Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] [art] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In the earlier view a work was regarded as a more or less arbitrarily agglomerated collection of defamiliarizing devices , but now it becomes important to see it as an entity , a structure or a system where it is the system which determines what the function of a given device will be , whether it will be foregrounded or automatized .
2 Although I am a motorist myself I use the car as little as possible , prefering to cycle for all urban journeys .
3 Although I am a teacher I enjoy learning , ’ said Mrs Plews , who studied alongside her two daughters Jennifer and Hannah .
4 Emecheta insisted that although she was a girl she wanted an education and managed to get a scholarship to the Methodist Girls ' High School .
5 So you are the woman who lies naked on the rock , are you ? ’
6 So you are an engineer yourself — one of them . ’
7 Once you are a Catholic you remain a Catholic , whether you become a Buddhist or an atheist .
8 Things like , it was us who set up the Benefits Unit in the Town Centre , you know , we , it was considered that you know we as a neutral policy team are in without departmental buyers rather than political buyers , that 's a joke , erm , would be the best people to erm , er set up this unit , we do n't have any less interest , the benefit 's , the benefit 's felt within the housing department with with the introduction of Poll Tax and the Poll Tax benefit , it was n't clear where that could go , so we were the people who had to sort that out .
9 Most British recording artists write their own material , so they are the composers who are signed to publishing companies .
10 The New Right in choosing to focus on , and criticise , pressure groups , parties , and elected governments as the very stuff of British politics , chooses to ignore other phenomena that are of political significance , such as the power of the secret state that we will be considering in Chapter S. Moreover , although it is a perspective which is critical of things , criticism is restricted to politics , and to democratic politics at that , and there is no attempt to direct critical attention to the functioning of the economic system and to the power which lurks hidden within it .
11 Traditional examinations rely on a single mark or a grade to indicate the level of performance relative to other pupils , although it is an indication which says nothing about the nature of the achievement .
12 This is why registration in Part A is preferable although it is the defendant who carries the burden of proof .
13 Although it 's a problem which has existed for a long , long time , do you do any work in connection with refugees ?
14 There 's a lot to be said for the modern falconry centres — anything that helps people to appreciate birds of prey is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned — although it 's a shame they have to be turned into tourist attractions .
15 She went on without prompting : ‘ Although he was a painter he was a very literary man so we had plenty in common .
16 Bickford was determined to make a safer type of fuse , and although he was no scientist he carried out a series of experiments with many different combinations of materials until , having nearly despaired of ever achieving his goal , he visited a friend in his rope walk and suddenly hit on the idea of spinning a light rope or cord round a tightly packed central core of gunpowder .
17 Our childhood shapes the kind of people we become , and influences our choice of career , so it 's a subject we often turn to on the show .
18 So it was a man who made the call ?
19 I 'm sick of the way you 've treated me , as if I were a child who 's misbehaved . ’
20 If I were a girl I would n't let a man go near me !
21 If I were a man I 'd tell me to get lost — and fast !
22 If I were a man you would n't dare do this ! ’
23 ‘ But why would I agree to help you investigate the club if I were a user myself ? ’
24 If I were a thief I could have forced my way in , or crept secretly in , ’ said the little tailor .
25 My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything .
26 If I were a teacher I would cook up some real scorchers for the children of doting parents .
27 They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time .
28 If I were a woman I would n't have the slightest interest in it either .
29 If I were a fox I would prefer to take the chance of a twenty second chop by hounds .
30 If I were a doctor I would have been happy to stay in Calcutta and work alongside British doctor , Jack Pregar , and his clinic in Middleton Row .
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