Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the equipment in a playground needs repairing or is n't firmly fixed to the ground , or if there 's a lot of rubbish and broken glass lying around , do n't hesitate to notify the authorities . |
| 2 | They say that no need has been proven or is ever likely to be . |
| 3 | Dealers are confident that the market has stabilised or is even on the up-turn . |
| 4 | For instance , where labour is either particularly demanding or is not in itself particularly fulfilling or interesting one could reasonably say it is in the interests of the workers concerned to work short hours and/or work at a relatively low intensity of labour . |
| 5 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
| 6 | If the child does not know or is too shy to talk a suggestion that ‘ Perhaps mum or dad can remind you ? ’ and encouraging the parents to talk is one way around the problem . |
| 7 | If not , and he 's picking the frog out of everyone who has or is still playing for the team , surely Strachan 's contribution far outweighs anything done by the Frog . |
| 8 | The necessity to offline may arise when the storage disks are becoming full , or if a certain package/package structure does not need to be stored online because it has been superseded or is no longer part of a live project . |
| 9 | Slowly add the 1:1 nitric acid to the mercuric nitrate with constant stirring until the milky precipitate just dissolves or is just about to — approximately 8 drops of acid is usually sufficient . |
| 10 | Inside , the triforium is often omitted or is just a decorative band , while the nave arcade is of great importance . |
| 11 | He , ‘ the seigneur ’ , hears the ravishing beauty of the song , but can not act and is not free ; they labour and act in a practical fashion , but do not hear . |
| 12 | Indeed , if the system has been well designed and is well run , it should stimulate demand for more and different types of information . |
| 13 | If B replies no he is inviting A to tell him , while a response of no could be taken to mean that he does not know and is not expecting to be told . |
| 14 | If the top of the egg is exposed to a sufficient dose of ultraviolet irradiation the nucleus is inactivated and is functionally useless while the cytoplasm is unaffected . |
| 15 | The airframe , apparently in excellent shape , is complete with 1–16 engines installed and is currently displayed in the Pioneer Village Museum located in Nebraska . |
| 16 | A new Petrie and McNaught stainless steel scouring machine costing £430,000 has been installed and is almost operational with test runs being undertaken . |
| 17 | However , the key quarterly average has dropped and is down to 33,700 over the three months to March . |
| 18 | Owing to the crescendo , the 2nd clarinet , when once it has entered , can not be dropped and is therefore carried on . |
| 19 | If I can explain inflation which included in the budget at this stage is inflation between November ninety two and November ninety three , so inflation from today if you like er or last November , through to the end of the year , that is provided for in the central contingency of the authority and as pay awards are awarded the money we drawn down from that into the planning committee so the amount there would one point five percent of pay and four point two percent from general commission , that 's reflecting inflation that 's already happening and is up last year 's budget to the position today if you like so one point five percent of pay was the A P T C award for July ninety two , sorry ninety three and we 're not anticipating here what the pay award will be for the coming year , that is dealt with centrally . |
| 20 | Difficulty with breathing , wheezy ; must sit up to breath and is much worse ( < ) for any exertion . |
| 21 | Although it is generally true that increasing age exerts an unfavourable effect on outcome of diseases and medical interventions , this influence is weaker than is generally supposed and is mainly due to age-associated disorders . |
| 22 | There may well be all sorts of deviations and fluctuations here ; the whole system expands and becomes complicated , develops and is continuously in motion and oscillating but , taken as a whole , it is in a state of equilibrium . |
| 23 | Whereas I teach my dogs to disregard game birds and deer , the lurcher is very competent at acquiring the skills of poaching and is usually the animal to accompany deer and game-stealing gangs wherever they operate . |
| 24 | In addition to the ‘ A ’ signal box from Crewe Station which has been rebuilt on site , the centre has acquired the 131-level Exeter West box which has been rebuilt and is currently being refitted . |
| 25 | One has disappeared , but its ash house remains ; another has been rebuilt and is now the main farm . |
| 26 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 27 | The Hindus believe also that the universe periodically dissolves and is then recreated . |
| 28 | Aldus ' PageMaker , the doyen of the Macintosh desktop publishing world , took rather longer to migrate onto the PC that had been expected but is now very firmly established . |
| 29 | But if the reality is allowed to stand but is also understood as a metaphor for the experience of all women , then I believe Mary can speak to our condition . |
| 30 | Fact is frequently mixed with opinion and it is sometimes difficult to establish whether certain evidence is accepted or is merely being discussed . |