Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean driving is n't , driving is not necessarily |
| 2 | Announcing the new campaign junior health minister Baroness Harper said : ‘ Glue sniffing is not a problem that has gone away . ’ |
| 3 | The freedom which members of high-performing systems appear to enjoy is thus not inconsistent with stability of purpose and behaviour . |
| 4 | Right what we want to find is how steep is the the hill we want to find that angle . |
| 5 | What I want to know is just what did it take to get him to do that ? |
| 6 | " What I want to know is why there 's all this talk of marriage all of a sudden ? " |
| 7 | What the people of Sherwood and many others want to know is why National Power and PowerGen have not reflected those bargain purchases from British Coal in lower electricity prices . |
| 8 | All I want to know is why it 's taking us so long to get there ! ’ |
| 9 | Once I am interested in an act 's music and I like their live performance , the first thing I want to know is where this new band sees itself going . |
| 10 | What I want to know is where has she gone ? |
| 11 | ‘ What I want to know is where God 's supposed to be . ’ |
| 12 | What they all want to know is where John 's video can be obtained , so here , to let me get on with my work , are a few possible outlets — Dillon 's , Waterstone 's , Eason 's or the BBC Shop . |
| 13 | Now yes there are times when other people give you arguments and will try and change it around and and you know yes we will listen to them and will agree that but what we want to know is ultimately is what 's going to be done about it . |
| 14 | What we want to know is how to use that assertiveness in situations where we do n't know the rules . ’ |
| 15 | What most managers want to know is how they should juggle what Mr Stark calls the ‘ confusing mix of self-interest , altruism and other influences ’ that make their businesses tick . |
| 16 | What I want to know is how do they do it ? |
| 17 | ‘ What you really want to know is how long you will have to play at being a lady . |
| 18 | he was saying , John , that he was so excited mind you , what I want to know is how excited was mum when they arrived ? |
| 19 | What I want to suggest is that far from representing a glorification of a golden age , confident and stable in its social organisation , The Faerie Queene exemplifies a very uneasy social and cultural fabric and I want to indicate some of the reasons for that unease . |
| 20 | ( My 39-cm reflector has five finders , on the theory that the finder you want to use is always the one which you ca n't get at . ) |
| 21 | There are days when some of our residents are quite determined that you are going to enable them to do what they want to do , even though what they want to do is completely ridiculous , like going out in the rain without a coat on . |
| 22 | All I want to do is just to replace the word supported by specifically opposed . |
| 23 | There was an offer in the letter if my memory 's correct but it did n't actually specify what their offer was and really I think what the Council want to do is exactly what they are offering because we have to be minded all the time that the that er applicant does not own all the land and , and certainly it is , is , is the wish I think of this Council , I believe unanimously , and , and I think a lot of the residents , that we do somehow acquire a pedestrian link . |
| 24 | Syringe sharing is less common than it was before 1987 , but it has not been eliminated , and bleach is commonly recommended in the absence of sterilised syringes . |
| 25 | Touch legering is not simply just a good idea because it is a sensitive way of detecting bites ; it can also be extremely useful when the fish need slack line after mouthing the bait . |
| 26 | That 's all you want to watch is n't it ? |
| 27 | Even the man you propose to marry is not amorous , upon your own admission . ’ |
| 28 | What I want to ascertain is how the Greeks came to know and evaluate these groups of non-Greeks in relation to their own civilization . |
| 29 | ‘ You often say guessing is n't good enough in our work . ’ |
| 30 | As already stated the purpose of Purgatory is cleansing and what I now want to examine is how the necessary cleansing is effected . |