Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Niemeyers , for example , the company language is English which is used for 70% of all non-Dutch communication ( with French and German each approximately 15% to make up the rest ) . |
| 2 | I said well she 's got you up there now that 's why , I said and they fact now do wrong she 's fed up looking after your kid . |
| 3 | Each speech is followed by ‘ she cried to him ’ or ‘ said Nicolas ’ to make it absolutely clear who 's saying what . |
| 4 | Is it clear who is to prepare completion accounts ? |
| 5 | It should be very clear who is running the course and the methods . |
| 6 | Sarah Helen was buried there 76 years ago , but today the locals are afraid she is coming back to terrorise them . |
| 7 | The seven year old who shows outstanding promise when playing the violin , the eight year old who is fascinated with negative numbers , the four year old who can read fluently , the eleven year old who can design computer programmes … must have these gifts cherished , not have them dismissed or confined . |
| 8 | There 's absolutely no point in saying to some sixty five year old or or seventy year old who 's living on a state pension in a council house , What you 've got to do is help yourself . |
| 9 | A favourite and well-tried one is to appoint a Kenyan director with good political connections and capable of finding ways to smooth the flow of import licenses and local credit . |
| 10 | The top one is covered with brightly coloured stamps from Indonesia . |
| 11 | One of the difficulties of debating with the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) is that if one is not careful one is sucked into the vortex of hyperbole in which he seems to live . |
| 12 | For this reason , on top of the operational plan for the coming year , a more detailed one is produced explaining individual accounts , the outlook and resources , ‘ so ensuring that every underwriter has a clear idea of what the company 's strategy is and , more importantly , why we 're doing it . |
| 13 | The joys of design often mean that there is a tendency to design and attempt to install a totally new system if the old one is seen not to be working particularly well . |
| 14 | My old one is broken , you see … |
| 15 | The maintenance methylase detects the discrepancy and methylates the new strand in just those positions where the old one is methylated . |
| 16 | Do you take out a new loan before the old one is paid off ? |
| 17 | Erm it 's quite clear there 's going to be no more new money for patient care and without that I do n't think we 're going to get the increase in quality of service but that we actually need . |
| 18 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 19 | Now , my view is it 's entirely wrong it 's cheating , it 's doing everything wrong ! |
| 20 | Well it 's funny it 's working this time int it ? |
| 21 | Well , when it , when it is irrational it is operating either under the influence of the id or it 's overwhelmed by some external circumstances that it just ca n't understand the controls , therefore making all the wrong decisions and acting in a completely inadequate manner . |
| 22 | The intuitive explanation for this has already been discussed : the greater the proportion of the variance of the composite disturbance term which is due to the variance of the more sensible it is to attribute more of any period 's composite disturbance to . |
| 23 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I 'm afraid it 's locked and Francis had the key . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's going to have to come out , Colonel Feather , ’ she said gently . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm terribly afraid it 's going to come down in the marshland . |
| 27 | " Well , it 's up to you of course , Mr Dakin , but this is the third time I 've had to stitch her teats and I 'm afraid it 's going to keep on happening . " |
| 28 | ‘ Then I 'm afraid it 's going to have to wait . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's going to be a bit sore , but as it 's such an impressive break we 'll put a garter strapping on to help immobilise it . |
| 30 | I 'm afraid it 's happening . |