Example sentences of "[prep] course [pers pn] be [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Whether Falkland farmers are lazy or not — of course they are not — is not the issue .
2 Of course they are not part of the Chewong wider social universe of humans and superhumans , and hence they , fall outside their moral universe .
3 If Labov 's interpretations were suspect ( and of course they are not ) , this would not arise from the fact that he failed to test for significance .
4 Of course they are n't all bad people .
5 You see adverts in the press that say Free Estimates , well of course they are n't .
6 Also , I should say that erm the District Health Authorities now also have the right to initiate this , and of course they are more likely to be in contact with children who are under erm school age , and so it 's going to imply that the different services within the Local Authorities are going to have to work quite closely together on this one and what you should have , by the time a statement is prepared , is a very detailed profile of a particular child and one in which the parent has been consulted and various other people have been consulted .
7 Of course they are rightly pleased to have agreed a new marketing contract with IMG for 1993–95 worth almost double the initial three year contract which guaranteed them $56m but is likely to be around $75m by the time it is completed .
8 But of course they are quite different by their very nature .
9 Of course they are always more than my choice , but they are never less than my choice .
10 It 's almost a symbiotic relationship , although of course they 're not familiar with the term . ’
11 In the real world of course they 're not .
12 Of course they 're not .
13 But each area is subdivided into concentric circles ( except of course they 're not circular ! ) .
14 " The sad thing is so many of them thought every white person is a Christian and of course they 're not , and a lot of them became disillusioned and wide open to communism , " said Eva .
15 S so the position as of say the summer nineteen forty seven when , when you 're , you , this law was being formulated the reports coming back are that although there is the opportunity for the poor to do better , as a , as a matter of course they 're not all doing better .
16 In an ideal world of course they 're not but but I 'm saying if if you 're looking for a quick fix then that 's a quick fix .
17 And of course they 're not so hard pressed as people are in these big cities !
18 Well of course they 're not , they 're not in a businesslike business are they ?
19 Well , we have seen electrical cars in the form of milk floats for many years , and of course they 're particularly suited to intermittent use , stopping and starting every few yards .
20 Of course they 're respectably put on .
21 And I suggest libraries and museums , because I dare say they have the greatest experience in information co-ordination systems erm , within the , within the council , and I think , er , and of course they 're highly involved out in the community .
22 Peterson have no pretensions about selling these racks to the masses , because of course they 're really for well-heeled professionals , and a pocket tuner ( which costs about a tenth of the price of the R450 ) really is adequate for most things .
23 Of course they were n't .
24 But litigation was better than private settlement by witchcraft ; though of course they were n't mutually exclusive .
25 Of course they were n't er well off or anything there but he was a clever boy you see
26 They were not locked in with it , of course they were not .
27 Of course they were both right .
28 During any year most staff members of the Institute will spend a few weeks , if not two or three months , in erm some developing country , or perhaps several , and of course we 're also heavily involved in international agencies .
29 Of course we 're not discriminating against you , ’ Derek chortled in the background .
30 Of course we 're not kicking you out . ’
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