Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [is] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 So I should think that 's but I reckon we must cos the government changed it , it knocked hundred and forty quid off did n't they ?
2 Cos you know what I mean that 's as you know I , I ca n't even lie in a bath any more , it 's not fair !
3 I , no , the reason I got that is cos I said to Nicola I 'm not working less than three pound , cos I 'm gon na over four pounds there .
4 ‘ It 's the right product in the right place at the right time , and the only way you can ever deliver that is if you fully understand your current consumer needs and demands and can accurately anticipate the next ones . ’
5 erm called Bocodonism and it turns out , find out later in the book that the reason they outlawed this is because of the guy Bocodon who was , who originated the religion had made a deal with the head of the state of the country that he would outlaw it , so that 's how the religion thrived , because it was outlawed
6 Or , I mean this is if it 's an average , and sort of an even acceleration .
7 Lina Stimpson thinks this is because the residents are mostly Londoners who have ‘ bettered themselves ’ and are ‘ putting their confidence in what they aspire to be ’ .
8 Another way of seeing this is that the event horizon , the boundary of the black hole , is like the edge of a shadow — the shadow of impending doom .
9 The only thing that makes me doubt that is that the general proposition underlying it appears to have received some incoherent support from the Leader of the Opposition .
10 my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below .
11 The reason say that is that I mean , Wednesday erm nights is , if you like , football nights .
12 The reason the vendor shareholders may be willing to accept this is that they can defer their capital gains tax liability deriving from the disposal of their Target shares if s135 TCGA 1992 is satisfied and clearance under s138 is obtained .
13 The reason I say this is that they dive just like a peregrine , folding their wings and plummeting like an arrow into the sea to catch their prey .
14 The reason I say this is that i ) , there does not appear to be financial problems with the Club and ii ) , there has been no talk of buying another class player .
15 Western observers in Baku say this is because the Armenians are better organised , rather than that Azerbaijan lacks arms and equipment .
16 So whatever reassurance the Party gives , what matters more is whether the peasants actually genuinely erm trusted the Communist Party and had
17 You know , you can grow bananas in Scotland if you want , the reason why you can do that is that we have the technological know-how in order to do that .
18 The only way you can do that is if he goes to a special unit at Maidstone and works
19 The NRPB says this is because of new findings that the livers of cows grazing near coal-fired stations do not appear to accumulate polonium .
20 But the opposition says there are no spending commitments and no tough action ; Shadow Environment Secretary , Brian Gould says this is because Chris Patten lost the crucial battles in Cabinet .
21 The only thing is now er the reason we 've done this is because the hospital that we 're standing outside now is er desperately in need of another operating theatre and in addition to that there 's a tremendous amount of work needs to be done at Great Ormond Street hospital .
22 Most people believe that the British tax system is highly progressive , that is , the more you earn the more you pay , and the routine chant of those who earn most is that they are over-taxed , that ‘ if taxes were reduced we 'd have more incentive to work harder ’ .
23 I do n't believe that 's because people are being treated better , or more people are being treated better , but at a cost of eighty million pound , there are four thousand more managers or accountants , people brought in from business , people who will do business , people who will sort out privatisation .
24 I do n't believe that 's because people are being treated better , or more people are being treated better , but at a cost of eighty million pound , there are four thousand more managers or accountants , people brought in
25 Andersen reckons this is because companies are using desktop systems more and more .
26 Andersen reckons this is because companies are using desktop systems more and more .
27 The sweetener for those who find themselves paying more is that they could qualify for transitional relief which which will cover the increase .
28 in the village and one of you know that 's than than the county council which is over the river in house .
29 ‘ Intuitively I know that 's as misogynist as it gets , ’ says Shocked .
30 And if it does n't seem to be there ask Phil because , you know that is that only by asking him that I discovered that these worked last week .
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