Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] [indef pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such bad habits include the horse refusing to stand still while someone is trying to mount it , or the horse cantering on only one lead . |
| 2 | ‘ What I want more than anything is to have somewhere I can look forward to . ’ |
| 3 | The basic principles in deciding what to grow remain unchanged whether one is growing one , a hundred , or a thousand . |
| 4 | 4 Draw up the rules with the legal requirements in mind and make sure that everything is covered . |
| 5 | Er we we have we just make sure that everything is told to the prospect on the phone . |
| 6 | Although this seems clever when one is told about it , a few minutes-hands-on experience demonstrates that it is not AI at all — it is a parlour trick . |
| 7 | So we 've got to the situation then where erm we are making sure that nobody is gon na put us in a position whereby they can cause us problems . |
| 8 | Also for the audio tour and generally for making sure that everything is kept on an even keel historically and that people keep on the right lines . |
| 9 | There are no sanctions against marrying those that one is brought up with ( as such ) ; the sanction is against marriages which would constitute close in-breeding . |
| 10 | The litany of fights , exhibitions , fights , acquisitions and fights soon becomes uninteresting and one is left not having a clue how a museum works and operates . |
| 11 | ‘ No , shit , you just get to a point in your life where you want to make sure that everything is going to be OK . |
| 12 | As in all ex-Soviet passenger aircraft , the seat backs are designed to flop forward and lie horizontal if no-one is sitting on them . |