Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franklin even added point ( excuse me ) to the argument about whether pointed or knobbed lightning rods may be preferable when he showed that blunted ones acted at a greater distance . |
| 2 | It can be controversial and I envisage that fixing zone boundaries would require a procedure of public enquiry etc . |
| 3 | ‘ They must always be careful when they adjust and react to television that they do n't change the nature of their sport . |
| 4 | After jointing and gluing ( be careful where you stop and start your tongues ) , two pieces can be cut off to finish at four and a half inches each . |
| 5 | My right hon. Friend must be wrong when he says that we are spending 4.3 per cent . |
| 6 | They are only likely to be resentful if they suspect that their parents are acting from nothing better than outraged respectability . |
| 7 | Some people say that grips should be individual but I believe that it is impossible to change the laws of nature . |
| 8 | I think they 've got their cost structures er a a little bit out of line and I have to be honest that I think that some of them have thought that er all you have to do is , you know , keep a brass plate outside your door for fifty years and the work would roll in . |
| 9 | Well again that may be that erm the evidence will be such that I think that I ought to erm give the decision on it . |
| 10 | A uniform , peaked cap , boots and gun can be frightening when you know that they have the backing of a ruthless system . |
| 11 | How could we check if that was if that 's really supposed to be ninety and we 've and the drawing 's not quite right . |
| 12 | I shall be brief because I realise that at least two other hon. Members wish to take part in the debate . |
| 13 | According to the late Dr. K. R. Gilbert of the Science Museum the slubbing Billy could be unique and he believed that there were only five other Jennys left , all in museums . |
| 14 | Total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all is unlikely to be reasonable where it occurs because of acts or omissions within the control of the party in default , which are caused by negligence , incompetence or inadvertence but not wilful default ( " inadvertent default " ) . |
| 15 | " Perhaps it would be better if you came when Mr. Preston was here . " |
| 16 | This is a confusing area , and in mist and rain , navigation can often be awkward as you slip and slide your way across the greasy limestone . |
| 17 | ‘ There 'll be plenty of lasses hereabouts who wo n't be dry-eyed when they hear that he 's gone . ’ |
| 18 | It calculates that drivers will be angry when they hear that the price of lead-free petrol could reduce performance — especially in West Germany where there are no speed limits on autobahns . |
| 19 | Promotion may be unattractive if it means that you cease to use the skills you have and have to learn a new set , such as administration , or political manoeuvring . |
| 20 | It is to be expected that the criteria by which those in authority decide between the various candidates will be those that they see and most approve of in themselves . |
| 21 | A great deal of thought and work goes into planning and preparing Q.T. Days and in order to ensure their success both physically and financially we would be pleased if you acknowledge and fill in the enclosed form and return it to the office as soon as possible . |
| 22 | A purchaser of land might well be uneasy if he knew that , even if he had no notice of a trust , the land could be recovered from him by a trustee . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure Kinsella 's boss , being a member of the legal profession , will be shocked when he learns that an employee of his was once convicted for embezzlement . ’ |
| 24 | Thousands of boys and young men , pale , narrow-chested , hunched-up , miserable specimens , smoking endless cigarettes , numbers of them betting , all of them learning to be hysterical as they groan and cheer in panic unison with their neighbours — the worst sound of all being the hysterical scream of laughter that greets any little trip or fall of a player . |
| 25 | I 'm trying not to be unkind but I doubt whether he has the requirements for international football and I would n't be surprised if he 's missing from next week 's squad . |
| 26 | It will be incompatible if it creates or strengthens a dominant position as a result of which effective competition would be significantly impeded in the Common Market or in a substantial part of it . |
| 27 | You will have to be ruthless if you find that they do n't press successfully , and either move them to another site in the garden , or give them to someone else . |
| 28 | Although the aims of the charter are laudable , ensuring adequate social security , the right of employees to join a union and the right to strike , among other things , they could be unworkable if one assumes that some closer links between the emerging countries of the Eastern bloc and the West — including German reunification . |
| 29 | Wo n't it be wonderful when it happens that you and I will be able to share a little secret that , in the womb of Walsingham , on our diocesan retreat ‘ a prayer was uttered and a commitment determined . |
| 30 | I imagine that the frustrated passengers would not be amused if they realised that the delay was caused by a restless spirit but the report of the accident can be checked in British Rail 's archives . |