Example sentences of "[verb] is [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First category I suggest is is about attitude in the sense of liking , disliking . |
| 2 | Tonight the police hunt is being spread nationwide . |
| 3 | All the court wants to know is are you pleading guilty or not guilty . |
| 4 | And what I 'd like to know is is the board . |
| 5 | Because what we what we want to know is is those jobs where we have done well , because we can learn the bollocking lessons from them . |
| 6 | Numerous tropical hardwoods and hardwood products on sale in D-I-Y stores across Britain bear " eco labels " which claim that the wood comes from sustainable logging operations , or that the area in which they were felled is being reforested . |
| 7 | What I 'm say is is it 's it 's not what you say . |
| 8 | As you say the main problem is , as you say is are you going to change your whole team , game |
| 9 | Apart from which of course , that everything we say is being held in public session in any event . |
| 10 | Er and the other point which e you might like to comment is are they in effect set out in any order of precedence . |
| 11 | If you trust somebody okay you 're quite open to them , they 're quite open to you if you co-operate you 're flexible , you 're being flexible and you like to work together and what happens is is if you 've got low trust and low co-operation with somebody well what you 've got is really everybody both people or everybody involved being defensive constantly being def defensive , if you do n't trust somebody and you know you 're not co-operative you 're constantly looking over your back , what are they doing are they doing that 's gon na mess something up you know what are they trying to do now . |
| 12 | It 's no good Lyn , no , what I 'll do is is exercise . |
| 13 | All you got ta do is is just phone up and give them your |
| 14 | Now the wrinkles are starting to show , all I can do is be good to myself . |
| 15 | All they can do is be at the radio station on time , and play their funky music whenever placed on a stage . |
| 16 | All you can do is be as honest as possible and go , ‘ Are you bored with doing this ? ’ |
| 17 | All you can do is be supportive … ’ |
| 18 | All I reckon we can do is be grateful for the good service , as you say Tim , and get on with what 's left — and that is quite a lot . |
| 19 | The best you can do is be as careful as it 's possible to be . ’ |
| 20 | Erm and er that it 's maybe very important at a time like this when children are potentially going and and knocking on stranger 's doors to be particularly careful so what we 've done is is is put together a simple guide for parents and carers erm which suggests that er they should n't just let their children go off for the evening . |
| 21 | Erm , what we have done is is because what is important is to look at that particular and try and get as good an estimate as we can because , let's face it , if we over-budget then in fact we 're wasting money which could otherwise be really targeted on community resources . |
| 22 | What what we 've done is is is print our names in capital letters there . |
| 23 | The vocative case indicates that the person or thing being named is being addressed directly , eg Yes , sir ; O Lord , which art in Heaven . |
| 24 | Across the floor from Audi , Ford was making much ado of its standard anti-lock brakes on all cars sold in Switzerland , a policy Ford says is being evaluated for the UK . |
| 25 | Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast |
| 26 | The tone chosen can indicate whether the tone-unit in which it occurs is being used to present new information or to refer to information which is felt to be already possessed by speaker and hearer . |
| 27 | Once the new house had been built is was often blocked in with a single course of concrete blocks and curiously enough today thirty five years later the modern method of building houses is to construct them all of wood and then surround them with a single course of concrete blocks . |
| 28 | The second Self Build Homes Show is being held in the Great Hall at Alexandra Palace , from 18 to 22 September . |
| 29 | A LIVE nudes show is being planned by Channel 4 as part of a Love Weekend coinciding with St Valentine 's Day . |
| 30 | A LIVE nudes show is being planned by Channel 4 as part of a Love Weekend to mark St Valentine 's Day . |