Example sentences of "[be] [adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would increase group revenue before tax by £171m in respect of companies which are profitable and reduce it by £141m in respect of loss-making companies . |
| 2 | are friendly and find it easy to establish good rapport with others |
| 3 | For example : Dear Mr Dawson , I would like to let you know that I am pregnant and anticipate my confinement will take place in the week before Christmas . |
| 4 | His eyes blackened angrily and Ruth supposed she had been right and exposed him for what he was — a cool bastard . |
| 5 | ‘ As it has never impressed me either , you can pretend that I am normal and address me by my name . |
| 6 | I 'm sure if people will perhaps they look at the church and think oh it 's out of touch but it is n't there are churches that are alive and have something very relevant to say today . |
| 7 | Wilkinson added : ‘ When I am old and grey I will tell people that I was there when Eric Cantona scored that goal against Chelsea . ’ |
| 8 | We felt more strongly than ever that while differences of race , nationality , culture and religion are interesting and mean we can learn much from one another , they should never be manipulated to lead to conflict on a personal or international level . |
| 9 | Decide which options are unrealistic and exclude them , for example : |
| 10 | Thus that dappled skin , peeled from a mutant , both reminded him of how he had been orphaned and reproached him too . |
| 11 | I walked fast — my feet stood up to it very well , I 'd been sensible and worn my trainers not my nice stiletto wobblers , but it still took me a fair old time to get to somewhere possible . |
| 12 | We ought not to admire them when they put up their fists and fight nor mock them when they are afraid and tell them they must be a man . |
| 13 | I am charming and invite him to stay with us . |
| 14 | In the legal context , we need to feel that the prohibitions of laws , in the way they are defined and in the way they are applied , are justifiable and influence us all equally ( or , again , if they do not , that they discriminate on acceptable grounds ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I am delighted and surprised it has happened so quickly , ’ Mr Janner said . |
| 16 | The right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) and now the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) have all been unsuccessful and got it wrong . |
| 17 | It has been argued that these divisions within the working class are unreconcilable and prevent it acting as a strong , united , radical force . |
| 18 | They had advised her to have the baby adopted , told her she 'd not be able to earn a living for them both , but she 'd been willful and gone her own way . |
| 19 | You can still see it going on today and it still happens does n't it like the Good News Bible if you look at that , I mean this a version of the Bible rewritten , presumably to tell people good news I do n't know , I 've never , never read it but I presume that that 's what the Good News Bible does and we now have countless bibles , where , where , where , where God is , God is female erm my guess is supposing that were the only Bible we had a feminist bible were no other bible and everybody for hundreds of years believed it , my guess is that in the future literary critics and bible critics could study that very carefully and I bet you somewhere there you 'll find internal evidence to show that once God had been male and had his gender changed , I 'm quite sure of it because edit a whole book like the Bible and completely eliminate all the evidence that God was once male would be a very difficult here , here and there you need little bits of evidence and , and again there 's lots of others I 'll mention in the lecture like God 's name . |
| 20 | But , be prepared to pay the penalty if you 're sloppy and get it wrong ! |
| 21 | And if you 're sensible and watch her closely you could learn a thing or two . ’ |
| 22 | You 're welcome and thank you |
| 23 | you 're older and do it then |
| 24 | I mean , for instance , if you do the the very high grade Norlands nanny training they go on till they 're grey and experienced it all |
| 25 | Because you 're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to , because you 're sympathetic and give them hope . ’ |
| 26 | Yes , cos like feelings and thoughts are hard to capture they 're intricate and get them down |
| 27 | Nor can Hewlett be dismissed as having been lucky and got it right first time : it did n't . |
| 28 | The councillors all agree that your floral displays and hanging baskets are magnificent and want you to know that they appreciate your efforts . |
| 29 | ‘ I am ambitious and feel I am at the right age to go into management . |
| 30 | To summarize this third criterion then , if we believe the evidence from these schools , it seems that if girls are neat and tidy then their work can be devalued ; if girls are untidy and present their material poorly , then their work can be devalued . |