Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all honesty I think they are exactly the same as newpaper reports in that if a team wins 3–0 or 4–0 they automatically say it was a trouncing , and then dredge up ‘ facts ’ to evidence their overall assumption . |
| 2 | It is not intended to be a substitute for discussion with medical staff and we recommend that where possible you also talk to your doctor about your treatment wishes . |
| 3 | Perhaps Bidault , on a visit to the US , gave the best idea of French intentions when he said that Marshall Aid would make it possible for France ‘ to avoid the abandonment of French positions ’ and even where there were the generous intentions that the US had hoped for , one way or another they always seemed to be frustrated . |
| 4 | and is that , I always feel threatened or paranoid I just want to make a point on on paragraph seven the rule in which to review the is that my understanding that review will be about the role and of the rule in which the . |
| 5 | Glenborrodale , on the northern shore of Loch Sunart , holds a magic for everyone — nature lovers , artists , historians , sportsmen , geologists , gardeners , or those who just want to unwind and relax from the pressures of everyday life . |
| 6 | One of the reasons behind this seemingly illogical situation in such an over-populated area is that councils are not legally allowed to take into account small sites ( aptly termed ‘ wind-full ’ sites ) that may have become derelict or vacant which actually provide a large amount of free land . |
| 7 | They 've taken some very carefully set-up photographs with a big fucking camera and I suspect — from an aside or two they probably did n't expect me to understand — that these snaps will be the basis for some computer manipulation to see how well I fit the bill . |
| 8 | They 'll show you a trick or two you never thought of . ’ |
| 9 | We had been used to seeing bigger names travel here but somehow or other they never showed top form . |
| 10 | So you know there the recoveries are very good , very welcomed by us , but basically we 're two years now since this happened erm pensioners have been suffering extreme mental turmoil for that period , quite frankly they 're , they 're utterly confused , they do n't understand what 's happening and to ask those sort of people to rely and put their s their , their whole future security on the outcomings of out of court settlements where claims are made for two hundred million and there 's a thirty two million you know they 're getting totally confused and I think that that they just do not know what 's happening , they , they want long-term security , we 're now getting an increasing number of people who 've retired since the schemes were wound up and are therefore getting a hundred per cent of their , their money from the company fund , which we 're told is going to run out in two-and-a-half years time . |
| 11 | You see , it 's , it 's very difficult is n't it , that that we probably spend a third of our life at work which makes it very important . |
| 12 | So I mean I wo n't take them now if you have thought erm and if y if you have er decided on a name I wo n't erm make a note of it now , erm but if you can all remember that that we definitely need the confirmation names sorted out . |
| 13 | Right , and by cause I think , by cause is is is literally what 's said there , but of course , yes that that we now read that as because . |
| 14 | I think it should be in consultation with the county supplies officer , because I think it is important that that he also has ownership of that letter which goes to the fellow p our fellow members at resource . |
| 15 | It was quite sweet actually that he that that he actually did sort of remember . |
| 16 | We shall have to live with it , because er I I do n't think that any hope of any redress next year , but the got to be established of a different system , of me a different methodology for the foreseeable years , if we 're going to get those schemes through that you supported wholeheartedly and congratulated us and for bringing forward the new road schemes for er the that that that that you so approved so warmly yesterday . |
| 17 | That that you obviously think is so important . |
| 18 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 19 | Er that that I really said it it 's got a history on to an ending with the bit I 've referred to . |
| 20 | The Jeanneau family seems to have more than a little to do with the founding of a number of yacht building companies in France other than that which currently bears its name . |
| 21 | In defence he was steady and reliable even if , in a way , his sophisticated refined play was out of its element in the hurly-burly of 3rd Division South football ; Jimmy always appeared to be better suited to a more leisurely pace than that which usually pertained at Selhurst Park in the mid-1950s . |
| 22 | It was more probable he had returned than that someone else had come . |
| 23 | Although unusual it certainly did not prove too challenging for the team from Birmingham . |
| 24 | The so-called science of narratology tells us that all we ever do is tell stories about ourselves whose truth is no more than their plausibility and consistency with each other . |
| 25 | Do we really want to say that all we ever learn we knew before — even if we are saying this in some technical ‘ computational ’ sense ? |
| 26 | Julia 's own needs rose to answer that despairing cry so powerfully that all her carefully nurtured detachment melted away . |
| 27 | On the eve of their presentation to the Women 's International Professional Council , a group of British tennis writers , plus two from France , were summoned to hear Gerry Smith suggest that all they really wanted to do was to give the women players the same sort of voice in the game as the men ; that they had no intention of tearing the women 's game apart and that if they had been able to carry on negotiations quietly and in confidence , there would have been no problems . |
| 28 | Crabbe asks rhetorically why no-one raised a hand to help Grimes 's workhouse slaves , but comments that all they ever said on hearing of the children 's misery was — Grimes is at his exercise " . |
| 29 | Harriet says that all she basically does is play , play and play and gradually you get better . |
| 30 | He says he 's worried that those who just missed out on their grades might find it harder to get into university . |