Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to realize that when the speaker uses an ethical statement to express an attitude , the hearer who agrees or dissents is not agreeing to , or dissenting from , any claim to the effect that the speaker has the attitude . |
| 2 | Forward contracts are relatively easy to arrange , although the exporter is committed to supplying the currency agreed to the bank even if the export deal is cancelled or payment is not received within the forward contract period . |
| 3 | Studies of students taking part in seminars suggest that posture is also used to indicate a desire to enter the discussion . |
| 4 | It is therefore intriguing that our in situ hybridization analyses strongly suggest that pou[c] is ubiquitously expressed during embryonic development although the highest level of expression is seen in the CNS . |
| 5 | These results suggest that medication is often prescribed without clinical examination and probably without a diagnosis being made . |
| 6 | If you make a joke , pause before the punch line — and let the audience know that humour is about to enliven the proceedings by enjoying it yourself beforehand . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a relief to wake up in the middle of the night and to know that Dad is not suffering any longer . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm working — being here for my jocks and engineers in a crisis situation , and it may surprise you to know that Florian is also working . ’ |
| 9 | Well the other thing that 's in the back of my mind is I happen to know that Cath is just taking on a new worker |
| 10 | The civil rights group say that NIH is not doing enough . |
| 11 | They say that cover is presently provided from Ysbyty Gwynedd at Bangor , but are concerned that delays in getting to Llandudno could prove potentially serious . |
| 12 | But American sources say that Negroponte is still determined to have the road . |
| 13 | More interestingly , sources say that HP is currently weighing a 20% stake in Taligent to cement the new relationship , while IBM brass have been meeting with HP officials at various locations around the US over the last few days firefighting for their support . |
| 14 | As an example , say that wine is normally sold in litre bottles stoppered with a cork , at a price of $2.00 . |
| 15 | Some say a new era of enlightenment is around the corner , some say that consciousness is quietly entering the mainstream , while others see a grim world of confusion and chaos ( not chaos theory but just plain chaos ) . |
| 16 | They 'll probably be rather dusty , but they 're quite separate from the house and I can guarantee that Eleanor 's never set foot in them . |
| 17 | Imagine , he finally splutters , ’ all these little rich old ladies listening to techno It looks like Detroit is finally recognising its brightest new industry . |
| 18 | Secondary symptoms soon appear if treatment is not given . |
| 19 | The routine for rigging and de-rigging is usually passed on by word of mouth , or is self-taught . |
| 20 | Two defeats in their six home games is hardly what the fans expect but Flynn is n't pressing the panic button . |
| 21 | Tax-rates were cut , reliefs reduced or abolished and the £30,000 ceiling for mortgage relief has been frozen while relief is now restricted to the basic rate . |
| 22 | Why do some people think that faith is necessarily troubled by doubt but that knowledge is not ? |
| 23 | An emotivist will think that Butler is merely expressing and inviting an attitude whereby we favour this sort of system of self control , while an intuitionist will think that there is tacit appeal to an intuition as to what ought to be . |
| 24 | US officials insist that Washington is not pushing the idea , but confirmed that it will be a topic of conversation when the chairman of the Federal Reserve , Alan Greenspan , visits Moscow this weekend . |
| 25 | They also insist that hunting is not done for sport , as it is in many ‘ sophisticated ’ countries , although they may admit that all forms of traditional hunting take on a certain glamour , especially in the minds of the younger men . |
| 26 | While Clegg holds back from suggesting that structure is socio-culturally determined , it is worth considering firstly whether the type of initiative described by Buchanan will be limited by the absence of the factors Clegg describes as contributing to Japan 's ‘ post modernity ’ . |
| 27 | Sometimes , however , a sharp shock is required to signal the extent of the adjustment eventually required and the government 's commitment to seeing that adjustment is actually made . |
| 28 | It might also be appropriate for him [ the Prime Minister ] to issue instructions to the Chairmen of Committees to see that time is not wasted in the discussion of irrelevant matters . |
| 29 | But conceivably I might be particularly anxious to emphasise that A is not stating a falsehood that he is a reliable witness , say , which might be important in certain circumstances . |
| 30 | Carroll insists that EDS is not pursuing a ‘ have it all ’ strategy . |