Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [be] " 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 | It is not that these things are in themselves opposed to religion , but the possessiveness and distractedness which they tend to promote are . |
| 3 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 4 | I mean driving is n't , driving is not necessarily |
| 5 | … no inconsiderable sacrifice to put in the time and effort that this sort of work requires , particularly when , as I fear has been the case so far , it has to be pursued at rather a breakneck speed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , the foods stressed-out women tend to crave are crunchy , such as biscuits and crisps , or tough and chewy , such as toffee . |
| 8 | Historically change has been limited in extent since traditional lore and experience play a greater part in extensive systems . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They walk solemnly , exhibiting the discipline that even the industrialists concede has been one of Niyogi 's great contributions to their factories . |
| 11 | Since make has been shown to evoke the idea of simply producing an effect , this explains why have always suggests a disposition to comply , whereas make does not . |
| 12 | Every stroke they make has been monitored . |
| 13 | ‘ There are more Senior tournaments in the pipeline , but what I want to see are more National Open championships . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The last thing I want to see is local authorities skimping on the police . |
| 18 | ‘ What I want to see is the woman you should be — the one you were born to be . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Those candidates exercise their freedoms and I defend those freedoms — If the freedoms which Conservative Members say they want to uphold were so widespread , they would not only define freedom in terms of the power to own shares in a company but would seek to defend it in terms of being able to get a job in that company , in a country with getting on for 2.5 million unemployed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Glue sniffing is becoming an increasing problem in the town . |
| 23 | Announcing the new campaign junior health minister Baroness Harper said : ‘ Glue sniffing is not a problem that has gone away . ’ |
| 24 | The freedom which members of high-performing systems appear to enjoy is thus not inconsistent with stability of purpose and behaviour . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Right what we want to find is how steep is the the hill we want to find that angle . |
| 27 | In this case , Madeline Usher has been buried in the family vault below the house , supposedly dead . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 30 | 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 . |