Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pron] [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The number of house repossession have dropped , but experts say there 's still no sign of recovery in the market .
2 Even if someone does catch the disease , experts say it is extremely treatable and nearly all patients make a full recovery .
3 Opponents say it is primarily a military road .
4 Prison authorities say it 's still tense on 'C' Wing where a cell was destroyed by fire during yesterday evening .
5 The health authorities say it is too soon to comment on the implications of the figures as yet as they still have to be assessed in the light of the type and ages of the people who responded .
6 The health authorities say it is too soon to comment on the implications of the figures as yet as they still have to be assessed in the light of the type and ages of the people who responded .
7 Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment .
8 Work went on through the night to scatter wood chippings , straw and stone on top of the mud , but traders say it 's too little , too late .
9 Weightier things than hamburgers suggest it is now time for a realignment .
10 His parents say he 's still affected by his wartime experience .
11 I know the name " — is partially explained by the fact that the stage directions suggest he is still looking at Chetwyn , but we infer Anderson 's absent-mindedness from his response because any confusion over the referent of the question is unlikely , assuming that Anderson , as a participant in the Colloquium ( albeit an unenthusiastic one ) , knows that the venue is Prague .
12 Empowerment enthusiasts say it is all to do with company culture and ensuring that employees are all fully conversant with the corporate goals and mission .
13 … These circumstances create what is perhaps the administrative dilemma .
14 When these shoals meet it is very likely to occur over a groundbaited area which has stopped one shoal in its tracks , and the other shoal pauses over the top to intercept the crumbs which are sent swirling upwards from the feeding shoal on the bottom .
15 Statutory obligations inhibit what is structurally possible ; for example , non-metropolitan county councils must have education and social services committees .
16 Instead , it is to send for the advertising man to produce yet another glossy pamphlet — this time , a parents charter which is allegedly embodied in the Bill .
17 And he seemed surprised at the Darlington rents rise which is around 100 per cent in some cases .
18 As parasites represent what is probably the most prevalent life style , the examination of their systems is extremely important .
19 When governments change it is also sometimes due to pressures to open and enlarge the elites of wealth and power .
20 One person assembles one product from beginning to end ; the workers say it 's more satisfying that way and Peavey say they get better quality work , as well as being able to respond quicker to market demands .
21 One person assembles one product from beginning to end ; the workers say it 's more satisfying that way and Peavey say they get better quality work , as well as being able to respond quicker to market demands .
22 He also composed more formal poems , including an epithalamium on the marriage of king Sigibert and the Visigothic princess Brunhild as well as panegyrics and poems for the courts of Charibert and Chilperic I. These public poems provide what is perhaps the best evidence for the ideology of the Merovingian court in the second half of the sixth century .
23 Economists say it 's too soon to say if the shopping boom marks the beginning of the end of the retail recession .
24 Reporter Davies , 40 , said : ‘ The press is currently taking a lot of criticism but these awards show it is also being recognised that a difficult job is being done . ’
25 Where the two colours meet there is often a soft misty violet which gives the image a feeling of air and space .
26 All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful .
27 Coastguards fear it is only a matter of time before a sightseer is injured in the hazardous scramble down rocks onto the ship 's deck .
28 This may seem like a large haul , but trading standards officers insist it 's just the tip of the iceberg .
29 British farmers fear it 's only a matter of time before the new regulations allow such a disease back into Britain , particularly from Eastern Europe .
30 Producers say there 's still some way to go before they can operate on level playing fields
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