Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [is] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the chief finance officer of a local authority has a duty to report to councillors and auditors if he or she believes there is the possibility of the authority incurring unlawful expenditure ( Local Government Finance Act 1988 : clause 14 ) . |
| 2 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 3 | Mother says someone put the letters in Father 's desk , and she thinks it is the man who got Father 's job . |
| 4 | Now already , she 's had a wash and a workout or two , and read a few books and she thinks she 's the answer to an Amazon 's prayer . |
| 5 | No one would argue about that and she believes it 's the duty of any prime minister to lead from the front . |
| 6 | He come across with his un one of the managers and he says what 's the idea ? |
| 7 | And he says what 's the matter now ? |
| 8 | Or you get thrown out and he says it 's the end of it . |
| 9 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |
| 10 | Erm and it shows it 's the twenty I think it 's the twenty second or twenty third I 've got it at home , er of October nineteen fourteen , this . |
| 11 | For his part , Mr Major , who feels the isolation from people that is an inevitable consequence of his position , is pleased to have contact , even if it means he is the occasional target of thrown eggs . |
| 12 | If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East . |
| 13 | But he thinks he 's the centre of the world and he was going to make it difficult for Angie to do what she wanted if it would affect his career . |
| 14 | DALE GORDON is only a fringe player at Ibrox but he reckons he 's the envy of almost every top footballer in England . |
| 15 | Stanley can see through Blanche 's lies and deception but what annoys him is the pretence that Blanche puts on pretending to be better than him and taunting him by calling him a ‘ Polak ’ . |
| 16 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 17 | Teachers should be active when in the shop and approach the learners ; sometimes the learner holds back because she feels she is the only one with difficulties . |
| 18 | ‘ Because the son of a bitch wo n't let up while he thinks there is the slightest chance of getting back his quarter of a million , ’ Hugo said . |
| 19 | What does it mean when it says it is the last time . |
| 20 | But when he does he 's the best . |