Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [coord] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the going is rough , it 's essential that we all understand where we fit in and what is our special contribution . |
| 2 | It is a process of transition which all young people have to pass through but which is experienced differently as a result of such key factors as class , race , gender and disability ( Cross and Smith 1987 , Griffin 1985 , Willis 1977 ) . |
| 3 | Workfare was on the committee 's agenda but the committee has now been wound up and it is thought workfare has been pushed back as an idea requiring long-term consideration rather than implementation in the near future . |
| 4 | TCG is biased against the taxpayer and in favour of the Revenue , because losses can not be carried back and there is no provision for carrying forward unused annual exemptions nor for top-slicing ( spreading the gains over the years during which they have occurred ) . |
| 5 | On the other hand , in many instances the repossession order is not carried out and it is estimated that only 60 per cent of orders eventually result in repossession . |
| 6 | It does seem that since the last investigation certain development work , " Minerall Adventures , " had been carried out and it is possible that this was in progress at that time . |
| 7 | A landlord should be responsible for the manner in which work at its instigation should be carried out and there is no reason why a tenant should suffer as a result of defects appearing within a reasonable time thereafter . |
| 8 | After fusion the cells in the centre of the zone of contact break down and there is now a channel — from an open mouth , through the tube of the gut , and out through the anus . |
| 9 | No prices are written down and there is no competitive bidding . |
| 10 | The passion to tell it as it strikes us , yet , if we are honest , in the knowledge that we are only passing through and it is easy to manipulate images having moved on . |
| 11 | But , over the last hundred years , acres of ‘ accumulated land ’ have built up and it is now a good trek from station to sea . |
| 12 | I 'd like to make the observations because I 'm of the opinion that most members came into this chamber this afternoon with their minds completely and utterly made up and there is very little that we can do in this chamber this afternoon to change people 's minds . |
| 13 | and be counted , but I think we 've tended to stand back and just say well we know it 's going on but what is actually being done to these |
| 14 | As regards the concept of time , the poem is remarkable for its modern point of view : ‘ Similarly , time by itself does not exist ; but from things themselves there results a sense of what has already taken place , what is now going on and what is to ensue . |
| 15 | The debate , amongst both academics and practitioners , which emerged from these reports is still going on and it is this debate which is of interest to schools . |
| 16 | In addition to the crime of conspiracy , there is the civil wrong ( or tort ) of conspiracy , consisting of an agreement which has been acted on and which is made in order to attain either an unlawful object or a lawful object by unlawful means . |
| 17 | You drive along a narrow , twisting road half-way up a mountain of rocks and boulders , supporting nothing but scrub and heather plus a few of the tougher and more foolhardy breed of sheep , round a bend and then , suddenly , you look down and there is the valley , with its winding river , fertile fields , a village tucked away at one end , and a verdancy that knocks you for six with its lushness . |
| 18 | That , as I see it , is a very common situation especially where there is some pressure to get contracts exchanged , as there frequently is , and one often finds that at exchange not all the loose ends are tidied up and it is necessary to have some last minute adjustment of the contract which takes the form of side letters … |
| 19 | So far I have been lucky in that I have never had to work at getting the next job but there may be a point when I look up and there is no opportunity around the corner . ’ |
| 20 | All the cells in the progress zone at the tip are multiplying and , therefore , cells are continually leaving the progress zone as the bud grows out and there is a trail of cells left behind . |
| 21 | Many application forms for membership were handed out and it is hoped that our numbers will grow as a result . |
| 22 | However , original or commercial sin keeps breaking in and there is undoubtedly a great deal of badly seasoned wood on the market . |
| 23 | When the forest is felled , however , and replaced by monocultures of , for example , fruit trees , with a much reduced number of leaves per hectare , the system breaks down and there is often widespread crop damage . |
| 24 | The boys are already splitting up and there is a very slight tension in the air . |
| 25 | It is as if Sukenick were putting into practice the principles of what he has called the ‘ architectonic novel ’ which ( and he cites Raymond Federman 's Double or Nothing as a prime example ) works like a jigsaw puzzle : ‘ the picture is filled out but there is no sense of development involved ’ ( Federman 1975 : 38 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Tenby 's tongue was hanging out and there is a possibility that it may have got over his bit , ’ said the Newmarket trainer . |
| 27 | The Department of Transport has made a serious error , can we be assured that police authorities will receive financial compensation for the work that their forces are now havin have are going to have to carry out and there is a further matter which I have erm drawn to the attention of the Secretary of State for Transport in er correspondence , namely the need to establish a new and representative police authority for the British Transport Police . |
| 28 | Test opener Mark Taylor , one of four Aussies who attended the FA Cup final at Wembley , is likely to miss out and there is great competition for batting places . |
| 29 | ‘ It is a bedrock of traditional liberalism to build on and it is here that we are likely to see the most substantial progress of all . |
| 30 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |