Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either that or they 're finding out if someone 's home before going round the back and breaking in . |
| 2 | Which is rather like saying that slum-dwellers would rather live in the slums than anywhere else — there they are in the slums , are n't they ? |
| 3 | A FUSION of pop and hardcore grunge that comes up smelling of the '60s summer sound , but to this they have fitted on a beat of their own which is well worth sitting up and paying attention to . |
| 4 | Er this tells us that domestic political considerations are very important in deciding whether to use er violence or whether to threaten it or , or , or whatever erm so there is er er a domestic political dimension to this which is well worth examining if you wish to understand the limits that actually exist on politicians ' powers . |
| 5 | But we have saved the elderly person 's strategic in the Vale of the White Horse , in its entirety , which is well worth having saved . |
| 6 | It is an often-repeated truism to say that the institution of the pub is unique to Britain — but it is still one which is well worth resurrecting . |
| 7 | Both require desludging from time to time , which is normally by pumping out using a tanker . |
| 8 | One wonders just exactly how much banging a drum has to do with growing up , but the central issue of manhood is one which is certainly worth addressing . |
| 9 | There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve , which is definitely worth doing . |
| 10 | It was the low price of imported coal which provided part of government 's rationale for closing down most of the coal industry ( which is now under review--see below ) . |
| 11 | There is an elective affinity between this cultural vision and the religious vision of the Roman catholic church prior to the second Vatican Council , in its exclusivist attitude towards other Christian churches , an attitude which is far from overcome at the level of popular Roman catholicism . |
| 12 | For example , there may be a grant which is specifically for building a capital asset . |
| 13 | If there is a module which is specifically for testing the module under construction , then the loose coupling relation IS-TESTED-BY should be used : |
| 14 | My friend Julia McKenzie is wont to say ‘ You said you could do it when you wrote in , ’ but these days she 's more into saying : ‘ When will you learn to say no ? ’ |
| 15 | I think she looks nice really , because she does look very young , she 's only about turned sixteen , is n't she ? |
| 16 | She 's still in mourning after the death of her husband , but brave Princess Caroline is determined to make a success of his ailing businesses . |
| 17 | A door viewer is useful as well , you can see who 's outside without opening the door . |
| 18 | She is more like to fly out at you . ’ |
| 19 | Asking someone who has been closely associated with garden flowers for more than 50 years to name his favourite one is rather like asking King Solomon to name his favourite wife — I love then all ! |
| 20 | I think one is largely on judging people in the hands of the media , looking at it from an ordinary party member I think it 's the air he gives , whether it 's an air of confidence competence and perhaps and air of confidence , the way he handles himself in the House of Commons , the things that he actually says , because within that time you 're not able , in fact , to have achieved much erm parliamentary wise , one very much has to judge a person by what he has . |
| 21 | There 's more to getting the chop than meets the eye , as Gill Kersley looks at blocks across the board |
| 22 | There 's more to portraying sadness and torment than staring into space like a hypnotised horse |
| 23 | Time somebody tipped off the caterer that there 's more to feeding the five thousand these days than puds , cheese and nostalgic twaddle . |
| 24 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 25 | It 's part of a ten million pounds appeal to show people that there 's more to scouting than singing round camp fires . |
| 26 | You seem to suggest that there is quite a and quite a a different relationship between the quarry men er and the quarry owner than there is normally between say a employer and an employee . |
| 27 | However , some may feel that there is more to footing a bill than merely paying it : there is a hint of reluctance , of the imposition of an unwelcome demand for money on the payer , which renders the equivalence of the contrasts in 17 slightly suspect . |
| 28 | As N.R. Hanson has put it , ‘ There is more to seeing than meets the eyeball ’ . |
| 29 | We should also recognize that there is more to producing and understanding meaningful language — to communicating — than knowing how to make or recognize correct sentences . |
| 30 | There is more to choosing a carpet than price . |