Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People frequently give sympathy where it 's not wanted — where the other person perhaps regards themselves as strong , determined , a fighter . |
| 2 | The currency of a provisional grant where it is not declared final is to be a period of one year ( subs . |
| 3 | If we are to establish how and to what extent routine policing is affected by Northern Ireland 's divisions , it would be useless to base our research where there is only militarized political policing ( even though there are at least formal attempts to try to normalize policing in areas of high tension ) , for it is necessary to explore the extent to which policing in so-called ‘ soft ’ areas is contaminated by wider societal conflicts . |
| 4 | The cash has been sent on to HQ where it is sorely needed ( see our Spring issue ) . |
| 5 | A subject may take up the hypnotic suggestion that he is unable to bend his arm : ‘ He is actively , deliberately , voluntarily keeping his elbow stiff while simultaneously orchestrating for himself the illusion that he is really trying his best to bend it . ’ |
| 6 | In explosive breeding , all reproductive activity is packed into a few days , with the result that it is highly synchronised . |
| 7 | basically he 's studied this minute area of China and , and basically , from that minute area of China , from his experiences , bearing in mind that he 's obviously trying to sell revolution , he is then generalizing about the whole of China . |
| 8 | In creating the replica pavement , Mr Bob Woodward , a builder by trade , has undertaken such thorough background research that he is now regarded as a leading international expert on Roman mosaics . |
| 9 | The lumps on my body disappeared within days , but already I can feel the familiar ‘ bruising ’ sensations on my neck , an indication that one is about to appear . |
| 10 | Got something wrong with his blood so he 's not allowed to Ricky ! |
| 11 | But bought her a telly so she 's not having too many . |
| 12 | Although they were the servants of governments whose interests it was their duty to uphold unreservedly , it was easier in such a setting than it is today to recognize certain common interests . |
| 13 | To identify a fluttering shadow as the outline of a bird is not so revealing as the recognition that it is actually cast by a butterfly . |
| 14 | Is Olsen then going to drop him from the next side if he s not playing in Leeds first team ? |
| 15 | But , like Geraldine 's two-faced cos she 's always giving it like erm , to other people , I do n't like Lucy , the one she hangs about with , I only hang about with her cos I feel sorry for her . |
| 16 | And that often also means paying for your ex-wife if she 's not working or does n't earn very much . |
| 17 | When the wardrobes are moved it could be that they will hide the wall light switch and he 's not bothered about that one little bit ! |
| 18 | 2.35 In claims for the death of an infant child there is rarely any actual dependency but there might be prospective loss and it is well established that prospective loss is sufficient to found a claim by the parents . |
| 19 | Joseph said : ‘ Well , just make sure you impress on her that I had nothing to do with any murder and she is not to suggest it . ’ |
| 20 | It does n't have to have the polish of a broadcast programme if it is not going to be broadcast . |
| 21 | Visions of heavy counselling sessions come to mind and it is often felt that the grieving person must be helped to ‘ come to terms with it ’ , whatever ‘ it ’ might be . |
| 22 | Even if the new President had entered his official residence , he would have no standing in his own community , and what , after all , is the point of a Maronite President if it is not to integrate the Maronites within the traditional confessional system which — readjusted in the Muslims ' favour — the Tayif agreement perpetuates ? |
| 23 | But it 's in having said that it 's an interesting fact that the knitted fabric as such we know , is a warm sort of comfortable fabric and it 's obviously used in where I call the , the cold climes , and that , that 's why it 's developed in the very areas we 've been talking about . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've really got him going well The energy is between your leg , seat and rein and he is nicely balanced . |
| 25 | The restrictive covenant cases demonstrate that a covenant will not be upheld on the basis of the status of the information which might be disclosed by a former employee if he is not restrained , unless it can be regarded as a business secret or the equivalent of a business secret . |
| 26 | Holding the mussel with both forefeet , it begins pounding it on the rock until it is sufficiently broken to allow the otter to extract the flesh with its teeth . |
| 27 | This work has shed much new light not only on chronology , and therefore on the development of Bach 's style , but also on performance practice and what is loosely termed reception history . |
| 28 | Not difficult to understand then why a stove can be a backpacker 's best friend — or worst enemy if it 's not suited to the use you intend . |
| 29 | There are of course passages where Klemperer 's gravitas is amazingly powerful , as in the first movement , but the first ‘ Nachtmusik ’ requires greater momentum if it is not to appear diffuse . |
| 30 | Paul started making the sofas he calls driving seats last Spring and he 's already sold thirty.Some have gone abroad to Canada , the United States and Germany . |