Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the Fox prediction tonight is that Oxford United will draw and probably beat them at the Manor . |
| 2 | A third reason for being able to open your dog 's mouth easily is if it swallows a bone , or a ball becomes stuck here . |
| 3 | The dominant beliefs of the catholic — nationalist bloc still are that the group forms a people who are Gaelic-Irish , constitute a nation , are republican , and populate an island which has a natural , inner political unity . |
| 4 | A more exciting spin-off still is that by feeding the digitised information into a computer-guided lathe it is possible to carve reproductions of sculptures in a variety of materials , such as wood , plaster , glass or stone . |
| 5 | The fear now is that banks will start to compete by driving commission rates lower and lower until they are prepared to arrange issues at break-even or worse . |
| 6 | Law-enforcement officials say the fear now is that the terrorists that blew up Pan Am 103 somehow learned about what the DEA was doing , infiltrated the undercover operation and substituted the bomb for the heroin in one of the DEA shipments . |
| 7 | Her great fear now was that Miss Clinton might have sped past before her . |
| 8 | The o one thing that w we have to have in mind though is that the this particular criminal that we are does n't want to get caught . |
| 9 | We do perceive snow as being cold and white in itself ; but since our doing so is a result of the texture of primary-quality corpuscles , there is no need to suppose snow really is as we perceive it . |
| 10 | One reason for the widespread torture today is that many victims are killed , while others are afraid to speak out . |
| 11 | The indication here is that the caged finch has been placed close to the owl in order to provoke it into prolonged alarm calling that will attract others of its kind . |
| 12 | The key here is that Major may be about to achieve in government what Thatcher never did — indeed , she never tried to achieve it . |
| 13 | His fault here is that he has not organised enough feedback . |
| 14 | I mean the one fear surely is that this is n't something which is happening on a , I was going to say a small local area , that 's perhaps exaggerating but it is in a at the moment in a confined locality , we know where it is , it 's not actually here and |
| 15 | It is clear that what Bukharin had in mind here was that the ‘ town ’ must provide consumer goods and means of production to agriculture on such a scale as to make it worthwhile for the peasants to produce more than for their own immediate needs . |
| 16 | The result today is that few important functions ( measured in terms of expenditure ) are handled by local government in Northern Ireland : most , like housing , are instead the responsibility of non-elected quangos or , like education , of area boards . |
| 17 | The intention here is that they should operate down to individual budget holders . |
| 18 | The intention here is that victims do not have to pursue claims against manufacturers in foreign countries which may have less favourable laws . |
| 19 | The general rule here is that dukes are a better topic than baronets , especially dukes who have been through several expensive duchesses ( you can never have enough ex- duchesses ) . |
| 20 | The criterion here is that if the publication is published and on sale it should be considered for purchase . |
| 21 | The reasoning here is that such goods are only capable of being identified through defining their characteristics . |
| 22 | It is important to note that the reasoning here is as follows : assessment → diagnosis → treatment . |
| 23 | Ignoring the gap between is and ought is committing very much what we have seen Moore and other intuitionists describing as the naturalistic fallacy . |
| 24 | The difference between the ego and id however is that if that is gon na happen in the real world , there has to be a cake there for you to eat . |
| 25 | One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it was always talking about a Dark Power in the universe — a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death and disease , and sin . |
| 26 | What is serious about so much school work generally is that so frequently it seems to fail to have any deep effect on life outside the classroom . |
| 27 | The question always is whether the defamation is of the class itself ( in which case no action arises ) or whether ordinary readers would believe that it reflected directly on the individual plaintiff . |
| 28 | ‘ The benefit now is that a child can institute proceedings without having to wait for somebody else to do it , ' said Mr Kidd . |
| 29 | The test now is whether the degree of carelessness amounted to gross or blatant negligence , recognising the practicalities of everyday life and that risks have to be undertaken . |
| 30 | Following the case of Sofi v Prudential and the 1989 I O B Report the test now is whether the degree of carelessness amounted to gross or blatant negligence , recognising the practicalities of everyday life and that risks have to be undertaken . |