Example sentences of "[verb] is [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arbitrary implications of undefinable rights are particularly evident where the right claimed is by its nature not capable of being satisfied by any degree of compulsion exercised within the relevant society . |
| 2 | ‘ All I need to know is in your demeanour . |
| 3 | Everything you want is at your disposal . |
| 4 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
| 5 | We believe that people should have the choice and the choice and the rights that most people want is for their children to be educated in schools without water dripping down the walls , where the ceiling does n't fall in , that does n't rely on temporary classes . |
| 6 | How it will be done is outside my brief at the moment . |
| 7 | ‘ Acting is in my blood and always has been , ’ said Akram . |
| 8 | The most obvious sign of ageing is through our skin tissues . |
| 9 | The man they want to trace is in his late fifties , about five feet five to five six . |
| 10 | What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men . |
| 11 | ‘ You must have a very inflated opinion of your own worth if you think every woman you meet is after your body . |
| 12 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 13 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 14 | It would be nice to have another go racing is in my blood . ’ |
| 15 | Make them do what we know is for their benefit as well as our own , and all difficulties in China are at an end . ’ |
| 16 | Little new factual material is to be found in Revealing the Universe but where the editors , J. Cornell and A. P. Lightman , do score is in their unique combination of subjects and authors , and the approach to the material . |
| 17 | There is in fact such a car outside , but the siren I hear is on my son 's hi-fi in the next room . |
| 18 | The only big buzz I get is from my work and , of course , my children . |
| 19 | And the question of allergy doctors I must confess is outside my remit . |
| 20 | And if you notice what we 're trying to do is with our er illustration here er is to reflect the the gentility if you like of the Yorkshire hills and Yorkshire dales and we have a logo of our own which appears in the corner of the screen . |
| 21 | What I want you to do is in your couples I want one of you to pretend that one of you 's got a grievance okay , think about it before you do it . |
| 22 | Housework and organizing a home and looking after small children is very much context creating all the time , and you 're doing is in your capacity as a relation of , you know , certain males , other people of your family . |
| 23 | Whatever they 're doing is by their own choice . ’ |
| 24 | He referred specifically to a technique developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for rendering wastes into harmless salts , which I understand is in its infancy . |
| 25 | Where it 's not quite so good I feel is on her face . |
| 26 | Just what form this ‘ glorious revolution ’ will take is beyond our ken at the moment . |
| 27 | Eva is married to a preacher and the tale she tells is of their Baptist congregation whose exuberant spiritual style of worship was banned by the colonial Government in 1917 . |
| 28 | ‘ You ca n't deny that the only advantage to be gained is on your side , ’ Travis countered coldly . |
| 29 | Another way that firms may be characterised is by their use of research consultants . |
| 30 | Where they differ is in their assessment of the nature , extent and source of Bolshevik influence . |