Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is on the face of it a very simple amendment to a quite a small and in some sense insignificant piece of legislation that is n't , erm I hope members would agree that by changing that piece of legislation to say that if you 're a trader you must display who you are and how people can get hold of you if the have a problem about products they buy from you , will not be too burdensome erm in these days of deregulation and so forth but on the other hand would help enforcements considerably and would also enable people to pursue their own remedies where they are dissatisfied with what they bought . |
| 2 | ‘ You are right in what you said , and perhaps it 's a good thing that all this has happened , to clear the air . |
| 3 | If I am right about what the fluke genes are doing , it follows that we can legitimately speak of fluke genes as influencing snail bodies , in just the same sense as snail genes influence snail bodies . |
| 4 | It is now believed that the peculiar properties of water are due to what is known as hydrogen bonding . |
| 5 | I welcome the Government 's initiative to help the homeless , and we are grateful for what the Department of the Environment has done . |
| 6 | ‘ I know that , Señorita Shelley , and we are grateful for what he does here . |
| 7 | Intellectual property agreements , such as know-how licences , sometimes contain provisions referring questions about the level of royalties to an accountant , unless the issues are technical in which case they are referred to a patent agent . |
| 8 | But as Peters says when tired executives yearn for some reassuring words : ‘ You are alive during what is at least a once in 200 year revolution and just possibly a once in 2,000 year revolution . |
| 9 | But this will need constant nurturing if it is to develop into an appreciation of the richness of poetry , where words are ‘ alive with a plurality of meanings from their contexts , their associations and their sensory qualities ; they are alive with what Ted Hughes calls ‘ the goblin in a word'' ’ ( this quotation is from Michael Benton 's essay on ‘ The Importance of Poetry in Children 's Learning ’ , from the NATE book Lessons in English Teaching and Learning [ 1988 ] ) ( p. 148 ) . |
| 10 | Elizabeth wrote , acknowledging a draft of this article : ‘ I am grateful for what you wrote . |
| 11 | ‘ I am grateful for what you did last night when I was inconvenienced . ’ |
| 12 | I am grateful for what the hon. and learned Gentleman has said . |
| 13 | I am grateful for what my hon. Friend says . |
| 14 | I am grateful for what the hon. Gentleman has said , because it enables me to explain that proposals for a local income tax relating it to ability to pay have been rejected in Committee and on Report , so we are now in the business of trying to improve this unfair tax which is based on property . |
| 15 | I am sorry about what happened … |
| 16 | Look , I know you 've said it does n't matter , but I am sorry about what happened up at Handley Farm . ’ |
| 17 | This reassures me that the band are clear about what they are trying to do , and it is far easier for me to get excited by someone coming in with a plan and an idea . |
| 18 | you can not assess performance unless you are clear about what it is you are trying to do . |
| 19 | The Ramblers are clear about what they want done . |
| 20 | He or she also has to learn which strategies are acceptable in which classroom , since teachers ' demands will vary . |
| 21 | In the meantime he is content with his Mustang on the warbird front , ‘ it 's very safe if you are careful in what you 're doing , ’ he insists . |
| 22 | Here if I am wrong , my error is substantial , for in being wrong about whether ‘ pink ’ is the word to describe my present experience I am wrong about what pink is and hence about whether my experience is of pink rather than of orange . |
| 23 | Various other lines of defence to this action were raised by Mr. Ashworth and I will now consider those in case I am wrong on what I regard as the central issue . |
| 24 | They want to get on with the job , and are afraid of what a former Archbishop of York , Stuart Blanch , has described as ‘ analysis paralysis ’ setting in . |
| 25 | They rooted out those folk who were not … ordinary , and banished them from Minginish. people are afraid of what they can not understand . ’ |
| 26 | You are afraid of what I will force you to see . |
| 27 | I am afraid of what I have done and where I am going . |
| 28 | But I am afraid of what Benedict Joseph might do . ’ ’ |
| 29 | I am interested in what the hon. Gentleman says . |
| 30 | I am interested in what the right hon. Gentleman is saying , but I am not sure that there will be a conflict , in principle , if the regulator regulates both economic matters and complaints . |