Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the er but it ca n't be done on modern alarms now because the bell boxes they use are anti-foam and they probably have two or three alarm |
| 2 | Since definitions are tidier when they only involve discrete alternatives , the languages used for these definitions almost always contain only functions f with finite ranges . |
| 3 | Faculty examinations are unnecessary because there already exists a suitable alternative in the form of the IoT examination . |
| 4 | As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones . |
| 5 | Figures are revealing but we also need to know what lies behind them . |
| 6 | I am sorry that I so rattled the Prime Minister with my question at the previous Prime Minister 's Question Time that he has not come to the House today . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I am tougher than I sometimes appear … |
| 8 | This is possibly my favourite Dvořák Quartet and I am delighted that we now have a CD version which does the piece proud . |
| 9 | So a lot of mine are reactive because I just have n't got any staff . |
| 10 | ‘ We are delighted if someone just goes around their office rattling a collecting tin , though obviously the dafter the idea , the more fun the whole thing becomes . ’ |
| 11 | But is n't it the ignorance of the people because the people are ignorant and they actually do n't know what they 're voting for |
| 12 | We 're profitable but we normally do n't compete with anyone else for getting the work . |
| 13 | I like the bones best because they 're interesting and I never thought people were buried up here . |
| 14 | They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked . |
| 15 | They 're more than I ever thought … |
| 16 | I think they 're silly because they just encourage people to break them . |
| 17 | But though our brains are big , they are not the biggest ; whale and elephant are larger and we only top the scale if you take into account overall body size — our brain is largest relative to our bodies . |
| 18 | Short circuits are fine but they just do n't generate the same interest or the same type of nail biting racing , do they ? |
| 19 | They feel perfectly at home with their adoptive family , yet they are conscious that they also belong elsewhere . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ A number of the crew are Belgian and we therefore have a Belgian chef on board so that we can offer traditional Belgian fare |
| 21 | These games are fascinating and I too have occasionally indulged in the adventures of little plumber Mario courtesy of my son 's console . |
| 22 | But these features are protective since they usually induce rest and aid healing . |
| 23 | I am sure that he also welcomes today 's news that the Abbey National , Halifax and Nationwide building societies are reducing their lending rates to , as they put it , give a fillip to the housing market . |
| 24 | The issues here are complicated and I only have space to give a rough indication of where the difficulties lie . |
| 25 | But so long as English law refuses to recognise that parent companies are under a legal as well as a moral obligation to meet the debts of their subsidiaries the group accounts are largely irrelevant so far as creditors are concerned since they normally have resort only against the individual company with which they have dealt . |
| 26 | Controversy has always surrounded the Minoans ' bull-leaping exploits , and there are many who are sceptical that they ever took place . |
| 27 | ‘ I am 66 and I really want to retire . |
| 28 | Submerged oxygenating plants are those that we affectionately refer to as ‘ weeds ’ , and their function is to maintain healthy , well-oxygenated water for the fish and other livestock . |
| 29 | The modes of learning that helped me are those that I now use with my pupils . |
| 30 | Long-term goals are those that you realistically achieve with patient , thoughtful and careful training . |