Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 After all , if you can borrow ( or exchange your existing UK mortgage where you are paying rates at the highest level in real terms for over a century ) for a Swiss franc mortgage at around 9.5 per cent , a mark mortgage at just under 10 per cent , an Ecu mortgage ( Ecu is the European currency unit which is made up of a ‘ basket ’ of 10 currencies including sterling ) at about 10 per cent or a Japanese yen mortgage at just under 8 per cent , why not do so ?
2 It is natural to find sleeping difficult if you have just suffered a bereavement or you are experiencing difficulties in a close relationship .
3 The South Korean justification to Jessup was that no one would be convicted , unless he or she was taking orders from a foreign power .
4 Where we 're taking measures from the image er such as height width etcetera we 'd have to know a lot about the image to take those measures .
5 By the end of the week there was just a simple theory test left where we were asked questions about winds , how to overtake and so on — and then it was certificate time .
6 where they 're including things like that
7 Where you do need to include them is where they have an interface with the rest of the organisation and where they 're keeping records of things for the rest of the information .
8 They marched down the road , stopping outside every public house — where they were handed drinks by the landlord — and outside cottages whose inhabitants were awaiting them on their doorsteps .
9 Despite the received view that everyone was watching films like The Battleship Potemkin , Lenin 's vision began to be realised only at the end of the 1920's .
10 Or suppose that I am eating escargots for the first time and can not bring myself to forget the disgustingly slimy look and feel of snails in the garden .
11 ‘ Before that I was modelling clothes for some of the best fashion-houses in London — and in Paris too , sometimes . ’
12 It appeared on the day that I was answering questions on transport on the floor of the House and there was a question on the future of railway services on the order paper .
13 I do not know whether you are at home or in London , so I am sending copies of this letter to both places .
14 But even harder to make are decisions about adoption when Marian knows that she is severing families in a permanent way .
15 Now that she was wearing skirts above the knees , as fashion demanded , he 'd noticed her long , slender legs and admired her ankles .
16 ‘ How do you do ? ’ said Julia , realising that she was shaking hands with the man who had sent David to fight with the Italian partisans .
17 Mr Jones , 43 , who runs the cafe in Ross-on-Wye , said : ‘ I took exception to the fact that she was selling teas outside our door without informing me first . ’
18 I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one .
19 If Mrs Grey had found that she was having twins in the delivery room , I think she would have quickly changed her mind about the usefulness of scans .
20 If the buyer is a limited company , it is important to check that you are obtaining instructions from the appropriately authorised personnel .
21 ‘ People argue that you are depriving children of their culture , ’ says Christine .
22 There was a lot of spit and the teeth bumped into yours which meant that you were spitting chips of enamel afterwards , and she kissed with her eyes open and she had a very bad squint — so you always thought that she was watching something else .
23 Right now well all I , I ex I knew that you were having meetings about it so really all , all I need you to do is actually get this validated by your group and if there were any change significant changes you wanted to make then to come back to me and David with that those suggestions but erm it struck me that th the thing hangs together quite well .
24 ‘ He says he phoned Maurin after you 'd been to the hotel because he wanted to report that you were asking questions about Barbara .
25 Yes , so , so , so you 're taking decisions in terms of well which are the most efficient
26 The request was politely refused , although we were given directions to the Avila headquarters .
27 The very fact that we are considering aspects of animal welfare suggests that we are now heading in the right direction .
28 However , the problem is that we are approaching things on the Balcerowicz model , the Polish model .
29 I assure her that we are having discussions in Europe on various aspects of animal health and welfare .
30 Following the visit of our hon. Friend the Member for Enfield , North ( Mr. Eggar ) to Basildon last Friday , will my right hon. and learned Friend endorse our hon. Friend 's statement that the independence that we are offering colleges of further education and sixth-form colleges such as Basildon 's will enable them to be more effective , efficient and flexible than they can be at present ?
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