Example sentences of "[adv] [ex0] be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps there are schemes for the disabled to rent computers at lower rates ? |
| 2 | Our modern parental investment individualistic view would n't allow you to make that error , instead you 'd say you know you 've got ta look at the costs and benefits of the mother too and perhaps there are benefits to mothers in actively testing as it were their offspring , erm rather than just passively er accepting that they 're gon na have to be mothers and gon na have to get on with it and again you see , er I would er and this may have been the big mistake I made last year , er but again I stand by my er view on this and it 's a perfectly defensible one , erm again I think those who say that abortion is unnatural and kind of erm offends against er you know nature , are wrong . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , perhaps there are modes of reflection which have become luxuries , ideas we dare not frame , we dare not permit ourselves — ’ |
| 4 | According to this analysis , [ 25 ] is equivalent in import to [ 27 ] : Perhaps there are contexts in which a speaker of [ 25 ] would intend nothing more than this . |
| 5 | Perhaps there are clues in the archetype of the Great Mother ; we must bear in mind , though , that we can not go back to some primitive image of the priestess , but must give it life and meaning in today 's terms . |
| 6 | Perhaps there are links of which you are unaware . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps there 's hope for me yet , he thought as he unrolled the fillet on the cutting board . |
| 8 | I wondered which had come first , the chill and disenchantment of her worldly sophistication , or the lack of warmth in her son : and perhaps there was ice in both of them , and the one had reinforced the other . |
| 9 | But maybe cos there was no opportunity , they did n't see there to be I mean like they did n't know any better but as soon as , I mean things are rapidly changing they 're given the opportunity to erm I mean through the struggles to actually take charge of the conditions and to gain so some material and perhaps there was beginnings of them seeing that well perhaps we ought to look more to this sub-culture and to erm |
| 10 | Perhaps there was trouble with the gaming table ? |
| 11 | Suddenly there was work for everybody and the deaf community took full advantage of this change of climate , as reported in the 1944 annual report : The effect of the war on industry has given the deaf and dumb opportunities such as they had never enjoyed for many years and it is with great pleasure that the committee places on record the excellent work the deaf Have done . |
| 12 | Suddenly there was competition for capital , and interest rates rose . |
| 13 | Suddenly there was movement in the hallway ; whispering voices and soft footsteps . |
| 14 | Suddenly there was anger in his voice . |
| 15 | Before she could scream a damp rag had been clamped over her mouth , and suddenly there was pain behind her eyes and all was darkness . |
| 16 | Suddenly there was fear in his eyes . |
| 17 | Naturally there are signs of omission , such as arguments of which only one side is presented . |
| 18 | Naturally there were protests from some ILEA teachers of languages , history , geography , home economics and physical education that their subjects were not to be made compulsory in the fourth and fifth years : such subjects , it was held , were thereby accorded a lower status . |
| 19 | By 8.00am there was 16ft of water in the hold which the pumps could not reduce . |
| 20 | Apparently there 's flayrah to be had down the fields . |
| 21 | Not yet a month old and apparently there is concern in some quarters of the industry that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ( Sun Microsystems Inc to a lesser extent ) may kidnap the promised platform and twist it to their own advantage . |
| 22 | Not yet a month old and apparently there is concern in some quarters of the industry that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp ( Sun Microsystems Inc to a lesser extent ) may kidnap the promised system and twist it to their own advantage . |
| 23 | Apparently there was talk of a party from the parish going to Rome after Easter . |
| 24 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit . |
| 25 | I think almost daily there were discussions between our two shop stewards and the quarry owners about you know , levels of production , expected targets , increase in production and all this , and er I think you know through those daily discussions we made our side of the argument known and we we told him that we 'd work to rule if things were n't proper and if we did n't like it . |
| 26 | There 's a much greater sense here of tolerating plurality and diversity than there was in the English departments , although obviously there is conflict amongst staff about the extent to which such plurality can be tolerated . |
| 27 | Obviously there is pleasure in watching Hollywood recognise intelligent life in the typing pool . |
| 28 | Obviously there are limits to what you can achieve , but you will not know what those limits are until you embark upon a programme of good nutritious eating and appropriate exercise . |
| 29 | You will be paid while you are on sick leave but obviously there are limits to this . |
| 30 | The optimal moment for ceasing medical intervention is rarely this clear-cut , but obviously there are tensions between attempts to prolong life , and the quality of life in the extra days attained . |