Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , it was , the bit I saw was that policeman when he goes although those two were up to no good |
| 2 | And again to spell that out erm the way it needs to work in practice I believe is that in its local plan a local authority should be able to define a site which it would regard as suitable for development only for these strategically important reasons . |
| 3 | Even as she said it she recalled the growing doubts and disgust which had been another spur driving her to accept Clive 's invitation . |
| 4 | The force he unleashed was that of insubordination . |
| 5 | Within a cell what happens is this right a cell , what happens is that erm D N A is copied on to something called erm R N A , which is a kind of template , messenger R N A , it 's a kind of copy and it 's a single strand , corresponding to one of the strands on the original D N A with the same base structure . |
| 6 | As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric . |
| 7 | The question which remains is that of minimum sample size and , in general , other researchers have tended to avoid applying formulae to texts of less than 150 words in length . |
| 8 | The parameters of the religious issue might have been changed somewhat by the grudging toleration granted to Protestant Nonconformists in 1689 , but the religious settlement can scarcely be said to have provided a satisfactory solution to the issue of Dissent which had been such a source of tension in Restoration society . |
| 9 | The bold make-up she affected was all wrong today ; it hid nothing , and accentuated the harsher signs of ageing . |
| 10 | During the session there had been some debate over the selection of the ministers of finance and foreign affairs . |
| 11 | Another discovery he claimed was that of a cure for glanders : one horse had remained ‘ cured ’ for four years after treatment with what was popularly known as ‘ Sewell 's Blue Broth ’ — three ounces of copper sulphate in a quart of water . |
| 12 | The other decision she made was that , on the one-per-cent chance that it was n't a fool 's errand she was on , since it was uphill for most of the way and she did n't want to arrive hot and sticky , she would take a taxi up , and walk down . |
| 13 | But the broad gist of the point I think is this . |
| 14 | The first body I saw was that of a man lying in a gutter in Raouche , his arms wrapped around his face , one leg hooked above the pavement . |
| 15 | ‘ Then the next point which arises is this , against whom does this inference of undue influence operate ? |
| 16 | For what it is worth , the general conclusion which emerged was that overseas investment had a small positive effect on exports . |
| 17 | For his firm support and that of Charles Elly as Deputy Vice-President , despite other intense pressures on their time , I owe a singular debt of gratitude — as I do to the Secretary-General and all his staff , not least the dedicated private office team who have been such a help to me and to Catherine my wife . |
| 18 | And he added : ‘ If I were an American , I would be saying thank goodness there have been some musicals to keep Broadway alive for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 19 | Prior to the meeting there had been much speculation that Shamir would face a challenge at the meeting ; in the event even Sharon urged the party to unite behind Shamir . |
| 20 | None the less , since antiquity there have been many efforts to describe features of the world , including the social , in quantitative terms , efforts which began to assume an even greater urgency and consequentiality with the rise of the modern nation state and its requirements for an accurate accounting of its resources . |
| 21 | In the fifty years since the TA was last called up for war there have been many changes . |
| 22 | Since the Second World War there have been many changes in official policies toward , and social assumptions concerning , the control and treatment of crime and offenders . |
| 23 | When our informants were encouraged to think of their own society in terms of groups or categories , the most basic distinction they made was that of sex and age . |
| 24 | Although we can not go into the technicalities of Ohmann 's method , it is worth mentioning that the apparatus he used was that of an earlier version of Transformational Grammar , one which subsequently underwent profound modifications . " |
| 25 | As we have seen , a waiter at a hotel implies that the wine he offers is that of the hotel and not his own : Doukas , above , and in Silverman there was an implied representation that a quote was fair in the circumstances of mutual trust . |
| 26 | Every little noise we thought was another assault wave of killer mice . |
| 27 | The only text of the whole legend which exists is that written by the Greek author Plutarch in the first century AD , De Iside et Osiride . |
| 28 | In this more fiercely competitive situation people quarrel more readily and more often , and the elder who had been such a paragon of gentle paternalism finds things increasingly difficult . |
| 29 | The name Heryng is found often connected with Halling and another name we find is that of John Hostier , who in 1268 , was bailiff here , for in this year he was questioned over the Bishop 's land at Halling . |
| 30 | Now we have n't , erm talking about er cars as to other forms of transport and on the whole there 's been more complaints about the public transport than they have about cars , but you surely do n't think or maybe you do , I mean what 's bad about cars ? , |