Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] [verb] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes up a job as a pilot shuttling planes between a Greek island and the mainland , but is eventually able to vindicate himself when his old ship reaches the Aegean . |
| 2 | It is a tribute I suppose to the English language that there are so many forms of circumlocution that it is remarkably easy to persuade yourself that you have made a bold statement , or conveyed the bad news , whilst in reality there is no conceivable possibility that the recipient has actually understood what you are talking about . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's only fair to tell you that we shall be asking everyone here a few questions about what they were doing yesterday afternoon . ’ |
| 4 | erm let me consider first of all the minor claim , and here I think it 's only fair to tell you that I 'm not a palaeotologist . |
| 5 | But it is perhaps salutary to remind ourselves that the object of the enterprise is to provide every pupil with the best learning experiences . |
| 6 | I think it 's best just to say it and run . |
| 7 | Anyway Charlton is usually slow to change something that is n't broken ( rightly so ) . |
| 8 | The newspaper was demanding that the public be given a good show for their money : ‘ It is still necessary to ask ourselves whether we are getting value for money . |
| 9 | He 's always pleased to see me and sometimes he gives me food and stuff . |
| 10 | When planning a project which is likely to affect your neighbour in any way , it 's always advisable to consult him or her at an early stage , so that he is fully aware of your plans . |
| 11 | We see that the conservative is more likely to place his or her trust in the virtue and nobility of spirit of our rulers , whereas liberals , starting from the assumption that individuals are primarily motivated by self-interest , are anxious to formalize a body of principles and rules which are specifically designed to preserve individual liberty . |
| 12 | By telling his or her own story of drinking and its consequences , the recovering alcoholic is often able to get through the Protective denial system of the sufferer so that the sufferer himself or herself , through personal identification with many elements of that story and with the associated feelings , is gradually able to make his or her own diagnosis . |
| 13 | In view of the approach taken by the courts to this implied term it is probably fair to regard it as imposing on the seller a separate obligation to pass to the buyer a good title to the goods . |
| 14 | The question is whether he is also entitled to threaten her and by this threat procure intercourse with her . |
| 15 | Word processing can be such a liberation from what most young people would call the drudgery of pen and paper that it is as bad to ban it as to ban calculators . |
| 16 | Sequins can be overlapped too , like scales ; it is really fun choosing them and building up a picture |
| 17 | After symptoms of infection have disappeared , the virus may stay around the body for some considerable time , and it is often possible to grow it as long as one year after the infection has taken place . |
| 18 | It 's fairly easy for someone to call you that , but it 's fairly difficult to convince yourself that you are . |
| 19 | try and get a list of contacts or something to , I mean Lucy 's quite happy to do it and |
| 20 | Similarly , if you are in covenant relationship with others in a church , then when such a need arises it is quite reasonable to do it because it needs doing . |
| 21 | When bream are rolling in this manner it is quite easy to miss them if your eyes are not glued to the water all the time . |
| 22 | Luce Irigaray sees a similar process at work in the language of the hysteric which is never able to assert itself as definitive or complete ( 1966:29–30 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ The only problem I would have with the NICMA 's recommendations is that Laura is too young to understand everything that is explained to her , ’ she said . |
| 24 | However unpleasant these flows are to scramble over when cold , it is very instructive to watch them when hot . |
| 25 | Once a patient has convinced himself that he has still got NSU , it is very difficult to persuade him that all the symptoms he complains of are in fact perfectly normal . |
| 26 | Unless you live in a warm climate a wet suit will be a necessity , as it is very difficult to learn anything if you are cold and shivering . |
| 27 | It 's very easy to do it because all you do is how many people go there , you know , who runs it runs it stuff like that and you just , you 're exploring and you 're getting more information and it 's that 's great , fine . |
| 28 | cos it 's very easy to do it because they 're two little red beacons |
| 29 | When wearing crampons it 's important to remember that it 's very easy to spike yourself and trip up . |
| 30 | It is linguistically unacceptable to apply them except on grounds which would always lead to further application of them in all similar cases . |