Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [pers pn] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is a bedrock of traditional liberalism to build on and it is here that we are likely to see the most substantial progress of all . |
| 2 | Such a well-developed economy led to the greater exploitation of geological resources , and the English landscape witnessed quarrying of stone and ores on a scale not seen before — in the Forest of Dean ( coal and iron ) , Derbyshire and the Mendips ( lead ) , Cornwall ( tin ) and Dolaucothi in Wales ( gold ) — although most areas were worked and reworked later on and it is usually impossible to isolate the Roman element . |
| 3 | But , over the last hundred years , acres of ‘ accumulated land ’ have built up and it is now a good trek from station to sea . |
| 4 | You do n't erm the other day I thought to myself I 'll walk up , see if that shop 's still there and by the time , you know er I was dreaming obviously , and I 'd walked by , I 'd got time actually , I was killing time so er I thought oh you silly I said er you 've still not er found out , so I went back and it is there but it 's not some , it 's not a shop |
| 5 | I if you do n't like the sound of it Mrs then I 'm sorry for you but this is what democracy is all about and it is about time you listened to what people have to say . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean it 's the other way round and he is insanely in love with me , and April is mad with him because he is , and she is madder with me because I 'm not , since that is so insulting to them both . ’ |