Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [conj] [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay so it 's being fairly cloudy this morning around er , well the last half hour or so and it 's going to black for a fair while across lunchtime . |
| 2 | It is far easier to convince readers of the courage and invention of a youth of fifteen or so when he is foiling the enemy with a clever disguise or a neatly gymnastic escape than when he is in grim and bloody action on board an enemy ship — not only easier , but more in keeping with the romantic excitement proper to adventure-story . |
| 3 | Or even that he is conducting a stealthy operation to ensure the BBC 's survival that depends on elaborate deception . |
| 4 | This may be given by reference to time elapsing after the date of issue of the document , and it is quite possible for the time-limit to be passed before the document can be served or even before it is received by the Central Authority . |
| 5 | Yeah well they 've got ta be cooked tonight so you got ta do so and so , so and so and so and so and he 's gon na be cooking all these sausages and stuff ! |
| 6 | The Chinese consider the clenched fist as a weak and vulnerable weapon , to be used rarely and only if it is aimed at a soft part of the body . |
| 7 | And all because he 's determined to crush whatever spirit of independence Peter has . |
| 8 | But in a stressed state , and especially if one is playing helpless , one can not see clearly what the opportunities and risks actually are , and one therefore can not act with discernment and intelligence . |
| 9 | The criminal justice system projects itself above social conflicts and expects to be recognized as fair and just because it is guided by universal principles that transcend sectional interests . |
| 10 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |
| 11 | This cadaver will call for more extensive ‘ treatment ’ by the embalmer , due partly to the delay it causes and partly because what is perceived by him to be often unwarranted mutilation . |
| 12 | There is also a belief that as far as possible people should be made to pay for services provided by the state , partly to reduce public expenditure and taxation , and partly because it is believed that charges will increase public pressure for services to be provided efficiently . |
| 13 | The father replied , ‘ I am prepared to let you have ( the child ) and pay you up to £1 a week allowance for her providing you can prove that she will be well looked after and happy and also that she is allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you . ’ |
| 14 | Accordingly , a stimulus will be relatively ineffective both when it has itself recently occurred and also when it is presented along with cues that have previously signalled its occurrence . |
| 15 | And probably if it 's going to be a whole one |
| 16 | If replacement is a need it will in general be such for old and young alike , and similarly if it is classified as a benefit . |
| 17 | Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention . |
| 18 | Mrs Strange used to be at the piano when Seven Towers sang and now that she is stepping up to the rostrum , Kathryn , daughter of bass singer and choir secretary Jack Clarke , is replacing her . |
| 19 | The man is a rogue , he stole from his own firm and now that he is serving time in Swansea Prison , I could never allow him near you , let alone marry you . ’ |
| 20 | The council is spending prudently and efficiently and it 's spending as little hard cash as is compatible with meeting the essential needs of the people who live in the city . |
| 21 | Ian Murdoch of the receivers , KPMG Peat Marwick , said : ‘ It is always satisfying when a quality company is saved and particularly when it is sold to the management who built it up . ’ |
| 22 | COUNCIL TAX is the son of Poll Tax and even before it is levied is growing up as monstrous as its father . |
| 23 | The human system is geared to this acquisition , and even when what is learned appears to be maladaptive or produces negative traits , it derives from a natural process . |
| 24 | This approach has considerable intuitive appeal when it is applied to the markets for apples or second-hand cars , and even when it is applied to individual labour markets . |
| 25 | But Paddy mentions her now and again when he 's writin' . |
| 26 | In the station in which the unit is based ( not Easton ) , the attitude of the policemen towards it is not positive , partly as a result of their ambivalent attitudes toward sex crimes , but mostly because it is policed by women , who therefore are said to spend their time in Boots and Marks and Spencer , making it an easy duty ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 18 ) . |
| 27 | In freud , the point is similarly not just the question — on which most attention gets focused — of whether the event ‘ really ’ happened ( a good copy ) or was subsequently fantasized by the experiencing subject ( a bad copy ) , but rather that it is repeated as a disruptive event that fissures ordinary forms of psychic continuity and therefore gains analytic attention in the present . |
| 28 | It is not that the information in the second version is not true , but rather that it is assumed — and that the witness can assume it is assumed . |
| 29 | Modern beliefs , one might think , ought to be in the rationalist mould of the Enlightenment , but little or nothing is taught about the psychology of consciousness in schools , except in terms of religious studies . |
| 30 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |