Example sentences of "of [noun pl] but [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is called the Hall of Secrets but it is the wrong place to whisper them . |
| 2 | ‘ There have been an awful lot of investigations but there is still a lot of controversy about this , ’ said Mr Ralph Tadema Wielandt , head of the project . |
| 3 | A Mickey Dolenz lookalike beats out bongo rhythms frontstage to complement their dance grooves , while vocalist Stella dances around in her multicoloured cat suit , not yet the most comfortable of performers but there 's enough spirit in the band to suggest their debut waxings will be well worth checking out . |
| 4 | A Mickey Dolenz lookalike beats out bongo rhythms frontstage to complement their dance grooves , while vocalist Stella dances around in her multicoloured cat suit , not yet the most comfortable of performers but there 's enough spirit in the band to suggest their debut waxings will be well worth checking out . |
| 5 | The statement does have a phrase in it in which it says that Jesus declared the forgiveness of sins but there is an immense difference between declaring forgiveness and making forgiveness . |
| 6 | There may be some discomfort in the area for a couple of days but there is no physical harm . |
| 7 | Er this is alright we 've done it informally in the past , you know I 've talked to many clients some of which I handle some of which I do n't and always the question is er are we giving erm a service that we can improve on , if you look dealing with er are there any points you 'd like to raise with me , all these sort of questions but it 's all very unstructured er and sometimes it 's er er results in us having an action plan emerging , sometimes not . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't say that ; he 's a man with unusual views on a lot of things but he 's no fool ; he goes round lecturing to Old Cornwall Societies , Women 's Institutes and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 9 | Part woman-in-peril thriller , part comic financial caper , part romantic weepie , it 's a lot of things but it is n't really a ghost story , not in the conventional sense . |
| 10 | A management company is particularly common where there is a large block of flats but it is now increasingly common in smaller developments , such as converted Victorian houses . |
| 11 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 12 | ‘ We have no hit list of closures but it is the case that we must react to the pressure of the market ’ ICI 's Chris Hamspon , the director responsible for Chemical & Polymers on Teesside . |
| 13 | There is no legal limit on the number of ministers but there is a limit on the number who can sit and vote in the Commons ( House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 , s.2(1) ) , presently 95 and a limit to the number of ministerial salaries which can be paid ( Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 ) . |
| 14 | I think that it 's only a fear of women but it 's also a belief in the innate or or learn superiority of men over women |
| 15 | But it does concern me very much , not just the loss of jobs but it 's the loss of services in this area . |