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Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [indef pn] [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1	The message conveyed to the brain from one such cell is a bit ambiguous : it is saying either that a stationary spot is going on or off in a particular region , or that something is moving upwards in that region .
2	Or that one is to continue to believe in the biblical God despite all experiences to the contrary , that is to say believe that God is bound up with a religion and a community in which women are counted inferior ( in which case one is attempting to believe in an evil God ) ?
3	In social bird-watching it is very important that the people studied are not aware that they are being studied or that anyone is setting up a particular environment for them to behave in .
4	He is er , strongly er , suggesting that we ought to be rather more pro-active than we either are , or than anybody is suggesting that we ought to be in the paper at number seventeen .
5	If someone is sitting on the radiator it is because his trousers are wet from the rain , if someone is drifting across the classroom he is going to get some paper for written work , or if someone is leaving class he is going to empty the rubbish ‘ like he usually does ’ .
6	Rereading More Women than Men , I ask myself each time whether the relations between them are suggested with extreme subtlety , or whether something is lacking .
7	We were discussing the probability of Nerina 's essays being all her own work : or whether someone 's fronting her .
8	A chases B. When B is caught , s/he freezes , eyes closed , counts to 5 , then chases A. The game continues for as long as you want — or to a pre-set time limit , or when somebody is caught three times , for example .
9	Whilst we do not have clear evidence that heparin confers benefit we do know that where one is administering TPA and aspirin and heparin there is some evidence of an increase in side effects .
10	Erm with without a new settlement erm that that was indeed the the impression that erm I was left with as well , and what what we 've sought to do in in the evidence that we 've we 've put before you is to take the nine seven , nine thousand seven hundred figure in Greater York , and and er s based on the data supplied by the County Council to demonstrate that that actually when one looks at outstanding commitments erm with planning permission , identified the sites er without planning permission , those those that are allocated in local plans , making suitable allowances for small sites erm windfall sites and conversion , erm the the residual figure that is left in Greater York , which I calculate to be eight thousand six hundred and thirty seven , once one has taken away completions , which I think is an agreed figure between nineteen ninety one and nineteen ninety three of one thousand and sixty three , that erm , those existing commitments , and the sites likely to come forward , ma virtually match the figure for the outstanding housing requirement , so so one is left with a view that erm from from the data that 's put in front of us that there is n't a residue of that size to accommodate , although I accept that there may well be a residue of some sort , erm and it seems to me that the established Greater York erm framework , er is is the process by which that is distributed around the counties along the lines that the discussion 's proceeded this morning .
11	In general , the complications introduced by having to predict changes both of system and of behaviour are so great that most forecasters assume that the system will not change ( except by evolution ) and claim that if everything is going to change there is not much point in having a forecast anyway because there will no longer be an organisation to act upon it .
12	They fear that if nothing is done , the fish will disappear altogether .
13	In figure 7.6 the capacitances to earth are represented as lumped together from nodes A , B , C and D. Notice that if nothing is done about these capacitances , they act in pairs across the arms of the bridge ; for example , the reactance of C A in series with that of C B is in parallel with the impedance Z 1 .
14	These three vices are universally regarded as so detrimental to a horse , and so incurable , that if one is detected in a horse soon after it has been sold at a reputable horse auction , it is grounds for its sale to be cancelled .
15	I think many feel that if one is going to make the sacrifice that is required in the first place then one accepts that there will be other things one will want one 's child to benefit from — even if it means tightening one 's belt for an extra month . ’
16	But the point that young Macaulay fails to realise is that if one is going to take potshots , there is no point in aiming a verbal blunderbuss at piddling little targets .
17	Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him .
18	Most commonly , mura-muras are asked to send rain , for it is well known that if one is offended he will hold up a huge bark dish to the heavens and catch all the rain on its way to earth , out of spite .
19	It is good mining practice that if one is to work all the mine that has already been developed — and £60 billion has been spent in its development — one does not work it in the advance , but in the retreat .
20	It stands to reason that if one is claiming to have discovered universal historical laws these should apply to very different societies .
21	‘ It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go , ’ he declares uncompromisingly .
22	It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go
23	Also , what you generally find is that if somebody is reading as opposed to refreshing their memory from looking at a piece of paper and then letting it flow , if they 're reading from it it 's dull , it lacks sparkle .
24	‘ I know that if someone is sent up to Leeds to interview them , the band will meet them off the train at the right time .
25	Finding that their efforts are doomed to failure , what more natural than that they should cause the company to execute a floating charge in their favour to secure the loans so that if anything is left , after the claims of the prior chargees are satisfied , they take it rather than the unsecured creditors ?
26	4.3 We would therefore submit that if anyone is getting a good deal it is most certainly not our members .
27	‘ The message is that the culture must be broken and that if anyone is found carrying a knife it must be viewed very , very seriously , ’ he said at the committee , which swiftly completed its stages last night .
28	THE Norwich goalkeeper , Bryan Gunn , says that if anyone is going to win the FA Premier League apart from his own club , ‘ I 'd love Manchester United to do it . ’
29	I want you to know round here that if anyone 's taking pictures , you better ask George Felix before . ’
30	It is a prospect the Rowes dread and one which adds weight to Jan 's claim that unless something is done to eliminate the badgers carrying TB , there will never be a long enough period between outbreaks in the herd to do any sensible farming .