Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Introducing the convergence factor , where , in the general case of a signal F(t) which is zero before time , leads to a modified transform which it is customary to express in terms of the complex variable as This particular transform is known as the Laplace transform . |
| 2 | However , it must also be recognised that in most cases when English speakers come across an unfamiliar word , they can pronounce it with the correct stress ( there are exceptions to this , of course ) ; in principle , it should be possible to discover what it is that the English speaker knows and to write in the form of rules . |
| 3 | But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is . |
| 4 | Williams argues that the utilitarian , given his empirical approach , should recognize this fact and be prepared to investigate what it is that gives these people happiness . |
| 5 | Here again , the responsib ility for children is maintaine d and the housewif e must be prepared to interrupt whatever she is doing at a moment 's notice if her children wake up and require her attention . |
| 6 | ‘ That depends what it is , does n't it ? ’ |
| 7 | Is it possible to define what it is that they have in common ? |
| 8 | It is not at all easy to see what it is that makes one thing tough and another brittle because the substances in each of these lists seem to have little enough in common . |
| 9 | ‘ La Loge ’ had been up very recently , and with nothing sold lately at anything like $12 million , it is hard to say what it is now worth . |
| 10 | supposed to find out , supposed to say what it is first |
| 11 | Another related reason may be that it is not at all clear what it is that is transmitted during inter-hemispheric transfer . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't keep on about your Nelly , though we all know what she is ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ They all know what he is like . ’ |
| 14 | However , we all know what it is like to start something entirely new and to be told at the beginning that rows of holes have to be followed by two knit rows and then , when it all seems to be going well , to discover that there are two transferring rows one after the other , sounding like a contradiction in terms . |
| 15 | We all know what it is ( apparently ) . |
| 16 | I mean , we all know what it is in everyday life . |
| 17 | What the thing of course is , and we all know what it is , it 's an effort to penalise those secondary schools who 've gone grant maintained , but they do n't get the extra money , they get a hundred pound a pupil less . |
| 18 | They all know who it is then do they ? |
| 19 | You 're bet you 're better knowing what it is . |
| 20 | We all experience what it is like not to have an iris diaphragm , when we are momentarily dazzled by oncoming car headlights . |
| 21 | If you focus your eyes on his nose or his fists , you wo n't be able to see what he is doing with the rest of his body . |
| 22 | Says if I move the window he 'll be able to see what it is and avoid it . ’ |
| 23 | But because of the very vagueness of form in the crime novel it is all the more important to bear what it is constantly in mind , and all the more difficult to do so . |
| 24 | So it is just as important to know what it is about your organisation that customers value so that you can promote it fully . |
| 25 | We suggest that the more a person is in love and the less they are able to define what it is in the other that they love , the less free is the conscious choice and the more it relates to the ‘ me in you ’ and the search for psychological wholeness through another . |
| 26 | If only we could bring it into focus , he wrote , if only we could concentrate hard enough , we might be able to understand what it is . |
| 27 | Once he is in the grip of a real temper tantrum , it is useless to try punishing him , since he is beyond all reason , unable to understand what he is doing or what you are saying . |
| 28 | ‘ Chuck a couple of buckets of water over him , we might be able to recognise what it is , ’ Yanto suggested . |
| 29 | By then the ‘ monster ’ has gone through many transformations , unable to decide who he is or which of his many disguises represents the true ‘ him ’ ; but he can only find liberty by killing the father who sired him . |
| 30 | Being submissive is the co point where what happens when you 're submissive you keep it inside you do n't feel you 're worthy enough or you have n't got you have n't got the self esteem to rate yourself as being able to have what it is that you want , so you keep it inside and you do n't say anything and then you walk away should 've said this and should 've said that and all it does is eat away at you and it does that to you physically as well I mean scientific tests are already showing now that physically these sort of things you do if often be submissive enough what that does it pretty much helps helps you to eat your body up from the inside and causes physical problems which pretty much do that anyway . |