Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ technology transfer ’ is a process of innovation , but it involves spreading existing technology from sectors where it is conventionally used throughout industry so as to provide added value and competitive advantage . |
| 2 | If we are to establish how and to what extent routine policing is affected by Northern Ireland 's divisions , it would be useless to base our research where there is only militarized political policing ( even though there are at least formal attempts to try to normalize policing in areas of high tension ) , for it is necessary to explore the extent to which policing in so-called ‘ soft ’ areas is contaminated by wider societal conflicts . |
| 3 | The cash has been sent on to HQ where it is sorely needed ( see our Spring issue ) . |
| 4 | A subject may take up the hypnotic suggestion that he is unable to bend his arm : ‘ He is actively , deliberately , voluntarily keeping his elbow stiff while simultaneously orchestrating for himself the illusion that he is really trying his best to bend it . ’ |
| 5 | In explosive breeding , all reproductive activity is packed into a few days , with the result that it is highly synchronised . |
| 6 | basically he 's studied this minute area of China and , and basically , from that minute area of China , from his experiences , bearing in mind that he 's obviously trying to sell revolution , he is then generalizing about the whole of China . |
| 7 | In creating the replica pavement , Mr Bob Woodward , a builder by trade , has undertaken such thorough background research that he is now regarded as a leading international expert on Roman mosaics . |
| 8 | The ancient Dwarf hold of Karak Ungor has become so infested with Night Goblins that it is now known as Red Eye Mountain . |
| 9 | The ‘ I ’ , he would have argued , only means something in relation to all the other words that it is usually compared with — in this case the personal pronouns like ‘ you ’ , ‘ she ’ or ‘ it ’ . |
| 10 | There are still traces of hut circles attributed to an Iron Age occupation and , at the time of the Roman invasion , the local patriots , the Brigantes , established a hill fort to resist the foreign legions ; an ancient rampart wall , built around the perimeter of the summit and almost half a mile in circumference , has survived the centuries although it is now crumbled and has many gaps . |
| 11 | Although they were the servants of governments whose interests it was their duty to uphold unreservedly , it was easier in such a setting than it is today to recognize certain common interests . |
| 12 | To identify a fluttering shadow as the outline of a bird is not so revealing as the recognition that it is actually cast by a butterfly . |
| 13 | But , like Geraldine 's two-faced cos she 's always giving it like erm , to other people , I do n't like Lucy , the one she hangs about with , I only hang about with her cos I feel sorry for her . |
| 14 | 2.35 In claims for the death of an infant child there is rarely any actual dependency but there might be prospective loss and it is well established that prospective loss is sufficient to found a claim by the parents . |
| 15 | Visions of heavy counselling sessions come to mind and it is often felt that the grieving person must be helped to ‘ come to terms with it ’ , whatever ‘ it ’ might be . |
| 16 | But it 's in having said that it 's an interesting fact that the knitted fabric as such we know , is a warm sort of comfortable fabric and it 's obviously used in where I call the , the cold climes , and that , that 's why it 's developed in the very areas we 've been talking about . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've really got him going well The energy is between your leg , seat and rein and he is nicely balanced . |
| 18 | Holding the mussel with both forefeet , it begins pounding it on the rock until it is sufficiently broken to allow the otter to extract the flesh with its teeth . |
| 19 | This work has shed much new light not only on chronology , and therefore on the development of Bach 's style , but also on performance practice and what is loosely termed reception history . |
| 20 | What is the point of sending the article to learned referees if it is subsequently going to be altered without warning ? |
| 21 | I get pigeon-holed as the vulnerable bloke who 's crap at relationships and who 's always arguing with his dad . |
| 22 | Paul started making the sofas he calls driving seats last Spring and he 's already sold thirty.Some have gone abroad to Canada , the United States and Germany . |
| 23 | Paul started making the sofas he calls driving seats last Spring and he 's already sold thirty.Some have gone abroad to Canada , the United States and Germany . |
| 24 | The decision is likely to postpone a hearing on the charges for many months and it is now thought that the case could eventually be heard in Milan instead of Turin . |
| 25 | ‘ Ah , Beel , he is a very good chef and he is now preparing the menu for tomorrow ; you like the food ? ’ |
| 26 | Well , crazy , I suppose I 'm crazy , I 've always thought runners were crazy , I 've always , you know , said friends and colleagues that used to run were mad , it only started off to get fit for skiing , and well , I hit , you know , I 've got the bug , and er well it 's going to be my first marathon and it 's definitely going to be my last marathon . |
| 27 | So the process starts with the data and it 's totally determined by the contents of the data , right ? |
| 28 | In later days it became fashionable to see Chaplin as a political rebel against Hollywood 's factory methods but he is better seen as the last of the old-style showmen offering a highly polished product to the masses that he felt he knew so intimately . |
| 29 | The next claim which constructivism makes is that centralsystem thinking emerges out of the organism 's interaction with the environment , an interaction that is initially a literal inter- action but which is later carried out internally , at least in the human case . |
| 30 | I think Bryony likes erm Smarties because she 's always sucking the juice out of beans . |