should apply to very different societies . |
| 6 | Erm , I take the view that we ought to try and make the existing arrangements work and we are fast approaching a very key point er in that process erm I understand that on Thursday , er securities and investments board , the board will consider the er P I A , proposed P I A prospectus and that er within a week or so we shall all be able to read it and to look at it erm and the key point , which really is arises out of what we 're discussing tonight , the key point is what regulatory framework should the P I A place on intermediaries and on er life assurance companies , pension funds , financial advisors generally er in order to ensure that the public interest is protected and that if there are potential frauds erm such as the Levitt case er that we talked about earlier and I think the honourable member in sort of by implication in terms of er community service , er punishments that he referred to , er had also that in mind , er just what should we do to ensure that if there is malpractice and fraud , it 's picked up very , very quickly . |
| 7 | That line of analysis tends to indicate that when one is interpreting s740(3) and the meaning of the expression " relevant income " ( meaning " income which can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for an individual or for enabling a benefit to be provided for him " ) the taxpayer may be having the benefit of a slightly generous interpretation if the Revenue permit , in any year in which income arises , the amount of the relevant income in that year to be reduced by the amount of expenditure incurred in that year . |
| 8 | While equally the white lesbian sister has got to understand that while she 's unified with this Asian lesbian sister there are differences , there are differences some of which are good and some of which are bad , and we have to be frank about them and to struggle around them because we ca n't just pretend that they do n't exist , then we 're not going to reach anywhere . |
| 9 | She may also be helped to understand that if she is willing to try to spread the love she once gave to one person around to others who may be badly in need of it , she will move into an entirely different dimension emotionally : one that will provide her with new satisfactions and in which she will discover that the lovers of this world are not only those who enjoy a close and exclusive relationship . |
| 10 | And I think you can see why I call it pessimistic because , basically it says in the Anglican prayer book , there is no good in us , what 's in us is , is bad , in the sense of anti-social egoistic , and if people are going to cooperate and if there 's gon na be social order , then as it were , it has to be imposed on them . |
| 11 | I mean I do n't know what the the the the the standing is with our knowledge of information but I would like to think that if there is er erm not a hidden agenda but agreement being made at a level , that we could share the business . |
| 12 | ‘ It tends to say that if there is sexual abuse you automatically have to think about HIV . |
| 13 | Well sometimes if I 'm doing er say a sixty year old , to sixty five , he 's got his state pension to come in at sixty five , so even if the P E P has n't quite recovered , he might just decide to leave that where it is , and then his state pension comes in , his income is then made up , and off we go again . |
| 14 | Trythall , ‘ when the recession in the USA and UK is beginning to recede and when it is becoming only too clear that the end of the Cold War has not reduced the need for or interest in books and journals dealing with armed forces , war , conflict , terrorism , tension , crisis and all aspects of international relations . ’ |
| 15 | He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’ |
| 16 | He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’ |
| 17 | This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion . |
| 18 | The character can meet the change head on , in which case we may feel gratified — or sidestep the new knowledge , try to behave as though everything is the same as before . |
| 19 | Is it not enough to have to endure that when one is alive ? ’ |
| 20 | You see I were born in nineteen hundred so that means to say that when it 's nineteen ninety eight I 'll be ninety eight , I think they did that so I could er reckon me age up more easily . |
| 21 | They call him no , I do n't want to say that cos it 's bad . |
| 22 | ‘ I am trying to suggest that since it is clear that Artai wants you out of Kinsai , you ought to think about asking him to award you one of the new Khanates . |
| 23 | Spell out your action plan as precisely as possible so that you are clear what you have to do and that it is realistic . |
| 24 | Do level one and level two , the ones that you you have to do and if there 's any time left at the end of the year do the ones that that you missed out . |
| 25 | It is difficult to know whether this is due to there being little need to fly or whether it is due to lack of opportunity . |
| 26 | Dragging the pad towards him he found a clean page and wrote : Dear Harsnet , I know you never answer my letters or return my calls , and I know that you handed over your notes to me on the understanding that I could do what I liked with them and not bother you , but I have to say that while there is much in them that I admire , as I will always admire much in you , no matter what , there is also much in them that seems to me to be puerile and , to put it mildly , bigoted . |
| 27 | So when counselling young people on this point we have to say that providing it is not contradictory to God 's will , ‘ be obedient ’ . |
| 28 | Well okay , I need to say that when it 's long reports I have no problem , I mean since I 've lost Doreen and come under Tracey the quality and speed that I get typing back is much improved . |