Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] be [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw it was herself , there on the canvas ; in fact it was so much herself that she could not believe that she could be both people , one here on the studio floor and one sitting there clasping her knees , her eyes lost in faraway visions , her white feet on wet black rocks against which little waves were breaking in plumes of spray . |
| 2 | Locke 's tentative suggestion about the possibility of thinking matter would have seemed to lead to atheism too ; but he was quick to point out to his critic , Edward Stillingfleet , that the suggestion that we might be purely material does not involve the denial of all spiritual immaterial beings ; if we are thinking matter , it needed a spiritual God to make us so . |
| 3 | Sparc International on the Novell Inc acquisition of Unix System Laboratories Inc : ‘ There is a large amount of information that is unclear regarding the impact of this purchase — initially , we anticipate that there will be more Novell NetWare content in Unix … potentially , having Novell run Unix as a ‘ business ’ would be beneficial to the Unix community , because it would drive for unification around a central Unix implementation . ’ |
| 4 | He also quoted Mallarmé " I think … that there should be only allusion … |
| 5 | Ian Clarke , a Bank of England executive , and his wife Jacqueline promptly turned back to Surrey so they would be nearer Heathrow and Gatwick airports — and better placed to take off for Australia . |
| 6 | He imagined labour as it would be , had it not been formulated by capitalism , and say that it would then be merely an aspect of the total business of living , unseparated from such activities as recreation , consumption , family life : that it would be just part of existence . |
| 7 | When we considered the impact that such a system would have on my city of Leeds , when it was thought that it would be about £187 per head , we realised that that in itself would be disastrous . |
| 8 | L. scoticum is the additional constant , and there may be also Agrostis stolonifera and Holcus lanatus . |
| 9 | We 've heard tonight , and I do not believe it , a plea from Councillor , the Chairman of Social Services , that he wants ring fencing of Local Government money , I E the Government sends us our money and says , you will spend it on that and that and that and there will be now power of Local Councils to decide what the needs are in their areas and what their priorities are . |
| 10 | And it would be yesterday morning again , and she had n't been up to Hunter Ward and eavesdropped on a conversation . |
| 11 | Being-for-itself must be wholly body and it must be wholly consciousness ; it can not be united with a body . |
| 12 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 13 | But I could be both Verlaine and Rimbaud . |
| 14 | But it must be nearly dinner time now . |
| 15 | she 's gon na need her at weekends as well , in the summer , because she 'll be away eventing . |
| 16 | It is uncommon for schools to use processes such as critical path analysis because they can be very time consuming unless used by experts , although simpler versions may be worth considering for example stocks and flows models . |
| 17 | I I I do differ with that in some respects , in that er until we 've arranged the agenda we 're not always sure whether there will be specifically highway matters , er and er I must confess , although not on the agenda very often , highway matters are things that that that that do get commented on , er but er none the less , it 's just the principle , I mean er it 's a bit difficult to start saying , well do we send it because we have particular things , er or or |