Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [pers pn] is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the stress is high enough and he is basically insecure — his adult has not turned off his child 's ‘ all my fault ’ — his child takes over with a ‘ nothing to do with you ’ response . |
| 2 | Membership is gained consciously or unconsciously and it is often difficult to determine the time when a person becomes a member . |
| 3 | The other thing which is actually mentioned that we one of the worst aspects was done and I personally tried to look at what the impact on road building around elsewhere and it is absolutely appalling and er I think that is something which is to be , I 'm sure it will be , will be called out . |
| 4 | There is a tremendous myth about throwing knives — very few people can do it properly and it is extremely difficult to hit a moving target . |
| 5 | Such a well-developed economy led to the greater exploitation of geological resources , and the English landscape witnessed quarrying of stone and ores on a scale not seen before — in the Forest of Dean ( coal and iron ) , Derbyshire and the Mendips ( lead ) , Cornwall ( tin ) and Dolaucothi in Wales ( gold ) — although most areas were worked and reworked later on and it is usually impossible to isolate the Roman element . |
| 6 | As for working the ebony , it blunts tools very rapidly and it is really best to use scrapers and stockscrapers when performing shaping operations , as they keep their edge and give a superb shiny finish , leaving little cleaning up but for a rub-over with 400 grit paper . |
| 7 | The rules are beautifully simple , but its branching ratio is 300 or more and it is more subtle than chess . |
| 8 | Equaliser circuits for this purpose are available in handbooks , journals etc. but it is most unfortunate that many of the designs , even those in quite expensive equipment , are inaccurate . |
| 9 | You no doubt have picked up on the typos etc. but it is sometimes useful to have another ‘ eye ’ . |
| 10 | Reid added : ‘ Niall knows he did wrong and he is so disappointed in himself . |
| 11 | This is attached to the telephone to enable several people to listen to a call simultaneously and it is also useful if you wish to keep your hands free during a call . |
| 12 | However , most of the time generalisation works appropriately and it is absolutely essential since the student will never experience all occurrences of the words or signs of the language . |
| 13 | Of course you can only take this covering-up operation so far and it is sometimes prudent to remake a part . |
| 14 | Sky presenter Keith , 35 , chipped in : ‘ It will be nice to sort it out but it is more important if we can still remain friends for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 15 | The detailed lineage of blood cells is not fully worked out but it is quite clear that there is , with successive cell divisions , an irreversible commitment to one or other general pathway . |
| 16 | In my opinion the qualities mentioned are sadly lacking today and it is very refreshing to meet somebody like John who is so conscientious . |
| 17 | " not advisable to adopt the suggestions of the Visitors : the School in its present state works exceedingly well and it is very doubtful if a more extended course of the higher branches of education would be equally beneficial to the great mass of residents in Stockport and its vicinity , who are anxious to avail themselves of the instruction afforded to their children in the School as at present constituted . " |
| 18 | Air and ground crews did well and it is quite clear that the OCU effort was in no way inferior to that of the operational Canberra PR squadrons . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The car has been really great here and it is much better to drive , ’ he said . |
| 20 | That was four weeks ago but it is still evident . |
| 21 | Bronson immersed himself in work on television movies after his actress wife Jill Ireland died of cancer two years ago but he is now set to marry girlfriend Kim Weeks , 31 . |
| 22 | One very urgent and necessary reason for our absence is that next Friday my opera is being performed again and it is most essential that I should be present . |
| 23 | It may not be easy for social work training to take account of this adequately but it is highly desirable that more attention should be paid , in the making of a social worker , to the sexual side of his or her personality and sexual adjustment . |
| 24 | → The news of Ollie Halsall 's death reached us only recently and it is indeed sad that we have never run a feature on him . |
| 25 | A copy of the catalogue of this exhibition was sent in by a reader recently and it is quite mind-blowing to read what a wealth of aircraft and engines were on display : |
| 26 | ‘ People do not take me seriously and it is very frustrating , ’ said Richard , of in Zetland Street . |
| 27 | Many of the farmers on the committees , whether council or ministerial appointees , are conservationists too and it is perhaps important to stress that it is not the quality of the individuals involved that is of concern . |