Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason why the ideological premises of grammar so often remain hidden is that linguists deny their existence . |
| 2 | I mean driving is n't , driving is not necessarily |
| 3 | Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus . |
| 4 | So what you tend to observe is that when protectionism , when everybody protects , or when a lot of people protects , the world market erm , becomes a sink right , for any excess production . |
| 5 | ‘ If someone has gone through the trauma of a crime like this the last thing they want to see is a court handing out a light sentence , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Eubank has got where he is by aggravating public and opponents alike to the point that all they want to see is the object of their dislike brought down with a bump . |
| 7 | Old-fashioned they may have been but they proved a point , which today 's deregulated TV stations would do well to heed , that what the public actually want to see is characterization , plot , and relationships . |
| 8 | The last thing I want to see is local authorities skimping on the police . |
| 9 | ‘ What I want to see is the woman you should be — the one you were born to be . |
| 10 | The recession has hit the farming community as hard as anyone — and the last thing farmers want to see is their livelihood going up in smoke . |
| 11 | What we want to emphasise is the theoretical context of method and how this is integral to sociological investigation , not simply as a technique but as something which has profound significance for the possibility of sociology itself . |
| 12 | ‘ Glue sniffing is becoming an increasing problem in the town . |
| 13 | Announcing the new campaign junior health minister Baroness Harper said : ‘ Glue sniffing is not a problem that has gone away . ’ |
| 14 | The freedom which members of high-performing systems appear to enjoy is thus not inconsistent with stability of purpose and behaviour . |
| 15 | Here the last thing you expect to see is one of the most exquisite small houses in the land ; yet here , glimpsed down a short straight avenue of completely inappropriate young cherry trees , is Lodge Park . |
| 16 | Right what we want to find is how steep is the the hill we want to find that angle . |
| 17 | But what I want to know is this — how come a Pakistani hot off the banana boat can get a mortgage when a decent cop with 25 years service in the force can not ? |
| 18 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 19 | Once I am interested in an act 's music and I like their live performance , the first thing I want to know is where this new band sees itself going . |
| 20 | What I want to know is , is it cold or hot ? |
| 21 | On the one side , the callers : individuals who have been deluded into believing that the prime function of a national government is to look after them and who therefore itemise their personal miseries in public ( unemployed , house repossessed , eldest son unable to claim benefit , one leg ) before asking the politician : ‘ What I want to know is , what you going to do for me ? ’ — for all the world as though asking a pretty sharp question . |
| 22 | ‘ What I want to know is who 's in the team ? ’ asks a gruff voice . |
| 23 | What you want to know is : |
| 24 | All they want to know is : am I going to get a good bottom turn ? ’ |
| 25 | What I want to know is where has she gone ? |
| 26 | All I want to know is , will he be all right ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ What I want to know is , why ca n't they carry on decently , like we used to do ? ’ |
| 28 | What we want to know is how to use that assertiveness in situations where we do n't know the rules . ’ |
| 29 | And all I want to know is which television series featured Under Siege co-star Erika Eleniak ? |
| 30 | He branded the portrait ‘ quite disgusting , pure chocolate box rubbish ’ and scoffed : ‘ What I want to know is , where are the Seven Dwarfs ? |