Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is by no means true that an ad which everyone notices is necessarily good — it may be noticed for reasons which are totally irrelevant to the strategy . |
| 2 | Apart from a very small number of older key texts , the literature I cite is purposely recent literature , which can of course always be used to track the historical contributions , if the reader so wishes . |
| 3 | My colleagues were present sir and have informed me that the comment that I made is actually accurate . |
| 4 | North Yorkshire 's interpretation I repeat is not strictly controlled means not normally be permitted . |
| 5 | Well , one talks about mechanics — Newton 's Law , I mean is where it starts from , and the nature of work — forces moving , doing work , and the use of energy when forces operate . |
| 6 | But , you know , you ca n't , you might say well this teacher does n't have such good displays on her wall , but then she might be ever so good at another area , I mean is not a display lady , she does n't have artistic creative sort of flair like say Polly did |
| 7 | I mean that 's what I mean about this hundred days , we 've been at war , and I think the job of the press , I mean is not |
| 8 | But is the thing is budget led at this stage , I mean is n't that , are we really , is n't the |
| 9 | I mean is n't it really using a computer is merely a facilitator , like using a car is a simple way of transport , and therefore whether or not it facilitates is nothing to do with the system itself , it 's to do with the way in which it 's used . |
| 10 | So I mean is certainly makes sense on the background and very calmly by er Mr saying very positive so I ca n't hold my hand up and pick out particular in which they , some of them er never change opposition District Council that their negative response if you like but there were , there were some positive responses but only I have to say this for something like four er proposed paper and one of those in which er lots of in which relevance and er businesses in the area could have er the thing that er response was er this this partic particular phrase would seem to be saying trouble erm er identified . |
| 11 | The last one I got is not in there . |
| 12 | We both like beans on toast , although I like mine with liberal lashings of Worcester sauce , which I expect is far too exotic for the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 14 | What I say is roughly this : primitive art as we call it , tribal art , is usually very good . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Whatever I say is never going to bring him back . |
| 17 | And I 'm really being enormously selfish at this moment , because what I want is not Richard fussing around — and he does fuss , you know — but just to go back to the terrace and have tea . |
| 18 | ‘ What I want is not and never has been important . |
| 19 | Exactly as I appear is exactly as I am , he had said that day in Carlingford . |
| 20 | Of course , the street of which I speak is merely the ten or so blocks that comprise the theatre district , and which , in the public imagination , has always been known as ‘ The Great White Way ’ . |
| 21 | The Unionist MP Ken Maginnis , a former UDR member , said : ‘ What I hope is not happening is that people who — as I would have had in my time — had montages for lawful and necessary purposes will be made scapegoats . ’ |
| 22 | This is a only thumb-nail sketch which I hope is fairly accurate , though the complex and confused relationship between the planning and legal aspects makes it extremely difficult to second-guess . |
| 23 | And here I would like to quote the Levitical ruling on childbirth for it highlights what I hope is now becoming clear , i.e. the perceived gender differentials in blood and the connection between male circumcision and the female blood cycle : |
| 24 | Even what I imagined is n't true . |
| 25 | It then transpires that the chest is a valuable antique and the price I paid is ludicrously low . |
| 26 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |
| 27 | ‘ Of a four-handed cast , ’ wrote Bernard Levin in the Daily Mail , ‘ Mr Michael Crawford , as the brother who can not bear his sister to be touched by the world , makes a great deal out of what I suspect is not very much , conveying well his uncomprehending self-disgust . ’ |
| 28 | Unfortunately , he 's in the position whereby , although I have got my work yet the problem I face is not just now , it 's come September , he is in a new school , he 's going to have new people , there 's new teachers , there 's new rules , there 's new policies . |
| 29 | I believe it may be the Bowes Moor Hotel now , which I hear is quite a large and important establishment and in a very good position on the main road to the M6 . |
| 30 | The school I attend is quite small compared with other schools in the area . |