Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] is [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | What you do with it once you 've brought it to the surface is another matter : it is enough for now that you acknowledge it is there and begin to discover ways of getting at it . |
| 2 | Because any one of these two or three things that I show you is enough if it 's a surprise to them they will blow you out . |
| 3 | He says he is now because April 's coming up . |
| 4 | He says he is home and dry . |
| 5 | But Mohammed says it is also because the rules governing arms sales in London are laxer than elsewhere . |
| 6 | And he says , as a result of them being in unity , dwelling together in unity , he says it is there that the Lord commanded the blessing . |
| 7 | She says it is only because she knows when it 's not in her stars to be killed in a ditch . |
| 8 | Floating about loose , all they prove is that whoever 's got them is more or less of a crook . |
| 9 | ‘ Where strikes do occur it is usually because of a serious problem at work . |
| 10 | THE spring Town Crier came yesterday and what a terrific read it is now that it is being produced by Darlington College of Technology students . |
| 11 | When the itching does begin it is probably because an allergic or sensitivity reaction has been set up . |
| 12 | I watch intently for a half-hour , seeing how often the chub move out of the darkness and into the light , and that the time spent there is more or less the same on each occasion . |
| 13 | And yet there is here , as with so many issues surrounding Karajan 's work and reputation , the wider question of the degree to which we hear what is there as opposed to what we imagine is there . |
| 14 | She finds she is less and less inclined to blame Tod for her unhappiness . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose it is just that I have led a more open life than you . |
| 16 | Well I suppose it is basically but no flute that 's what we were looking for . |
| 17 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 18 | Blanche : I guess it is just that I have — old-fashioned ideals ! |
| 19 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Because if he really is the sort of reporter you claim he is then that would be playing right into his hands by making him think I 'm trying to hide something . |
| 21 | A man materialises beside us so unobtrusively I do n't realise he is there until he speaks . |
| 22 | Because , whatever the tax rate ( assuming it is less than 100 per cent ) , the way to maximize after-tax profits is to maximize pre-tax profits . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps we could ignore what is past and start again ? ’ he suggested . |
| 24 | Well , I certainly will take it up if I get a copy letter , I mean it is obviously that some departments act differently , and I understand that in any case this is only a letter from the secretary , it 's not him , so I mean , I 'm quite happy to take it up if I get the copy of that , and explain that this department act , does rather differently from some of the others . |
| 25 | But in terms of , in terms of actual copper , I mean it is actually when the , when the plotter goes over that pad that is gon na be connected . |
| 26 | Following the river , it is almost 1,000 miles from Wadi Halfa to Khartoum while as the crow flies it is less than 500 . |
| 27 | The reason it is a truly creative process is that finding any particular creature is extremely difficult , simply and purely because Biomorph Land is very very large , and the total number of creatures sitting there is all but infinite . |
| 28 | I think 't is best if we could get him to the hospital . |
| 29 | And the boatman said : ‘ Tell me which boat it is so that I will know which boat not to look under . ’ |
| 30 | I think it is best if we leave as soon as we can . ’ |