Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I said what bike are you getting and he said |
| 2 | What excuse am I going to give there ? ’ |
| 3 | This may well be defensible , but the nature of the arguments required to sustain such a defence are themselves controversial . |
| 4 | M. Are you being sarcastic again ? |
| 5 | Questions of privilege are themselves justiciable and have , on occasion , been referred by the Crown at the instance of the House in question to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ; what approach would be proper in such a circumstance ? |
| 6 | The one occasion when written and broadcast reports of statements made by persons who possess absolute privilege are themselves absolutely privileged is when they concern proceedings in the courts . |
| 7 | Now fear and horror are my only companions . |
| 8 | ‘ What story are you giving them ? ’ murmured the Substitute . |
| 9 | As for Mr we 're out of recession are we ? well if that 's an excuse for saying let's close homes well , I think that 's a a terrible shame , all he , the certainty that he wants to offer to our elderly people is the certainty that their home will close and they 'll be thrown out of it . |
| 10 | The hardships we are suffering in the recession are nothing compared to the hell of the Bosnian detention camps , and if we can not find the cash to help what amounts to very few of them then we are morally as well as economically bankrupt . |
| 11 | cos there not for this board are they ? |
| 12 | You had to lie on a board , his doctor said , oh it 's lumbago which , all the signs are the same , where that pain goes all down your leg effecting the or mia , sciatica and have to lie on a board , and we were in the prefab then and you actually er not , like some people put the board are you interested ? |
| 13 | Do n't you remember look if there were a hundred minutes in an hour that would be two point one two , but there 's not a hundred minutes in an hour are there ? |
| 14 | Well if they 're within existing industrial areas , then they 're not included in the I five provision are they ? |
| 15 | It was a government word used , for example , in the 1975 slogan ‘ Socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ( later to become ‘ Islam , socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ) , painted on walls and on the triumphal arches set up over main roads . |
| 16 | It was a government word used , for example , in the 1975 slogan ‘ Socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ( later to become ‘ Islam , socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ) , painted on walls and on the triumphal arches set up over main roads . |
| 17 | The pool-liners which fall into the next category are what one might call in the medium-price range and represent good value for the average newcomer to water gardening . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm the man who stokes the boilers ’ ‘ Ah , you 're the boiler-stoker are you ? ’ |
| 19 | The question commonly asked at interviews , ‘ What specialty are you interested in ? ’ becomes largely irrelevant . |
| 20 | In the days before effective treatment , endocarditis , in which the valves of the heart are themselves affected , was a very serious complication , a measure of which is given by the title of a contemporary report : ‘ Gonococcal endocarditis — a report of twelve cases , with ten post-mortem examinations ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 21 | Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education . |
| 22 | Yeah cos then , th they 're not gon na be down the park are they ? |
| 23 | Even as the ‘ external functions ’ of the Soviet Armed Forces acquire real importance , the principal means upon which the USSR relies to influence change are what Westerners are accustomed to call ‘ other means ’ : moral , political and material support furnished below the legal threshold of intervention , designed to encourage and revolutionise or at least influence and infiltrate . |
| 24 | So , how big a change are we talking about ? |
| 25 | Looking forward to a change are you ? |
| 26 | Athletico are nothing but money-grabbing bastards . |
| 27 | You 're not even a season holder are you ? |
| 28 | TETANUS ARE YOU SUFFICIENTLY AWARE OF TETANUS ? |
| 29 | What part am I playing in the conflict process ? |
| 30 | We seem to be erm , taking on an enormous number of staff , er , er , at what level are we doing it ? |