Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 With a little effort , the transfer function between its input and load resistance R may be shown to be Thus it performs as a third-order Butterworth filter when
2 The county council believes that North Yorkshire , the character of it , er is a national asset , but there is a view that because the county is large and relatively sparsely populated , there should be almost what appears to be an open door policy for development .
3 This contrasts with Chapter III where the charge will arise under Case VI of Schedule D. That being so it seems to the author that one must apply the appropriate Case to the particular income — Schedule A , etc .
4 Run-time errors are where something occurs during the running of the program which BBCBASIC(Z80) is unable to cope with .
5 This is presumably what happens in the cases of light , match and race discussed above .
6 But that 's exactly what happens to thousands of black people .
7 Well , we all know that cos that 's exactly what happens to 'em .
8 Yet this is exactly what happens in all vertebrate retinas .
9 They are the executive body , and the national assembly is the people of the Kuwait , and fifty members are directly elected by the people through the twenty constituencies which we have , and you have here the legislative body , in other words a parliament of fifty members and the government , and they sit together and they run the business of the country like any other parliament , and if you look to the television and see what happens in the House of Commons , it is exactly what happens in Kuwait .
10 A language-centred description typically suggests that speech-sounds are objects that can actually change ( [ a ] can ‘ become ’ [ o ] , and so forth ) , when this is not what happens at all .
11 Those who have met with Cumberland jokes will realize that they are nearly always directly personal and intended to deflate pretension : the victims may well feel that this is not what passes for humour in ‘ polite society ’ .
12 It seems , therefore that the absolute value of the local quality score is not what matters in deciding the most likely interpretation .
13 But I know , and you should know , that imagination is not what counts at this stage of a young man 's career ; what he needs is application , study , repetition , diligent imitation and sincere admiration of his peers .
14 This is just what happens in my novel : the girl , Snow White , listens to the life-stories of her companions but , try as she may , she can neither comment nor reply in kind .
15 This is just what happens in real life .
16 ‘ Oh , that 's just what comes of being a prisoner too long : you make a fool of yourself like that . ’
17 but it 's just it seems to me like , like the boys must be intimidated by girls who actually
18 ‘ It 's not what happens to you , but how you cope with it , that 's important , ’ she told herself , as she tackled the cobwebs in the lofty rooms .
19 I now know that it 's not what happens in the good times that counts , but how you survive the bad — disastrous holidays , financial crises , illnesses .
20 When he 's off he qualifies for unemployment benefit , which makes their joint income £49 a week plus child benefit .
21 Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ?
22 This is probably what accounts for the fact that being featured in one of those articles entitled ‘ Faces to Watch in the New Year ’ , or worse , ‘ Who Will Be Who in the Coming Decade ’ is almost inevitably a ticket to total oblivion .
23 The , in analysis you do n't get er someone else to do it for you or you do n't get the therapist to play the role of your ego which is really what happens in this suggestion .
24 You see it 's really what happens to the older folk like me .
25 This is often what lies behind the suspicion which is aroused by widows , divorcees , and unhappily married women whom men who already have partners are so keen to help .
26 Erm Well that 's tricky , because the , the object is n't what goes in here erm it 's actually the whole thing .
27 Yeah , Essex is n't she comes from London does n't she ?
28 That 's well it looks like it to me .
29 If information is there it needs to be filtered and passed on — via senior management — into all areas of the operation .
30 One of the things I really like about this Ovation is how it seems to be the ideal compromise , in terms of feel , between my ideal electric and acoustic guitars .
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