Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pers pn] is [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well erm it , oh well I mean it is better in as much as it was sticking out like that |
| 2 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
| 3 | I mean she is capable of getting through some fairly extraordinary amounts of work . |
| 4 | The way I want you is different from the way I 've ever wanted any other woman . |
| 5 | ‘ I imagine it is impossible for just anyone to come in here to see your work , as I have ? ’ |
| 6 | At least Churchill is on record that Roosevelt had been more outspoken with him on the subject of Indochina than on any other colonial matter : ‘ I imagine it is one of his principal war aims to liberate Indochina from France ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I know he is impressed by the warmth of the reception Belfast has given him . ’ |
| 8 | We have a lot of fun and a lot of laughs and I know he is serious about me . |
| 9 | I know it is all of you , body and soul … there is nothing dim or mysterious in our love that we can not fathom or understand. , It was a creed she held tenaciously — sometimes blindly — to the end of her life . |
| 10 | I know it is hard for those of you travelling a long way , but it is very disconcerting for the poor teacher to have a steady trickle of latecomers all through the lesson — particularly when most of the latecomers are not the people who have travelled furthest ! |
| 11 | Let her find strength to survive this dark night , for I know she is near to death itself . |
| 12 | ‘ I believe it is good for artists to teach students . |
| 13 | This may sound like a special aesthetic law , but in fact I believe it is implicit in the very act of pronouncing , or thinking , the word ‘ hypocrite ’ : you only use it when you have caught one . |
| 14 | I believe it is possible in March . |
| 15 | But in the main I believe it is due to a change of attitude by props in particular . |
| 16 | ‘ However , I believe it is one of the few jobs where you actually get recognition for what you do . |
| 17 | I believe it is flawed for two reasons . |
| 18 | And Eddie Jordan insists : ‘ I believe he is one of the brightest prospects for some years . ’ |
| 19 | I 've played in front of Mike Hooper and I believe he is one of the top six in the country . |
| 20 | ‘ I am here to plead my case with my father 's creditors and to sell the family jewels , I suppose it is selfish of me to be concerned with such trifles when you have such pressing concerns like where you shall live , in the London home or at Summer Lodge . ’ |
| 21 | Well , I suppose it is constructive in a way , but you never really see anything for it and it 's all routine . |
| 22 | I suppose it is unusual for a woman to sell paan and cigatettes but then one has to work to survive . |
| 23 | The move from tones to tone-units is a difficult one , and I feel it is advisable at this stage to use only slow , careful speech for exercises ( Tape Units 15 and 16 ) . |
| 24 | Having previously discussed it with John , I declined to join them on their expedition to the temples at P. as I feel it is important to them both to have time alone with each other , especially as is at the moment a bit jealous of the twin at school here ( though of course he , chose to opt out of Gordonstoun ) and has anyway not spent as much time with John in recent years as no 2 ! has . |
| 25 | I gather it is supposed to be a little blue . ’ |
| 26 | I know she wants to help me and is worried about me , but on the other hand I think she is angry with me . |
| 27 | I think he is one of the most balanced men I have ever met . |
| 28 | I agree with all of Stephen Howe 's postmortem ( ‘ I told you so ’ , 17 April ) , but I think he is unfair on the GMB 's Tom Burlison . |
| 29 | I think he is entitled to substantial damages for an injury of that kind . |
| 30 | I think he is beloved by Alice Fenwick , but does not see her devotion . |