Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the child does not know or is too shy to talk a suggestion that ‘ Perhaps mum or dad can remind you ? ’ and encouraging the parents to talk is one way around the problem . |
| 2 | He , ‘ the seigneur ’ , hears the ravishing beauty of the song , but can not act and is not free ; they labour and act in a practical fashion , but do not hear . |
| 3 | If B replies no he is inviting A to tell him , while a response of no could be taken to mean that he does not know and is not expecting to be told . |
| 4 | Wet hair tends to stretch and break and is very vulnerable so never use a bristle brush on hair when wet . |
| 5 | And what this means is that from now on the cla lectures will trail the classes , which , which does n't matter and is actually quite er a good thing in the sense that what will happen from now on is that we 'll first do a topic in the class and then I will give the lecture on it the week after , or possibly even two weeks after , which is okay because it means that then in the lecture I can concentrate on filling in the gaps , straightening out the misunderstandings and generally adding to what we did in the class , rather than leading as it were as I have up until now . |
| 6 | If a horse is being naughty then you have to punish him in some way — but do n't punish him if he does n't understand or is physically incapable of doing what you 've asked . ’ |
| 7 | Clearly , what a study of society might look like is closely , one might say intimately , related to not only the phenomena but also the data relevant to those phenomena . |
| 8 | ( c ) Management problems Where a practice is carried on in a number of different locations : ( 1 ) rivalry between different offices will naturally occur and is generally healthy , but the partners should not overlook the potential for a fissiparous tendency to develop . |
| 9 | One of the changes introduced since the consultation period on the SAS 's exposure draft , published in May 1992 , is a distinction between an inherent uncertainty which may be expected to be resolved at a future date and one which exists because evidence does or did exist but is not available to the auditors and so arises because of a limitation in the auditors ' work . |
| 10 | Paradoxical pain may well exist but is neither well documented nor common ; it does not account for the majority of cases of uncontrolled pain , and we are not aware of any evidence that it was an important factor in the care of the patient in the recent highly publicised court case . |
| 11 | The construct system does not just exist but is constantly tested and adapted with a view to perfecting its interaction with the world and improving its competence . |
| 12 | In the Western Fells region covered by the FRCC Scafell , Dow and Eskdale Guide , Al Phizaclea continues to explore nooks and crannies with the philosophy that if it does n't move and is n't already in the guide then it must be climbed . |
| 13 | In other words , implicit in this assumption is the view that law does restrain or is potentially capable of restraining , the international use of nuclear force . |
| 14 | But they might have if is on now . |
| 15 | However , a really heavy paper does not impress and is often seen more as ostentation than as a sign of quality . |
| 16 | The Price Is Right host Leslie , 59 , above , can hear but is still unable to speak following an operation to remove two blood clots from his brain after a road crash . |
| 17 | In practice , therefore , the size of the money multiplier will vary and is thus difficult to predict in advance . |
| 18 | The lid does not belong and is slightly later in date . |
| 19 | So it is fanciful to suppose that Labour 's conversion somehow can not last and is not real . |
| 20 | I mean one thing that 's mentioned before is about tag questions , which is where you put on question to the end of your sentence , as in Oh do n't you agree or Is n't it or you know you know the sort of thing I mean . |
| 21 | To make matters more confusing , although A starts by saying yes , indicating he agrees , it becomes clear that he does n't entirely agree and is off on another tack . |