Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [be] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competition among them has been intense in the past decade as a result of the switch to reimbursement based on diagnostic related groups rather than historic costs , a difficult regulatory environment aimed at reducing short stay hospital capacity and at cost containment , and a much tougher climate for research funding . |
| 2 | And that I mean is one of the major criticisms against a functional approach , that sometimes you need to know what 's going on inside the box fully to be able to fully appreciate the behaviour anyway . |
| 3 | I mean er does it bother you at all that well I mean are most of the men managers ? |
| 4 | And I would also support Mr Potters in the addition of the under-used term would I think be beneficial to the policy . |
| 5 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |
| 6 | Until we came to the Furka I 'd been impressed by the Spirit R/T , surprised by the agility of its handling , the sensitivity and accuracy of its power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering , the breadth of the uninterrupted acceleration from its powerful turbocharged engine , the lightness of the controls and the quality of the gearchange . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd been miserable for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish I 'd been older on the Drive , ’ said Nooty . |
| 9 | You see , I 'd been accustomed to the guided progression of the last comfortable years at school . |
| 10 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 11 | They also advocate the delights of ‘ orgasmic valleys ’ , which I suspect are different from the kind you find in the Rhondda in Wales . |
| 12 | Er which er I suspect was due to the th the insufficient time to carry out the exercise . |
| 13 | Indeed , I recall being present at a formal state banquet in Malawi when the Life President , His Excellency the very elderly Dr Hastings Banda , had been speaking for 45 minutes proposing the toast and had still only reached 1947 . |
| 14 | When I was Secretary of State for Education and Science I recall being concerned about the implications of some methods of teaching reading if they are followed too acutely — in other words , without a balance of reading methods . |
| 15 | Lebanese I know are close to the bad guys . |
| 16 | I remember being one of the most disgusted when Susan Grillet married a Beastly Baronet nearly three times her age . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend will realise that his statement on corporation tax for small companies needs slight adjustment and I am sure that he is considering a major adjustment on capital gains , which I understand is one of the taxes where the cost of collection exceeds the revenue . |
| 18 | I do that in the context of the proposals in the Bill , which I believe are vital for the future of Cardiff . |
| 19 | Lords I rise to support the Amendments move by Lord MacIntosh of Haringey which I believe are fundamental to the future policing of this country . |
| 20 | Point taken , and I really feel sorry for Rocky at the moment , and hope he does n't leave , but I think with a player like Strachan at the club , who I believe is one of the best players in the Premier League at the moment , I think it would be foolish to leave him out . |
| 21 | And has a combined budget which is in my view , the important thing that I believe was necessary in the life of the economic circumstances . |
| 22 | And this I I find is one of the helpful things and when you get together not during the actual talking the actual session but er . |
| 23 | The Squirrel I flew was appropriate for the task , being owned privately by a pilot who bought it new and had flown just 60 hours before it was introduced to me . |
| 24 | The Secretary-General initially wanted Bailey , which I suppose was understandable under the circumstances , but the Colonel threatened to resign if Bailey got the job . |
| 25 | And that I think , I feel is one of the loopholes in the Sale of Goods Act , because it does n't lay down a definite time limit . |
| 26 | There are several accounts of the events of this crucial period in the history of British ‘ race relations ’ : what follows is an attempt to highlight some of the features which I feel are pertinent to a discussion of ‘ racial problem ’ films of the era . |
| 27 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 28 | She seemed to consider the proposal favourably and Princess Margaret , who I knew was keen on the idea , was supportive . |
| 29 | From Penhill Crags , where the only bones I saw were those of a less than gigantic sheep , we walked by the disused quarry to Stony Gate and the old drove road of Morpeth Gate , now a peaceful broad green lane and very pleasant walking . |
| 30 | The first body I saw was that of a man lying in a gutter in Raouche , his arms wrapped around his face , one leg hooked above the pavement . |