Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is striking about the Heseltines is that both register exactly the same expression of expectant acceptance . |
| 2 | What 's funny about Frank Spencer is that he 's a fella . |
| 3 | ‘ It was my idea as much as Jeff 's that I went with him . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't know where Jeff is and I have no more business here now that your cousin 's disappeared as well ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ A problem for Falconer is that he is just on the way back . |
| 6 | And I was in last week both Saturday 's before I came here , and we went through we 'd achieved all targets |
| 7 | ‘ The test for Neil is whether he could have done anything better to prepare himself for the task ahead . |
| 8 | He offered his so there you have some insight into the members of the Sanhedrin , Joseph of Arimathea northern areas of er Judaea , Arimathea is and do n't forget worried , worried Jerusalem now , this , this group together Yes Matthew . |
| 9 | A major advantage of both MID-TEL and MID-CRED is that neither system requires customers to install expensive computer equipment . |
| 10 | News on the Rialto is that the marker price at which IBM Corp is doing deals is $45,000 per MIPS — and our New York associate Technology News of America hears German users are sitting tight and waiting for the price to hit $40,000 per MIPS . |
| 11 | Modigliani 's style was so entirely different from Picasso 's that the two were in no way rivals . |
| 12 | ‘ My objection to Hill is that he is totally irrelevant to most of the things of value that the BBC does . |
| 13 | One of the many adverse criticisms of Albert Ferrasse and Jacques Fouroux is that , for involved reasons of French rugby politics , they have ostracised the Toulouse club together with such players as Denis Charvet and Eric Bonneval , who would walk on merit into any northern hemisphere XV . |
| 14 | The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act . |
| 15 | The big decision in Brussels is whether to stay in the Lower Town ( historic and lively ) or the Upper Town ( elegant and leafy ) . |
| 16 | One story told against the KGB is that it tried to steal the design secrets of the Anglo-French supersonic aircraft Concorde . |
| 17 | On April 11 the Prime Minister , V. P. Singh , warned in a speech in the Lok Sabha ( lower house of parliament ) : " Our message to Pakistan is that you can not get away with taking Kashmir without a war . " |
| 18 | ‘ The problem with Andy is that he has played so rarely we have yet to get him into our pattern of play . |
| 19 | Another problem that has beset the RMCs is that , instead of being financed from special , earmarked central or regional funds , they have had to derive the necessary resources from the parent institutions . |
| 20 | Yeah , the only reason most people choose a Friday is because they get you over the weekend |
| 21 | If I left a table in Fif 's that I 'd just acquired , I might attract attention . |
| 22 | All right David is that what |
| 23 | The overwhelming body of evidence for Britain and the United States is that such ties are maintained after marriage and that this is not simply a matter of recognizing connections at Christmas and birthdays plus occasional visits or telephone conversations . |
| 24 | While precise indicators of the numbers of laws depend upon more precise definition of what are considered as laws ( there is a variety of different types of order , statute and regulation ) , one crude indicator for the expansion of legislation in the United States is that the Federal Register grew from 2,355 pages in 1936 to 60,221 pages in 1975 ; another indicator for Britain is found in the Index to the Statutes — the index listing legislation for , the period from 1235 to 1935 takes up 788 pages , while that for 1936 to 1982 takes up 978 pages . |
| 25 | All the cops know about Mahoney is that he worked for Joey Bonanza . |
| 26 | I mean we know where Sefton Avenue is and we know that 's |
| 27 | ‘ Another thing I admired about young lads like Ken Logan , Gregor Townsend and Peter Wright is that they have the right attitude , a little bit of cockiness . |
| 28 | What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ? |
| 29 | The comfort for Mr Chirac is that Mr Balladur 's popularity is unlikely to last . |
| 30 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |