Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [indef pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modern beliefs , one might think , ought to be in the rationalist mould of the Enlightenment , but little or nothing is taught about the psychology of consciousness in schools , except in terms of religious studies . |
| 2 | That way little or nothing is revealed . |
| 3 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |
| 4 | ( b ) The pressures on the police may be such that they will try to avoid keeping records especially where nothing is found or they feel that no request for a copy of the record will be made . |
| 5 | This is only as one might expect -at all times and in all places — for it is always a problem in art history or archaeology to know to what degree certain persons can be held responsible for the appearance of particular aspects of design ( especially where one is dealing with aspects of arrangement , structure , and figural types ) . |
| 6 | Of the fifteen rotary controls that adorn the S120 's front panel , all except one is dual function . |
| 7 | If you feel constantly anxious and frightened about food , if you can not take pleasure in eating or in your body , if you know deep down that something is wrong , then it is irrelevant what you weigh or whether your immediate health is at risk ; you should take yourself and your feelings seriously , and look for help . |
| 8 | His father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully , because the law lays it down that no-one is allowed to do on Sunday the work by which he earns a living , and the police were therefore not allowed to arrest anybody on a Sunday . |
| 9 | It is tempting to think of it as a felt tendency , so that one is somehow aware of where the mind is going . |
| 10 | So that one is now full of fish too . |
| 11 | The point I 'm going to make is that erm , if we are n't going to get through the year and we 're all going to have to take a percentage of our March allowances because the money 's run out and we 're cash limited even if we give ourselves five percent extra , erm , could I get an assurance from the officers that the people that have n't put in their forms will get a note to remind them to do so , so that everybody is in there , you wo n't suddenly find that because you have n't had your claim form in by the fourteenth you 're gon na get nothing and everybody else is gon na get something . |
| 12 | You should , therefore , make every attempt to be in the first row , going fast as the gun goes and , ideally , with a space to leeward so that no-one is making you pinch . |
| 13 | They should be written so that everyone is aware of what they are . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've discussed all the possibilities so that everyone is covered , ’ says Enya . |
| 15 | The Chairman then reads out the motion known as the original motion to the meeting so that everyone is clear as to what the motion is . |
| 16 | But they 've been carefully worked out , so that everyone is happy . |
| 17 | The computer keyboard also has its own memory and if the computer is busy doing something else or you type too fast , the last sequence of keystrokes ( usually 16 ) is remembered so that nothing is lost . |
| 18 | We are left with real problems of unemployment and all that goes with that with the drifting away of hospital care so that everything is centered outside the constituency ; with the drifting away of real jobs so that people have to move outside . |
| 19 | His life is , somehow he 's managed to bring it all around so that everything is perfect . |
| 20 | Consider an economy in which there has been no inflation in the recent past ( so that none is currently expected ) and in which the unemployment percentage is at its natural level . |
| 21 | But Indian manager Amrit Mathur claimed he had no objections , saying : ‘ There is no evidence that a team plays any better if everyone is in bed by 8pm . ’ |
| 22 | The dangled prospect of £30,000 is not much if one is trapped in the dole queue in an area where employment prospects are practically nil . |
| 23 | In the typical Western diet all the energy in protein is burned up daily and none is converted and stored as fat . |
| 24 | It is ironical that the experimental evidence of the recent past suggests that Einstein 's position on quantum mechanics can be sustained only if one is prepared to relinquish his special theory of relativity . |
| 25 | It is a short-cut from the bazaar but is only safe outside the monsoon , and then only if one is young . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , I think it 's a very good idea , ’ she says , ‘ because one frowns when one concentrates , and it becomes habitual ; so if one is reminded about it , it helps . |
| 27 | In a large house with long corridors it is worth fitting extra alarms with an interconnect facility , so if one is triggered the others sound too . |
| 28 | So if one is considering Free Range Egg production , knowledge and attention to detail at all times is vital . |
| 29 | So if somebody is offered premature retirement and they accept the offer , that form 's automatically sent to you you do n't actually need to apply . |
| 30 | They have many caring initiatives and erm they 've been to York and they 've erm had marriage seminars er and they do an hel help with parenting er I just wonder if I could give the address of this so if anyone is interested |