Example sentences of "i [pers pn] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I think on the er i it is n't for us here to decide the level of contributions . |
| 2 | Well I , that 's really the only reason I came up was because I wondered if they wanted to take me off it , you know if you wanted to change it , because i it is n't working . |
| 3 | It is , it i it is n't , it is n't near Shipton . |
| 4 | So i it is just a sore thumb exercise it it 's er |
| 5 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 6 | No no no I mean i i it is completely |
| 7 | So i is i it is quite a leftist movement in , in , in that it is , it is calling for radicalization , calling for recognizing the need for mass mobilization ? |
| 8 | Oh well er , quality is more important than quantity , but obviously if the quantity is very tiny , i it is there 's not much room for quality . |
| 9 | i i it is really . |
| 10 | I I I it is very easy to find examples which , which show how absurd they were , the results f f , for instance a large area like Devon and Cornwall with four thousand square miles having now thirty elected members reduced under the Bill to eight would be absurd . |
| 11 | I it is actually , perhaps rather obvious you ca n't carry two guns and a shield . |
| 12 | I mean , i it 's just absolutely ridiculous ! |
| 13 | Erm I think it 's really very sad that i it 's just the society we live in has put these kind of pressures on marriages and you know we 're all human and we can all be tempted to look at other people and be unfaithful but in those times of er you know temptation you just I well I I 've found that that 's where my faith comes in you 're sort of helped through those times . |
| 14 | I it 's just the attitude about th the way he went about the whole thing . |
| 15 | But i i it 's just |
| 16 | Oh possibly again i it 's just possible actually that the construction of the bungalow did n't lend itself properly well to knocking through . |
| 17 | I it 's just a question of , you know , something in your make-up that is inoculating you and other people have a weakness . |
| 18 | You know like , i it 's just sort tha , I know that , but I know that story tonight was a fib you know |
| 19 | Erm now he talks about the vanguards of revolutions i it 's just his distinction between the types of of peasant erm he looks at the rich peasants first of all and originally they 're , they 're not into revolution at all , you know , they do n't want to join peasant associations because they 've got nothing to gain erm as er er had said before , you know , p if you ask a rich peasant to join he 's gon na say well , you know , I 've never heard of such a thing before , you know , I 've , I can manage to live alright , I advise you to gi er give it up or alternatively he may just say , you know , good God no , you know , it 's too dangerous I , I do n't want to be knocked off by my landlord . |
| 20 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 21 | Going I it 's on just about every year , cos it 's an important part of the the chemistry . |
| 22 | I it 's well it 's all over . |
| 23 | Yes , I mean this is the point I 'll be developing later , later in , in , in the lectures , I 'm currently spending a lot of time kind of researching and thinking about this , but i i it 's ultimately the question of genes affect behaviour and more and more I come to the to the view that they probably do so erm through what we call our emotions , that our genes kind of erm guide us to do so and things through various subjective feelings like when we 're hungry , we , we know we 're hungry and it 's a subjective feeling of hunger . |
| 24 | You 've seen the er round , say th looking fro on the top of the bomb i it 's round and then there 's fins down to the bomb itself er you follow me ? |
| 25 | I think it 's wrong to underestimate erm i i it 's particularly initially , how , how positively reinforced it can , it can be around you erm , just this the idea of losing weight and that er you know , people will be wha , for whatever reasons are , either envious or they want to know how you can do it , they want to know , and particularly if it 's linked with exercise then it 's all very good things to do and you know , the media 's telling you and a , everyone 's telling that this healthy lifestyle that actually then goes out of control through being so controlled erm e e , there 's a , well there 's a thin line between it , being a very positive experience , and you 're suddenly buying smaller jeans and erm you know , it 's just everything is is feeding , if that 's the right word , this idea that it , that that it 's tremendous to be |
| 26 | So , it 's , i it 's not going to be as I . |
| 27 | Th th th well i it 's not , it 's not whether or not |
| 28 | I i i it 's not . |
| 29 | So whereas aid at present is vital , cos there 's people starving to actually put the situation right i it 's not a question of aid at all , not a question of relief . |
| 30 | I it 's not a it 's not something that anyone should look for , that sort of comparison . |