Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mother who is living in an environment where she is very isolated and whose general social contacts with neighbours , relatives , and husband are mostly unhappy or antagonistic is likely to behave differently from a mother who generally has pleasant interactions with most people but occasionally experiences some aggressive reactions from her child . |
| 2 | It was like watching someone else have that dream we all have : where we 're already late and we 've got to clear these last few things , but every time we try , something else gets in the way . |
| 3 | There are others , such as the number of children who have received a nursery education , where we are very near or at the bottom . |
| 4 | In addition , the spurs between the meanders preserve the general height of the plateau surface away from the river , except where they are so narrow as to be subject to general lowering by the formation of the slopes on either side . |
| 5 | Entitled Main Directions for Stabilization of the National Economy and Transition to a Market Economy , the programme listed as conditions for creation of a market economy ( i ) " maximum freedom of economic activity " ; ( ii ) " full responsibility of organizations , entrepreneurs and workers for the results of their economic activities , based on the equality of all forms of property " ; ( iii ) competition between producers as a vital factor in stimulating economic activity , requiring an end to monopolies ; ( iv ) price freedom , based on supply and demand ; ( v ) " abandonment of direct state participation in economic activity ( with the exception of certain specific sectors ) " ; ( vi ) " extension of market relations to those spheres where they are more effective than administrative forms of regulation " ( continuing as " non-market sectors " would be defence , health , education , science and culture ) ; ( vii ) " an open economy and its progressive integration with the world economic system " ; and ( viii ) a state social security system . |
| 6 | These are usually fixed around the ankle , where they are more secure than on the wrist . |
| 7 | As overhauled cars returned from Hendon , route boards were fitted just below the saloon windows , where they were more accessible than in the old position on the upper deck . |
| 8 | This is his favourite event , together with the Open — an event where he is as surprised as he is flattered by the support he gets from the British public . |
| 9 | The problem is that the pool of liquid usually forms underneath the car , where it is both inconspicuous and difficult to get at , so the chances are that it will not be mopped up . |
| 10 | As with foreign service premia , hardship allowances are normally calculated as a percentage of salary — with higher percentages , sometimes 30 per cent or more , applying in areas where it is particularly difficult or unpleasant to live and work . |
| 11 | If we are of a lazier disposition , the solution is simple and usually quite acceptable : if the same note will occur in two or more parts it can be omitted where it is least necessary and retained only in the principal part ( thus in Example 140 we would keep the E♭ only in the upper voice , to retain the melodic shape ) . |
| 12 | The most conspicuous feature of life on land is the plants : trees , wherever it is moist and warm enough ; grasslands , where it is too dry or too cold for trees ; and various intermediate or special states , as in scrubland and bog . |
| 13 | In very serious cases , where it is highly likely that a series of medical reports will be necessary , the first report can be obtained from the treating surgeon . |
| 14 | For this reason , if we keep a horse in conditions where it is continually bored and suffers lack of mental stimulation , the resulting anxiety may cause the horse to develop some very bad habits indeed . |
| 15 | One rejoinder to this would be to cite cases like : ( 35 ) our new neighbours said they had had their old house painted mauve where it is perfectly possible that the house is much younger than anybody in the family . |
| 16 | It also has applications in field archaeology where financial or time constraints preclude excavation of more than part of a site , and where it is therefore important that the excavated part yields as much information as possible . |
| 17 | Where the demised property is unusual either in size or in character , or where it is so valuable that small points have large financial consequences , determination by arbitration may be the better method since there will be an opportunity for full argument . |
| 18 | I think , I think in fact you 're , you 're not having the problems that we 're having where it 's very difficult so you 've got er a really nice representation but have n't quite gone far enough . |
| 19 | you have to go and my dad where where it was just clean and you could just sit on it but nowhere Sarah 's side . |
| 20 | She said nothing , but turned and led the way into the living room , where it was almost dark and the coals glowed bright red between the bars of the stove . |
| 21 | Later it was reintroduced — but only to spray on cotton crops , where it was especially valuable because pests are resistant to DDT . |
| 22 | Much later it struck me as odd that I experienced no superstitious fear or repugnance in the presence of a dead body , although I am so squeamish that more than once I have had to ask a neighbour to deal with a dead rabbit that one of the cats had brought in during the night . |
| 23 | Both had been arrested and were charged with serious terrorist offences , of which I was sure they were totally innocent ; although I was equally sure that they had engaged in active political propaganda , which in some ways would have been no less objectionable to the South African government . |
| 24 | Also , I felt I 'd dealt with the first layer and although I was well aware that there were subsequent layers , I thought I would deal with them at some later date . |
| 25 | Although I was less ready than before to agree that such an objective was desirable , I nevertheless found myself entering into his plans . |
| 26 | My wages of twenty-five shillings ( £1.25 ) a week did not permit birdwatching trips far afield and , although I was fairly keen and competent , I was bounded by pretty narrow horizons ! |
| 27 | Perhaps it was my imagination ( although I 'm almost sure that it was not ) . |
| 28 | Now I have already criticized recall and memory as a guide to advertising effectiveness , so I am clearly vulnerable when I adduce this sort of thing as evidence for long-term effects of advertising . |
| 29 | ‘ It was too hot in India , so I was always ill and tired there . |
| 30 | It took me about three hours to do my homework so I was very tired after everything . |