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

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1 Well it 's much more useful for me that is than something .
2 One good reason why such people ( if they want to become anthropologists ) should start off by studying a cultural system which is radically different from their own is that they can thereby undergo the traumatic experience of discovering that , in other societies , this deeply emotive private/public distinction may operate in quite a different way .
3 The problem with Cornwall being a seat on its own is that its population is too small .
4 I 've told you that 's because he 's erm leggings or whatever they call them th they wear but the
5 Look at that , I tell you that 's cos I
6 He can create overall rhythms and within them short phrase rhythms , but the basis of them all is that they exist in groups and by being efficient in action and appropriate to the context give pleasure to both the performer and the onlooker . ’
7 Ever since Robert Owen or Proudhon , people have been inventing alternatives to cash ; and the lesson of the failure of them all is that , to have the slightest chance of being useful , they should be local , mutual , voluntary , and , above all , simple .
8 Mill says exactly what I just said in response of him that is if the people are prepared to accept these why what 's to stop them consulting and asking for advice about how they should cast their vote and so Mill later on gives a response to his own suggestion about plural voting in effect without realizing that what he 's done .
9 but clearly there , there is an element of that , there is an element that they 'd gone beyond it that 's that that bit is difficult to define and quantify .
10 The upshot of it all is that Major-General Holomisa has made Transkei a haven of sorts , a thorn in Pretoria 's side , for the ANC .
11 The one inescapable impression left by it all is that the canal system as a whole was so run down and dilapidated that nothing short of a central canal authority wiling and able to undertake a vast investment programme could have any hope of making the canals profitable again .
12 The joy of it all is that this is a resort which is peaceful — you can hear the Atlantic waves breaking on the seashore .
13 The outcome of it all is that Wainwright heads the points table with 55 and is followed by Karen Cross with 48 .
14 As early as May 1910 , the local WFL organiser , Madge Turner , commented more in sorrow than in anger on the dispute , admitting that " the saddest part of it all is that the majority of women in all the departments are supporting the men .
15 The remarkable thing about it all is that he had already caused significant bad debts when his Pergamon Press failed in the seventies .
16 The irony of it all is that Jim does not eat fish .
17 The implicature we can draw from it all is that Anderson 's enthusiasm for the topic overrides his concern for his positive face , but that the conflict between these two concerns remains , and is visible in the nervous flaws in his linguistic performance .
18 Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her .
19 Erm I now have a list of all our stock , which means I know where it all is and how much of it there is which is nice but not directly relevant to this meeting .
20 Plenty of money for the unsuccessful , lots of coaches , plenty of interviews on how tough it all is and no results at all .
21 It 's about time you realised how serious it all is and the intolerable position you 've put me in with your irrational behaviour .
22 His new video Bodyfit ( Pickwick , £10.99 ) starts with Fergie saying how good it all is and then moves into some dynamic stretches with Josh , cardio-vascular exercise , routines for individual muscle groups and ‘ together ’ exercises you can do with your partner .
23 You dump it in there and then you suddenly expect me to know where it all is and I do n't .
24 I think that 's what 's the part of it all is because with maths , there is so many rules , there 's so many
25 So we basically done to what that is although they said they were just gon na dri , drill a one point nine five
26 Kyle , I 've already told you , I know what that is cos I 've got it cos I brewed it myself if you remember .
27 We get smoke from the steel works across the valley , but we know what that is and we 're not afraid of it . ’
28 I think I know what that is and that 's in twelve .
29 well well I said to him , I said , well whatever that is but er he said oh it might be five hu
30 But there has to be something to trigger the interest in the first place and whatever that is and however mild a form that might be lust , lust might be a more extreme form of it , but there has to be something to interest you in the first place , before you can go on to love , to knowing more about the person and having this in love feeling develop into love .
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