Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See what they 've got ta se think about is if they want double glazing , which is another er two or three thousand pound ! |
| 2 | Thank you right now a really clever thing then that you should know about is if I want to times that number by ten right . |
| 3 | ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’ |
| 4 | The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it . |
| 5 | and the biggest pro for a fax that I can think of is that you can send the message and that 's that , there 's no risk of it dribbling on into , into doubt |
| 6 | I am obsessed by Giles ; all I can think of is whether I shall see him again , and when . |
| 7 | Perhaps the major problem in choosing critical texts to read and refer to is whether or not to use specialised student textbooks . |
| 8 | The best we could hope for is that she 's had a brainstorm , and I do n't know how often that happens outside of books . |
| 9 | And the best a mother can hope for is that they 'll occasionally pop home |
| 10 | The most we can hope for is that we do n't actually believe it . ’ |
| 11 | But the best that a virtuous woman can hope for is that she be reborn as a man . |
| 12 | The most I can hope for is that I might meet him over a pint and get him to be indiscreet-tell me if there is any dirt on Desmond Seymour-Strachey , for example . ’ |
| 13 | If he is unlucky , then there will be a battle at sea , and the best he can hope for is that none of our sea-borne army manages to make a landing . |
| 14 | That does n't mean it necessarily worked or was good ; but , once the script is settled in your mind , the best you can hope for is that the finished film reflects those ambitions . |
| 15 | The most such a multi-modal transport document can attest to is that someone in a position to effect a future ocean shipment is in charge of the cargo and will be responsible for effecting ocean shipment . |
| 16 | In , with regard to the change of wording , erm I think that would probably add to the policy rather than detract from it and I I think the conclusion I would come to is that the criteria are independent they 're not and or or . |
| 17 | What one should however point to is that the critique of western culture which in recent years has been mounted by feminists has not been understood or appropriated — and that in this there lies a certain blindness . |
| 18 | The first thing I would point to is that our training costs for last year averaged out at £5,100 per trainee . |
| 19 | But what I do care about is that , whatever we choose to call the quality of being statistically-improbable-in-a-direction-specified-without-hindsight , it is an important quality that needs a special effort of explanation . |
| 20 | Er , and , and it , one , one of the things which I hope that we can agree upon is that the is , is that one of the things we can do by organising our time better is get an extra sales call in a day . |