Example sentences of "[be] [noun pl] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hint that there are secrets which can only be divulged and discussed with those who have also been there … |
| 2 | The rest are bruises which will quickly heal . ’ |
| 3 | When there are solutions one can easily find them . |
| 4 | How long it takes to reach the size , and the actual attainable size of this fish are things we will only find out with time . |
| 5 | There is no need whatsoever to spend large amounts of money on flower pressing equipment , since the majority of items are either very inexpensive or are things you may already have around the house . |
| 6 | ‘ If you add the £4 for a referee , it is a lot of money , and there are teams which will just fold up because they can not find that kind of money . |
| 7 | Whether the new tax will have the desired effect and whether it will have an effective life-span ( there is in already a White Paper on ‘ Land ’ ( Cmnd 5730 ) ) are questions which can only be answered in the future . |
| 8 | Any Associate is recruited with the prospect that he or she will be eligible for partnership after a few years : business development abilities , superior counselling skills in the field and a deep commitment to the firm and its progress are qualities which will rapidly become determinant . |
| 9 | I said to the orchestra , ‘ If there are discords we must always play them as beautifully as we know how . ’ |
| 10 | There will always be subjects which can only be handled by referring them to apparently independent adjudicators outside government . |
| 11 | As I hope I have made clear already , the objectives have to be things which can actually be achieved by advertising — ‘ to increase sales ’ is not an advertising objective , though it is something to which advertising can and should contribute . |
| 12 | But , for certain , the fellowship of the place , the friendships — many of them cross-party — will be things they will long miss and never forget . |
| 13 | In some cases longer detention would be requisite , and there may from time to time be murderers who can never be released . |
| 14 | What they are trying to buy are assets which can best be developed by Palatine itself , including some which can only be developed by Palatine as an independent brewery . |
| 15 | there are pupils who will probably |
| 16 | She stood in front of the mirror and in front of her mother , and she suffered because she knew that there was no escape ; the reasons why the dress would not do were reasons which could never be communicated . |
| 17 | It makes no sense to contemplate a general policy of reducing adverse events in people 's lives , even if it were possible , unless perhaps they were crises which might unavoidably lead to the person becoming trapped into a highly stressful lifestyle . |
| 18 | When we were kids we 'd never of dreamt of this would we ? |
| 19 | Over half of the Dwarf force had been slain and although Skarsnik had lost many good warriors they were losses he could easily afford . |
| 20 | Yes , there were things she would never experience in life , special things which a man and woman in love might enjoy ; she would never carry Tyler 's child again , nor would the two of them grow old together , content in each other 's love . |
| 21 | You cared about other people and tried to be kind to them , even though they were strangers you would probably never meet again . |
| 22 | Since half of the original sample were women there will also be an opportunity to compare the experiences of male and female entrepreneurs . |
| 23 | In the great Scandinavian tradition of Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman , Lorna Lewis and her daughter Jo Forbes were actresses who could never give of their best when their shoes pinched . |
| 24 | Now that 45% of those qualifying are women we can no longer ignore the needs of those reluctant to work over 72 hours a week . |
| 25 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |
| 26 | I mean there 's times I could just take Billy and just but then you have to think , no . |
| 27 | In fact th the older kind I that I mind of there was places you could even sit in the nook . |