Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason why the ideological premises of grammar so often remain hidden is that linguists deny their existence . |
| 2 | Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus . |
| 3 | So what you tend to observe is that when protectionism , when everybody protects , or when a lot of people protects , the world market erm , becomes a sink right , for any excess production . |
| 4 | The impression you want to create is that the Castle has an inconstant feel about it . |
| 5 | This can be comforting to them to some extent , but what they really want to hear is that you will not only see that they are cared for properly for the rest of their days , but that you will help them to remain in control of their own finances and to be as independent as possible . |
| 6 | The only thing I want to hear is that they 've called it off . |
| 7 | What I now want to suggest is that there is a lot of very successful science currently being conducted which literally depends on functionalism being true . |
| 8 | So what I want to suggest is that the second two categories I 've mentioned , that 's the vocal channel and the body language channel can actually be very important in communication . |
| 9 | ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up . |
| 10 | Then the really hard part is persuading the public to listen , because the last thing they want to believe is that the charlatan in the white coat is n't going to give them a cure for cancer , a promise he 's been renewing at regular intervals for the past two hundred years . |
| 11 | The catalogue might be extended almost indefinitely , but the point that I want to emphasize is that , for the most part , these distinctive features of our own way of life are not of our own making . |
| 12 | However what I want to emphasize is that Residents ' Association 's case is not does not rely on an inner northern route acting as a an alternative to a western rel route . |
| 13 | One of the things I want to argue is that in order to construct certain exemplary models of antiracist policy and practice it has been necessary to operate in terms of a reductive representation of racism , one which not only scales down its reality , but ignores its more complex features . |
| 14 | The final thing I want to say is that , standing in this College , I urge you to support the work of the creche which is here in Rupert Stanley . |
| 15 | The other thing want to say is that think you 're in a special position in this country vis a vis the struggle in Ireland because Britain is the country which is ruling Ireland . |
| 16 | The point I want to make is that in most cases they could not . |
| 17 | The main point I want to make is that the only justification for treating the sick and injured wild animal is to be able eventually to restore it to its wild existence . |
| 18 | The main point I want to make is that , looked at from the perspective of an individual teacher 's working life , this kind of action constitutes one very important strategy within a whole repertoire of ways of improving their pleasure and satisfaction in the job . |
| 19 | The point I want to make is that racists are racists , with or without the exposure of genital mutilation . |
| 20 | The point I really want to make is that if somebody can come up with a hairpiece that really looks real , I think people may consider wearing them |
| 21 | Erm , but the point that I really wanted to make slightly mischievous , but the point I really want to make is that I am very concerned indeed about the future of the , of this service er in the re-organisation of the councils , and I really feel this is something we need to keep very much in mind in short to ensure that this valuable record is er is maintained . |
| 22 | The second general point I want to make is that there is no single right way to use this thing . |
| 23 | But the point that I want to make is that there is a bus stop either side of erm well , one in Morrell Avenue and one in erm just in the junction of Warneford Lane . |
| 24 | The implications which these authors seek to deduce is that , since it is wrong to base a strategic doctrine on a potential illegal use of weapons , the policy of deterrence based on assured destruction should be ‘ declaratory ’ only , and that actual plans should be based on the development , deployment and targeting of weapons which ‘ should be intended for use only against military objectives and be as discriminate as reasonably possible in their collateral effects upon the civilian population and property ’ ( Builder and Graubard , 1982 , p. 51 ) . |
| 25 | What I hope to show is that the attacks on the reality and irreducibility of both subjective experience and thought leave one with no contentful conception of the world . |
| 26 | What the lectures at the Royal Institution seem to indicate is that despite these changes the age of ‘ two cultures ’ was still some way off ; at the elite level , those interested in the advance of science also wanted to hear about other cultural activity . |
| 27 | What few people seem to accept is that he might be exactly what he appears to be . |
| 28 | The only fact upon which dieticians seem agreed is that in general we eat too much meat and too few vegetables , which distorts the balance of fat in our bodies . |
| 29 | ‘ What you seem to forget is that it 's on sixteen years since you left this house . |
| 30 | It is a debate which presumably would have appealed to Howard although his own views seem to have been that they are equally important . |