Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [is] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in my notes is that , as I said , the A G M is on the eleventh of er , of November . |
| 2 | The point is , one of my points is that two things are , are likely to happen . |
| 3 | But I tell you one person who 's getting on my nerves is that good looking son at McDonalds . |
| 4 | Whether the Princess of Wales will still sit on its cars is another question . |
| 5 | One of its ideas is that of holism — the whole is greater than the sum of the parts . |
| 6 | What the Russians thought of their rough but kindly guide it is impossible to say ; but he grinned , and exclaimed in amazement as he tried in vain , with a stumpy pencil to get a list of their names , and then sympathetically remarked , as he looked at their wan faces , ‘ There is no wonder at the chaps being ill ; even their names is all coughs and sneezes ’ . |
| 7 | The relationship between the bureau and its sponsors is such that the constraints on budget maximisation are likely to be weaker than the factors operating in its favour . |
| 8 | From a reading of their own literature , librarians and information scientists might have expected that one area where use of IT would definitely have been recognised to be giving such an advantage to its users is that of the retrieval of publicly available information online . |
| 9 | It reproduces itself identically from generation to generation ; the unconscious imitation of parents by their children is enough to ensure the perpetuation of anthropological systems . |
| 10 | Whether it will bring a smile to their faces is another matter . |
| 11 | Intentionally omitted from this volume and its companions is any more subjective appreciation or interpretation of Magritte 's art . |
| 12 | While provision for his guests is more than adequate , his bedroom consists of a single bed with a small television at its foot , remotely controlled . |
| 13 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |
| 14 | Just as the child in dramatic playing concentrates on the task or the problem to be solved , so the advice from Stanislavsky to his actors is that concentration should be on the mainspring of action in the character 's behaviour , not his feelings . |
| 15 | Energy conservation in our homes is another way that the world 's huge waste of commercial energy can be reduced without actually producing discomfort for anybody . |
| 16 | The quiet dedicated work of the members of your Guild to enhance the worship of the one eternal God by your labours is more than worthy of mention . |
| 17 | You 've got to use it when your feet 's all mucky . |
| 18 | ‘ The other destructive myth in our lives is that sexual activity is natural , while sexual inactivity is not . ’ |
| 19 | Becoming more efficient at your studies is another side-effect of exercise , quite apart from reduced sickness absence from lectures and tutorials . |
| 20 | ‘ Although you have assured us the massive cut in income will not now occur , the fear among our members is any compromise will result in an inevitable fall in the standard of care we can offer to patients in the future . |
| 21 | For instance , you may think that running a household and looking after your children is all in a day 's work ; however , the planning skills needed to do this could be a very useful quality to have in some jobs . |
| 22 | Perhaps the main reason why we are so strongly inclined to talk of the head as the locality of our thoughts is this … |
| 23 | The message from our competitors is that effectiveness is based upon ( but not limited to ) hard information about performance . |