Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [conj] i " in BNC.

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1 The upshot of this is that I 've now become a resident , which makes a weekly tour of junk and antique shops even more vital .
2 The most amusing part of all this is that I do n't have a lover . ’
3 My concern about this is that I do n't see how a view can be taken at a strategic level on something which ultimately can be only ascertained on a site specific basis .
4 One interesting side-effect of all this is that I 've seen more of Britain than I ever did before , albeit through the windows of an armoured car .
5 Erm I du n no this is somebody else 's paper so This is before I had a I worked it out as I I th I thought it 'd work out a three- four-five triangle .
6 You see , and so we went to oh Inverness , Aberdeen and across to the Isle of Skye , and down the Skye and back across the water to Mallaig you see and er then we stayed one time at Fort William and because I love Scotland , so did he and erm and , and then and all r and then , and another thing , erm , this is before I married erm I went down , oh no , both of us , that 's right , we went down to stay at erm not , not Portsmouth er Southsea er there , there 's a place near there , next door
7 This is before I left , I I , I have n't done .
8 Now this is and I must admit when he pulled the trigger then I thought that was going to go right in the back of the net .
9 Well this is and I noticed erm sort of do my in this particular one , she said she 's interested in North American Indians
10 This is because I believe that one of the basic assumptions of functionalism can be successfully illustrated , and alternatives to functionalism can be successfully confronted , by a careful examination of the effects of brain injury on face processing tasks .
11 This is because I have at last discovered the key to my existence , the meaning of my life .
12 ‘ Perhaps this is because I am American and because of the strong equal opportunities laws in the US , which protect women and encourage companies to promote women to executive positions . ’
13 This is because I am from the planet Bzargl in galaxy E-220 , and arrived in your solar system in 1962 , disguised as a salesman for Rolls Razor .
14 But I considered myself to be unattractive , and in becoming so thin as to render myself totally undesirable sexually , I was saying , ‘ I may be unattractive , but this is because I choose to be this way . ’
15 This is because I can always ask ‘ Would I still prescribe that action if it was I who had that desire ? ’
16 This is because I want to enjoy my children 's early years .
17 My Lord there is a final part of our submission on on this is because I do n't know whether your Lordship has a copy of the report this is the report of the fact that My Lord erm what I wish to refer you to if I may , is erm that paragraph three one of the report which is erm that solicitors and er he instructed himself er from the law society who told him that the law society in paragraph three page five , do n't issue any specific directional guidance duty of care in relation to the plaintiffs transaction , the Law Society view obligation to be have to be considered on the basis of and he then goes on from there to depart from that approach to speculate as to what his approach would be erm
18 The rain which is making conditions up here decidedly unpleasant is as I speak seeping through the rocks and creating foaming torrents underground , flooding caverns and making passages impassable .
19 Just you ask me where such and such is and I can place it … just like that ! ’
20 The second is that I fear that , however compelling the principle of justice may be , it would never be sufficient to persuade a government to propose its legislative recognition by Parliament ; caution , otherwise known as the Treasury , would never allow this to happen .
21 I suppose the reason I got down to an effort to be objective is that I did n't like the interpretations of my other things — so here I am with an array of alligator pears — about ten of them — calla lilies — four or six — leaves — summer green ones — ranging through yellow to the dark sombre blackish purplish red — eight or ten — horrid yellow sunflowers — two new red cannas — some white birches with yellow leaves — only two that I have no name for and I do n't know where they come from .
22 I 'm going to see to it that my sending-off is as I want it .
23 So what 's the worst I can get , at the end of a telephone session , the worst is that I 'll end up with three appointments .
24 All I do know for sure is that I woke up loving him .
25 You dump it in there and then you suddenly expect me to know where it all is and I do n't .
26 The other thing that is important is that I do n't think you can get anything on the cheap .
27 What is important is that I was so surprised by my opponent 's failure to fall over in agony that I was unable to stop him attacking me .
28 What 's important is that I still go on working with old friends like Ian McDiarmid at small theatres like the Almeida . ’
29 Just two points — the first is that I ca n't imagine what Ruby 's guardians are thinking of to let her brave the London traffic on a moped .
30 The first is that I felt my battle to be with authority , whether in the form of teachers , matrons , parents , or even nature itself .
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