Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact she ran after the thieves shows how brave she is and how cowardly they are . ’ |
| 2 | Du n no how old she is but looks good on it anyway erm the erm the er let's do these these bits of paper er lost cats and dogs and things . |
| 3 | She needs to hide from reality but she also does n't want Mitch to see how old she is and the truth that she is hiding from : |
| 4 | He also failed to protect his people : if anything is clear it is that , and it can not have increased his popularity . |
| 5 | I mean it is wrong and I do n't think people realize just how wrong it is until they really stop and think about it . |
| 6 | Erm here y'are we 've got a lad with a kite it 's fixed on the ground well let's say let's say it 's fixed on the ground first of all and erm we 're trying to find out how high it is and it 's directly over this point which is erm and we do n't we do n't know . |
| 7 | But it would n't be the po most popular it 's because of |
| 8 | The less expected a choice , the more marked it is and the more meaning it carries ; the more expected , the less marked it is and the less significance it will have . |
| 9 | The less expected a choice , the more marked it is and the more meaning it carries ; the more expected , the less marked it is and the less significance it will have . |
| 10 | If the Stormy Petrel does not seem priggish it is because his appetite for action and mystery is always as evident in the stones as his steadfast loyalty and his intelligence . |
| 11 | The sphere of everyday life is experienced as ordered and consistent which is because it is shared with other people and what is shared is , precisely , knowledge of everyday reality : |
| 12 | For a while , Jem manages to restrict Scout who does n't realise how serious everything is and wants to run to Atticus , but eventually she breaks free and runs as fast as she can to him . |
| 13 | When it comes to flavour , the difference between a TFTA turkey and a standard one is that a traditional bird is hung for at least seven days . |
| 14 | The chief one is that it is a very salient stereotype popularly characterized as non-standard or ‘ vulgar ’ , and is extremely widespread in England and Wales . |
| 15 | Erm if he 's another easy one is if he 's been travelling for one hour how far has he gone ? |
| 16 | If he wo n't go much higher up the ramp , we tell him how clever he is and take him away . |
| 17 | ‘ Now that we know British food is just about the worst in the world , ’ says Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth UK , ‘ how ironic it is that we and other rich nations are exporting fat and sugar to starving people in Africa and Asia . |
| 18 | When you come to think about it , how amazing it is that a singer whose recording career lasted only seven years ( where Decca is concerned ) could produce enough material to fill ten CDs even allowing for the addition of much off-the-air material , and excluding Das Lied von der Erde , the Klemperer Kindertotenlieder and Mahler 's Second , and Brahms 's Liebesliederwalzer , the last three just issued on three further discs in Decca 's Historic series . |
| 19 | The deeper down a tunnel goes the more dangerous it is and the more likely it is to be inhabited by some terrible monster . |
| 20 | Grey breath in the air , snowmen on the heath , pub bores droning on about how typical it is that a few inches of snow throws the whole country into chaos when the Swiss handle metres of the stuff without missing a beat . |
| 21 | How fortunate it is that enthusiasts such as Col. Savill have accumulated a wealth of material illustrating the railway scene . |
| 22 | Unfortunately we do not know how efficacious it is as no trials have shown its benefit in preventing reocclusion . |
| 23 | Jennie explained how crucial it is that a rider can use his aids independently of each other . |
| 24 | But er it 's so simple today when you realize the , the difference , how easy it is and but er that was an experience I can tell you . |
| 25 | The important point to note as you follow my progress is just how easy it is and how flexible . |
| 26 | Make a comment on stage even , for Christ 's sake , about how sad it is that we 're staring down the barrel of a gun at a fuck of a lot of young corpses , widowed wives and fatherless children ? |
| 27 | Make a comment on stage even , for Christ 's sake , about how sad it is that we 're staring down the barrel of a gun at a fuck of a lot of young corpses , widowed wives and fatherless children ? |
| 28 | Q Our heating bills are always astronomical in the winter and I 'm convinced it 's because we live in an old draughty house . |
| 29 | ‘ And Mama has written to say how grateful she is that we 'll be able to see how the old house has stood up to the war and cope with any disasters for her . ’ |
| 30 | The difference between a direct hot water cylinder and an indirect one is that the latter has a heat exchanger , often in the form of a coiled pipe , which takes the hot water from the boiler and passes its heat to the domestic hot water in the cylinder , the two never mixing . |