Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | But is n't , is n't that the quote at the beginning of your book , er , unsigned quote , erm , does n't that say something about how , how , you know , long aired radio biography of someone is very political or sort of er , disregard all of the important things they really done , and I do n't know , I do n't know if it 's er , pertinent erm , but obviously , in Freud , Freud wanted to set out to criticize Wilson erm , so he , you know , he went in with it . |
| 2 | No approval by the production Code Administration shall be given to the use of words and phrases in motion pictures including , but not limited to , the following : Alley cat ( applied to a woman ) ; bat ( applied to a woman ) ; broad ( applied to a woman ) ; bronx cheer ( the sound ) ; chip-pie ; cocotte ; God , Lord , Jesus , Christ ( unless used reverently ) ; cripes ; fanny ; fairy ( in a vulgar sense ) ; ‘ hold your hat ’ ; louse ; lousy ; Mada ( relating to prostitution ) ; nance , nerts ; nuts ( except when meaning crazy ) ; pansy ; razzberry ( the sound ) ; slut ( applied to a woman ) ; S O B ; son-of-a ; tart ; toilet gags ; tom cat ( applied to a man ) ; travelling salesmen and farmer 's daughter jokes ; whore ; damn ; hell ( excepting when the use of said last two words shall be essential and required for portrayal , in proper historical context , of any scene or dialogue based upon historical fact or folklore , or for the presentation in proper literary context of a Biblical , or other religious quotation , or a quotation from a literary work provided that no such use shall be permitted which is intrinsically objectionable or offends good taste ) . |
| 3 | They reasoned that an attitude held by an individual is a unique value on a continuum of possibilities or scale , rather than something which is simply present or absent . |
| 4 | So you know what this is a measure of it 's not a measure of anything it does n't mean that one group 's done better than the others it just means that 's the way it 's been measured the work that they 've done has been measured by another group which is n't good or bad it 's just hopefully picking out the important criteria and applying them to the work that we 've done and the notes we 've produced and the way we 've marked other people 's . |
| 5 | This rule applies not only to exclusion clauses but to any clause which is particularly onerous or unusual and unlikely to be known to the other party , Interfoto Picture Library v. Stiletto Visual Programmes ( 1988 C.A. ) . |
| 6 | Productivity can be measured , often relatively easily , but establishing the routes which have led to progress in science is a much more subtle undertaking , and contains a great deal which is either subjective or unmeasurable . |
| 7 | His unchecked activities are thought to derive from the strong support he enjoys from the Serbian government , which is either unwilling or unable to deactivate him . |
| 8 | Finally , the social reaction i.e. ‘ an alteration of interpersonal or person-group behaviour as a result of the awareness of odour , which is either favourable or unfavourable . ’ |
| 9 | It thus has a value on the settlement day which is either zero or the difference between the current price of the stock minus the option 's exercise price , if that is positive . |
| 10 | There is a great deal of high quality equipment on the market at the moment , but there is probably more which is either inferior or unsuitable for the purpose it is sold for . |
| 11 | Multiple passes through the camera increase the difficulty of exact placing and synchronization , which is why two or four projectors are often preferable While the projectors can be used in line , with the light of one lamp passing through two or more strips of developed and printed film , so that the first image goes through the second before hitting the unexposed film , the use of four rather than two projectors generally requires the use of a prism to bring the beam of light to the camera lens . |
| 12 | It can be argued that it is a citizen 's right to be free to collect information about whatever and whoever he likes and to do it in any way which is not intrusive or injurious . |
| 13 | The court held that debiting an account which is not overdrawn or one where the overdrawing is within the agreed limit ( a credit facility ) is theft because the bank has an obligation to meet the drawing . |
| 14 | It is on the borderline between a true signal , indicating the nature of the coming activity and establishing specific relations within which it is intended to occur , and that type of signal which is not preparatory or externally indicative but is integrated within the form of a work : a type which we can distinguish as conventions , and which is so fundamentally important that it will be separately discussed , below . |
| 15 | This may appear obvious but it is surprising how many essays are spoiled because students include too much information-more particularly , information which is not relevant or does not suit their argument . |
| 16 | They do an immense amount of work which is frequently unsung or unnoticed . |
| 17 | In law , however , it has no force , and a doctor must ignore it if it requests him to do that which is otherwise unlawful or is contrary to the duty he owes to any patient . |
| 18 | However , it seems that deflation , though a possible cause , is only one of several possible formative processes ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) of hamada , which is usually residual or near-residual in origin , and reg , which is a surface of finer gravel , often underlain by a soil profile , transported from elsewhere . |
| 19 | Pick up any book ( not a children 's book or one which is highly technical or full of pictures ) and open it where you have two complete pages of text . |
| 20 | By analogy , it may be possible to walk from one point in hilly country to another by a path which is always level or uphill , and yet a straight line between the points would cross a valley . |
| 21 | ‘ In any case , if someone is determined to go in the sea , for whatever reason , they can just hop over the wall , which is only two or three feet high . |
| 22 | Which is now empty or is it a sloop bed problem ? |
| 23 | Do consider how the new conservatory will best blend with the property and whether to use single glazing which is less expensive or double glazing which allows the conservatory to be used more comfortably the year around . |
| 24 | Any sector which is less favoured or more favoured as a result of a shall I say a generalized overview on agricultural land quality ? |
| 25 | Is the on the C V T , but again it 's , it 's easier to look at something when we 're talking about this , so I 'm going to ask you to look at the Covermaster rate book , which does n't have page numbers , but I want you to find the allocation to units table which is about four or five pages in . |
| 26 | If the decision maker exercises his powers outside the jurisdiction conferred , in a manner which is procedurally irregular or is Wednesbury unreasonable , he is acting ultra vires his powers and therefore unlawfully : see Wade , Administrative Law , 6th ed. ( 1988 ) , pp. 39 et seq . |
| 27 | This is caused by : homogeneity of task , ie lack of variety emotions caused by frustration or discouragement a rate of learning which is too fast or too slow Fatigue may reduce the effort the student is putting into learning or he may fix his attention on particular elements of the work to be learned rather than on the work as a whole . |
| 28 | The underlying philosophy of assertiveness training is based on the premise that we are all equal ; nobody is more important or less important than anybody else . |
| 29 | And so this poor woman who was supposed to be asleep , And the problem is that er it 's very difficult to decide whether somebody 's actually unconscious or not if they ca n't move . |
| 30 | Not norma , not usually no , she 's not senile or anything . |