Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] [indef pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one ! |
| 2 | Wherever you are , it is alright to yell if someone is trying to hurt you . |
| 3 | This time of the year is the open season for demonstrations but we 're beginning to wonder if someone is co-ordinating the restlessness we 've got at the moment . |
| 4 | ‘ I am constantly ringing firms up to see if anything is going . |
| 5 | Over the past few days , police officers have asked me why a community has to wait until someone is injured or killed before an offender is sent to prison for a lengthy period . |
| 6 | Erm , the answer in our minds is to take positive steps to reduce the housing revenue account debt burden , a matter which we will continue to bate , to debate until something is done about it . |
| 7 | A black hole is a region of space from which it is impossible to escape if one is traveling at less than the speed of light . |
| 8 | The Solheim Cup should help to nurture interest among prospective sponsors , while there are players — Scotland 's Dale Reid to name but one — who believe that the WPGET could even now have three or four tournaments up their sleeve which they are not prepared to announce until everything is signed and sealed . |
| 9 | To give when everything is taken from you . |
| 10 | This point ( Wojtas 1982 ) occurs in a description of a new research centre for Police Studies at Strathclyde University , which is ‘ to ask whether anyone is doing research on the police , what degree of co-operation they have met … and to encourage research by the police themselves ’ . |
| 11 | It is extremely simple to make as everything is mixed together all at once , with no special beating or whisking involved . |