Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun sg] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think that 's quite right for granddad is it ? |
| 2 | What is controversial about functionalism is its claim that we are going to be able to make significant generalizations about behaviour only if we think about what is going on in the brain at a particular level of description . |
| 3 | This of course is something I was aware of having witnessed a news conference with Miss Graf in mid-week , in which she very politely criticised her absent rivals saying that none of the top ranked players needed the vast amounts of money to be gained by playing in lucrative exhibition events . |
| 4 | This of course is what will be required of all teachers , and what they will need to coach their colleagues to do in their own particular specialism . |
| 5 | This of course is what inspired Thor Heyerdahl 's dramatic Kon-Tiki expedition in which he sailed on a raft from South America to Polynesia , thus hoping to prove that he was following in the wake of ancient migration routes which could explain the cultural similarities he found between the two culture areas . |
| 6 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 7 | Because some of course are they they reach the thirty six thousand threshold without any problem at all . |
| 8 | It is all very well to use the language of manipulation or indoctrination but how do we know that this in fact is what happens ? |
| 9 | This in fact was what happened . |
| 10 | Not quite cos I mean at one time , when he was Christopher 's age god he was never free from cold was he ? |
| 11 | This on reflection is what I think education is all about : not the mere acquisition of knowledge and passing of exams — though I thank you for your help in that area too — but the ability to stand on my own two feet intellectually . |
| 12 | So which fair is this at school is it ? |
| 13 | The Government has admitted that forcing the poorest of pensioner 's who are on Income Support to pay twenty per cent of the proposed Council Tax would be Tax , would be wrong . |
| 14 | But the reason why they do that of course is they would like you to keep coming back |
| 15 | But it 's been I think great fun and I will wish to renew my thanks to those who made it possible and that of course is you by being here . |
| 16 | Yeah , but you 're not having that much for breakfast are ya ? |
| 17 | Thing is they 're not much about mate is there ? |
| 18 | The officers recommended federation and something similar to federation is what is on the table now . |
| 19 | Ideal for Christmas are her teddy nursery accessories : laundry bags , cushions , rugs , bookends and lampshades from £3.10 to £13.80 , plus a pocket-money section with gifts under £1 . |
| 20 | This is all for bass is it ? |
| 21 | First of all of course is your spouse . |
| 22 | I do n't think the problem is quite so great with clothing is it ? |
| 23 | Hence , autarky in production is everyone 's aspiration , but an unachievable ( and unaffordable ) one . |
| 24 | That in essence is what started Pons and Fleischmann on their quest for test-tube fusion . |
| 25 | Remember your objectives , nobody was concerned about stress were they ? |
| 26 | For one thing , Callinicos goes out of his way to establish that the intellectual tradition he is concerned to critique is itself most fruitfully read , not as an articulation of a qualitatively new postmodernism , but an instance of a Modernist-type response . |
| 27 | And then go , cos it 's not far off Easter is it Tracy ? |
| 28 | What is appealing about power is its importance and its potential . |
| 29 | So the maximum is nine that people can hold on to and the thing about nine of course is it splits up into three threes and that 's why I say some people will group a twelve number into four threes or something like that or three fours because they 're all well within this span of conception . |
| 30 | erm annoyed about rugby is he ? |