Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [indef pn] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A chases B. When B is caught , s/he freezes , eyes closed , counts to 5 , then chases A. The game continues for as long as you want — or to a pre-set time limit , or when somebody is caught three times , for example . |
| 2 | Secondly , if the GATT round collapses , will he give an assurance that contingency arrangements will be made by the British Government to ensure that the multi-fibre arrangement continues and that everything is done to defend employment and the trading position of the British textile industry ? |
| 3 | It is essential that the United Nations operation there is properly supported and that everything is done fairly . |
| 4 | Co-ordinator — making sure that objectives are clear and that everyone is involved and committed . |
| 5 | And if one is forced to use the term ‘ geometrical ’ when talking about Braque 's work , it is even more applicable to Picasso 's . |
| 6 | Occasional gunshots can still be heard , though no one seems to know who fires the guns and if anyone is hit . |
| 7 | It is a vile and despicable trade as any horse lover knows and unless something is decided about the minimum value law soon , by 1992 it will only get worse . |
| 8 | It is his responsibility to decide whether the glider should be manned at the nose or tail , and whether someone is needed in the cockpit . |
| 9 | you have all heard rumours about who is using clenbuteriol and when someone is caught farmers will say : ‘ It 's about time the Department caught up with him ’ . |
| 10 | The glue sticks are pushed into the rear of the body chamber and as one is used another is fed into the gun , allowing a continuous supply of heated glue . |
| 11 | But if everything is determined by the laws of science , then free will must be an illusion , and if we do n't have free will , what is the basis for our responsibility for our actions ? |
| 12 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 13 | But if someone is accused of a crime and then it is proved that the accuser is lying , the accuser is immediately killed . |
| 14 | It is important to have someone trustworthy to talk to , but if anyone is told control of the information may be lost . |
| 15 | This date of April I can understand the Minister er the Minister of Transport is concerned , but unless something is done pretty quickly there 'll be a lot of people in Leeds who will be worrying about what 's going to happen on er around the station because there is this small group of people no not always from the town concerned or the city concerned , who behave in this abysmal way and British Transport Police have a very good record at the stations and on the trains as they can move from one part of the country to another . |
| 16 | There 's much talk of a bonding scheme after collapse , just the latest in a recent series , but whether anything is done remains to be seen . |
| 17 | But when anyone is beset by such evil power as this , nothing can save him but Jesus Christ : this I firmly believe . ’ |