Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together , these two chapters constitute an attempt to address the question I consider to be of overriding importance , which is not whether male/female differences exist ( they do ) , what they are or what causes them , but what they mean : what significant social uses are made of them , or more accurately of discourse about them . |
| 2 | The other advantages of a freezer are that it enables you to store food that can be brought out in an emergency when you have unexpected guests , or to store certain foods in bulk , such as bread , to save you from frequent trips to the shops . |
| 3 | Well the theoretical advantages are that it makes it er a , a lot more er predictable for businesses to trade with Europe . |
| 4 | These men do n't need to be very tough to put the fear of Sigmar into your foe — he wo n't know how hard they are until he faces them . |
| 5 | We should shortly know who the new owners of Showerings are and what plans they have for the company . |
| 6 | ‘ They have a basic need to know that someone loves them , but some of these children are not secure about who they are and who loves them . |
| 7 | And Sierra 's are if something jerks it cuts the fuel line dun n it ? |
| 8 | I ca n't remember what their names are but somebody tells me they 're are the most extraordinarily noisy family . |
| 9 | The outcome will be that he claims he can book you a flight only to the international airport on Sal Island . |
| 10 | The result will be that it dumps everything that has been transferred and you will have to start again from the beginning ! |
| 11 | My view would be that it does nothing of the sort and that if we think it does we delude ourselves . |
| 12 | The terms of this argument repeat exactly those of the critical debate about univocal meaning , according to which the only alternative to the idea that history has a single meaning must be that it has none at all . |
| 13 | Rather than enticing your man , its real value may be that it makes you feel sexier and therefore more likely to initiate or respond to his overtures . |
| 14 | ‘ If by any chance the police pull us in on suspicion they 've got ter 'ave an identification parade , an' if the old watchman recognises any of us we 're done for , unless 'e 's too frightened ter pick us out , an' 'e will be if 'e knows we 're capable o' smackin' 'im around a bit . |
| 15 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |
| 16 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |
| 17 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
| 18 | ‘ He wo n't be when he hears my offer . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ No , but she will be when she finishes her work . |
| 20 | It is not always clear what the public interest is or what serves it . |
| 21 | ‘ Once she tells us where the book is or she leads us to it , she dies . ’ |
| 22 | It 's not the buying them that 's cunning , it 's just that I ca n't help being grateful ( I did n't actually say I was grateful , but I was n't sharp ) , it 's that he presents them so humbly , with such an air of please-don't-thank-me and I-deserve-it-all . |
| 23 | ‘ All I can say though is that whatever happens it will be my decision , ’ she said , revealing the determination and single-mindedness that was later to be turned against her . |
| 24 | The only thing I 'm bent out of shape about is that nobody knows it 's a different pickup ; everyone thinks it 's a regular Trembucker ! |
| 25 | I have carried out several privatisations in my time in commercial and industrial departments , and my understanding of the word privatisation is that one takes something currently managed in the public sector and transfers it to the private sector — the last such transfer in which I was engaged involved British Steel . |
| 26 | ‘ The truth is that she envies me , ’ she went on more calmly . |
| 27 | All Lori will tell you is that she knows nothing about the jade , ’ Paige advised him steadily . |
| 28 | But the main argument against the view that ‘ there are enough churches already ’ is that it depends what you mean by ‘ enough ’ . |
| 29 | The , the result of this , this constraint on us is that it reduces our opportunity to secure the best returns available . |
| 30 | It is so very much what it is that it becomes something else . |