Example sentences of "the [noun] [subord] [indef pn] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is certainly the case if one is exploiting sublanguage processing . |
| 2 | Barthes develops an idea of discourse that is evocative of the text as something being read , or being written to be read . |
| 3 | At the time of looking up we ascribe an experience of greenness to ourselves ; we consider the experience as something being undergone by us before any decision is taken about its veridicality . |
| 4 | And one of the things we set out to do was to bring some stability to the industry because everyone was trying to carve prices up . |
| 5 | And it is at the moment because nobody 's buying any goods . |
| 6 | Remember how your baby , after weeks of aimless standing around holding onto the fireguard , suddenly took five steps across the room when nobody was looking ? |
| 7 | Arjuna asks : ‘ How can one reach the truth if one is born in illusion ? ’ |
| 8 | They had to stop the machines because everybody was laughing see with Tara on the floor so Ann did n't even know she 'd fallen off the chair . |
| 9 | I would n't put it past him to be slipping something into the juice when nobody 's looking . |
| 10 | but mine 's lack of exercise at the minute because everything 's going loose |
| 11 | We shall look at this very carefully and have discussions with the current owners and with everybody on the island before anything is decided . |
| 12 | The strict breeding regulations which cover entry into the ADRK could not have been adhered to , because there was no way of checking the quality of the litter unless someone was appointed Bred Warden in the US , which is unlikely . |
| 13 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 14 | There one met at each other 's homes for dinner , one eye on the clock on the way — cursing the traffic , having to watch the drinks as one was driving and must n't be too late as Nigel had to be up early for work . |
| 15 | He never beat about the bush when something was annoying him , he was never afraid to give it to you straight , to say exactly what he thought . |
| 16 | On letters written on typewriters made from old toothbrushes and elastic bands , prisoners facing death tell their correspondents of daily life in the jail , of the regulations , of the procedure before an execution is carried out , of how their cell light shudder under the strain when someone is electrocuted in the chair . |
| 17 | With currently available equipment we are not able to discover what goes on in detail in the brain when someone is speaking , though we can make guesses based on evidence such as speech errors ( ‘ slips of the tongue ’ ) and the effects on speech production of different sorts of brain damage . |
| 18 | And er sometimes it takes a bit of courage to walk over to the tap when everybody 's saying there 'll be no water , and for you to turn that tap on . |
| 19 | If you 're part of a team , tell the others if something is bothering you . |
| 20 | We confidently assume that the results set out here will , in their broad principles , be valid for any language ; however , because of the limitless domains that would appear on the horizon if one were to include proper exemplification from other languages , and since there is ample material to consider in English alone , the latter is the basis on which the investigation will proceed . |
| 21 | They would have to live with the consequences if someone was attacked after being refused a weapon . ’ |
| 22 | Despite Schlesinger 's claims that ‘ there was n't anything in the movie that I had n't seen in some way somewhere ’ and ‘ one was always confronted by something worse on the streets than one was putting into the film ’ , they were attention-getting elements , unabsorbed into the texture of the film . |
| 23 | She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed . |
| 24 | Well forgive me , the , the reason for that is , it was explained at the time if one 's going to defend the decision of where you 're going to put your roads , then you 've got in reality look at all them options ridiculous some they will be , whether they dig tunnels under the Orwell or knocking down Wordsworth Road I mean it 's all got to be looked at . |