Example sentences of "[noun] are [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Secretary of State could bring himself to talk about his own legislation , we heard from him in effect an admission that the Government who brought us the poll tax are now bringing us a new poll tax . |
| 2 | Technically Ireland have still to secure two points from their remaining two qualifying games for the American finals , but bookmakers are already rating them an 8–1 on shot to make the trip following their 2–0 win over Lithuania in Dublin this week . |
| 3 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 4 | Now police are out to give them a short , sharp lesson , as an alternative to prosecution . |
| 5 | It can be related to Sinclair 's observation that examples of English are sometimes given which the analysis of actual data reveals do not in fact occur ( see page 76 ) . |