Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feedback I get from my heart is that the best skiing is to be found not at big resorts but small ones . |
| 2 | My story was that I was the orphaned son of my father 's long-lost younger brother , and only staying on occasional extended holidays on the island while I was passed from relative to relative and my future was decided . |
| 3 | Yeah my hair was that long when I had it cut . |
| 4 | One thing I realised about my renewal of my faith is that I had nothing to do with it ! |
| 5 | He said : ‘ My stand was that even if Kimberly was their biological daughter , was it right to put her through this ? ’ |
| 6 | My hypothesis is that these varying conceptions in the mind have real psychic and political consequences which ought to be taken into account when considering change strategies in organizations and , more fundamentally , when considering what we mean by the term ‘ quality of working life ’ . |
| 7 | My hypothesis is that the conditions of work are such that one mode of relating is that of schizoid withdrawal which means that individuals have to take on some of the characteristics just described . |
| 8 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 9 | Thus the Cubans identified a new aggression in Eisenhower 's attitude , and my hypothesis is that it was in response to these events that Castro decided to stake the survival of his revolution on enlisting the total support of the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | I 'll tell you what my present was and I think you 'll understand . |
| 11 | ‘ My experience is that hackers are the world 's innocents — they can so easily be manipulated , ’ he said . |
| 12 | My experience is that patients have little problem in finding the pattern and dosage which suits them . |
| 13 | The long and the short of my experience is that roots are what matter , and country roots at that . |
| 14 | ‘ My experience is that units and trusts are often trying to run before they can walk when it comes to PRP , and there are many other things they have n't got right yet — like training — which are important if they 're going to operate it successfully . |
| 15 | My experience is that kids really like their parents best , unless the very worst is going on . |
| 16 | But my experience is that it is very hard to keep one 's local scepticism local . |
| 17 | My experience is that students of literature , and teachers of literature , too , I would even put myself in that category , are not very good conceptually , they respond more to actual texts in a sort of affective way , or quasi-sensuous way . |
| 18 | And I I think I must say that i it 's well certainly in Nottingham , my experience is that the church of England is and perhaps other churches , are more aware of this than the catholic church is . |
| 19 | When women are told , ‘ Just do your breathing and do n't let those doctors interfere with you ’ , my experience is that they are very bitter when their labours do n't turn out the way the NCT has predicted . ’ |
| 20 | My experience is that a change would bring a sense of relief . |
| 21 | My experience is that a lot of people on the left are actually in extreme distress from unresolved family traumas or interclass traumas , or the transition from non-disabled to disabled , and so on . |
| 22 | To the extent that Europeans know of this Oxbridge dominance , my experience is that they regard it with some satisfaction ( they have generally heard of Oxford and Cambridge ) , but that their satisfaction changes to complacency when they reflect upon what they believe to be the uniquely class-ridden structure of English society . |
| 23 | The others you might not have argued but , you know , you might say my experience is that it , I could do it in eighty percent of that time . |
| 24 | Father Tony Wright of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church , High Park Street in Liverpool , said : ‘ My experience is that there is some kind of spiritual presence there . ’ |
| 25 | My contribution is that , my experience is that the hook can often be a national event . |
| 26 | My excuse is that one can only understand the unknown in terms of the known . |
| 27 | Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any . |
| 28 | All I can say in my defence is that at this point in history , I find it useful to do two things with my own writing and speech . |
| 29 | All I can say in my defence is that I have nothing now in my life that I would need to hide from you . ’ |
| 30 | I did , I always remembered my mum 's cos it 's St Patrick 's day |