Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Literally , this meant the rule of power of the best , but the meaning it has since acquired is not at all accidental . |
| 2 | If Eisenman is correct — and the evidence weighs heavily in his favour — then the confusion which has hitherto obtained is effectively dispelled . |
| 3 | Donald Harris wants the law changed so compensated is automatic . |
| 4 | The Police Federation now wants the law changed so bail is automatically refused if the police fear there 's risk of a further offence being committed . |
| 5 | Of all the techniques of counter-interrogation practised by Mr Kinnock , the one he has utterly perfected is the old rule which was once memorably summarised by the Sundance Kid : ‘ Keep talking , Butch , that 's what you 're good at . ’ |
| 6 | The increase for the year that has just begun is 14 per cent . |
| 7 | If it is obvious to both of them that what the speaker has just said is false , or so obvious as to need no comment at all , the hearer will look for implications , that is to say what is implied other than what is expressed . |
| 8 | What the hon. Lady has just said is astonishing . |
| 9 | If what the hon. Gentleman has just said is true , surely it would mean that any Bill could be amended in almost any way in Committee , and one could subsequently play around with its title in order to accommodate the amendments . |
| 10 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the answer that he has just given is further reinforced by the fact that several third-world countries , including some middle eastern countries such as Iraq , Algeria and perhaps Libya , are currently acquiring nuclear weapons ? |
| 11 | The complacency that the Chief Secretary has just demonstrated is way beyond anything that my constituents will understand . |
| 12 | Erm , Chairman , w would the spokesman agree that the that the resources argument which she has just used is is completely fallacious and would she rather expect |
| 13 | Ward councillor Joan Ellis said : ‘ The fact the change has already occurred is a matter of some regret . ’ |
| 14 | The only case Kieran Goss has ever handled is the one which contains the tool of his chosen trade — the guitar . |
| 15 | What no one , as far as I know , has ever done is to show whether there is any space , weight , efficiency or cost saving that results from assembling all the windings onto one core . |
| 16 | Maple has a much tighter grain than mahogany and breakages are consequently far less common , so whether a neck like this needs further strengthening is debatable . |
| 17 | But the impression Andrew has always given is of being married first and foremost to his work . " |
| 18 | What has also developed is a kind of unofficial contest between himself and Warren Beatty which is all about women , i.e. , their famous conquests and their alleged insatiable quests to make it with the world 's most attractive women , or some alluring beauty either may have encountered in a bar or restaurant . |
| 19 | Another consumer rights champion behind Safe-Buy is Lord Michael Winstanley who was for 18 years the presenter of Granada TV 's long-running ‘ This is Your Right ’ programme . |
| 20 | In general it can leave children with their natural curiosity expressed by the neverending ‘ why ’ questions of childhood , being squashed by the inability of adults to discuss in any other way what has really happened , and so the child learns that whatever has really happened is just too awful to be talked about . |
| 21 | What has really happened is that , for internal reasons , Labour has been forced to abandon the policy of deterrence which has preserved peace in Europe for nearly 40 years . |
| 22 | What Burley 's group has now done is to add a new protein structural motif to this list by solving the cocrystal structure of the basic/helix-loop-helix/leucine zipper ( b/HLH/Z ) domain of Max bound to DNA at 2.9 A resolution . |
| 23 | The fact that she has fought back to the level that she has now attained is a tribute to the loving care , encouragement and inspiration given her by her parents . |
| 24 | Remember that equipment that looks well maintained is more likely to be respected by members of staff . |
| 25 | In an area with around 250 cm of rain a year , it seems clear that if the hillsides are not replanted then silt is going to rush down into the river , through the sluice gates of the dam and into the new land , where irrigation canals might become seriously clogged up , and the fertility of the soil lowered . |
| 26 | What has then happened is a class division , of a stable and organized kind , within cultural production . |
| 27 | Novell Inc will push back delivery of the beta version of NetWare 4.0 until September , according to prospective beta testers that have spoken to Microbytes Daily : at least two potential beta testers were told by sales reps that the 4.0 beta version , originally due last week , will be delayed while Novell improves the software 's interface and ramps up staffing on the 4.0 support hot lines ; also , one of the crucial issues Novell has yet to resolve is how easily network administrators will be able to migrate from their existing versions ; 4.0 is expected to include major enhancements to the operating system 's administration services , including audit trails for all file activity and a new retrieve-based user directory . |
| 28 | All 'e wants ter do is open up a gym club fer the local lads . |
| 29 | Madam Speaker I r the er honourable gentleman must have a rather er curious source for his statistics because what has actually happened is not merely that the government have protected the real value of the state retirement pension but the combination of our policies both in social security , in the pensions field and in the economic world have led to a position in which pensioners average real incomes have risen more than forty percent since this government took office . |
| 30 | Certainly the simple notion that industrialization altered radically the size of the household can not be correct , since the relatively small change which has actually occurred is of quite recent origin . |