Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it might be that we regard it as whether everybody else interprets it that way . |
| 2 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 3 | My view would be that it does nothing of the sort and that if we think it does we delude ourselves . |
| 4 | The terms of this argument repeat exactly those of the critical debate about univocal meaning , according to which the only alternative to the idea that history has a single meaning must be that it has none at all . |
| 5 | May be if they taught us about it at school boys would find it easier to talk to a girl about sex and things like that . ’ |
| 6 | cunt , wonder what that would be if they put it in a dictionary . |
| 7 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 8 | Would be if you discharged it into the environment , because of course , carbon monoxide is what ? |
| 9 | I think it is tough for BD because the midfield have their own way of playing which they 've had since the first season back , and Chapman knew where to be cos they built it round him . |
| 10 | The persuasiveness of Berkeley 's argument about heat and pain depends on two things : ( i ) our readiness to distinguish between feeling heat and feeling hot , and ( ii ) our having the idea that if two things are called by the same name it must be because we suppose them to be like one another . |
| 11 | If the facts actually were as he believed them to be , he would be entitled to act as he did . |
| 12 | He was fascinated by those deepest drives which were as he put it in 1919 ‘ canalizations of something … simple , terrible and unknown ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Once she tells us where the book is or she leads us to it , she dies . ’ |
| 14 | One of the most important aspects is that we saw ourselves as town traders — that magical area where buyer and seller come together . |
| 15 | I think , I think yes , I think the consensus is that we hold it on Friday the ninth erm and we 're going to apply , the three full time officers will apply for those in their organization that they want to attend , apply for paid release . |
| 16 | The result is that we know nothing about it except its external face , how its economy worked , and that has mostly been described by unsympathetic observers . |
| 17 | ‘ The problem is that we know nothing about either the land or the people , ’ Alexei said . |
| 18 | The short answer is that we assert it on the basis of two things , an independent nomic conditional , and ( C ) a belief about certain conditions , which is a belief that the antecedent of the independent conditional is in a certain part true . |
| 19 | For the trouble with the great and the good is that we expect them to be on duty the whole time . |
| 20 | ‘ The Arsenal way of doing things , though , is that we do them in private — not in public . |
| 21 | We may do it badly , but the beauty is that we do it at all . |
| 22 | A recurrent theme in Society activities is that we have plenty of speakers amongst our own ranks . |
| 23 | My recommendation is that we scrap them for the ten year decade of evangelism as a trial period and then think again in AD 2000 ! |
| 24 | To the extent that Europeans know of this Oxbridge dominance , my experience is that they regard it with some satisfaction ( they have generally heard of Oxford and Cambridge ) , but that their satisfaction changes to complacency when they reflect upon what they believe to be the uniquely class-ridden structure of English society . |
| 25 | The most likely explanation is that they saw it as a way to keep the Catholic-educated Mary out of Scotland , while maintaining their formal loyalty to her , thereby maximizing their opportunity to advance the Protestant cause while minimizing the need to clash directly with their sovereign ; there was , after all , no sign that Mary was particularly interested in the internal affairs of her kingdom , and although it was a gamble , and a risky one , leaving her to continue to enjoy life in France appeared to be the best chance they had . |
| 26 | The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs . |
| 27 | Another potential problem for patients is that they find themselves in the role of information-giver , and it is often information of a very personal nature . |
| 28 | The great advantage of such institutions is that they fit you for prison conditions . |
| 29 | The only thing , today , is that they escorted us without any weapons . |
| 30 | The trouble with architect-designed houses on estates is that they have nothing like an open fire . |