Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we ca n't tell them how to use the money , we presume they will do that , erm this is a significant increase on the amount that the Conservatives seem to be suggesting which is just I think deputy heads so there are a hundred and forty thousand er deputy heads to go . |
| 2 | Similarly , history lines can be amended which is particularly useful in the case of retrospective pay awards , because if the correct " reason for change " code is used , the system will in these cases calculate back pay including shift and other allowances due . |
| 3 | They do not know that , for once , they will be eating what is almost a peasant dish . |
| 4 | However , if you know exactly what you need to be eating it is far easier to ensure that your body gets what it needs . |
| 5 | No approval by the production Code Administration shall be given to the use of words and phrases in motion pictures including , but not limited to , the following : Alley cat ( applied to a woman ) ; bat ( applied to a woman ) ; broad ( applied to a woman ) ; bronx cheer ( the sound ) ; chip-pie ; cocotte ; God , Lord , Jesus , Christ ( unless used reverently ) ; cripes ; fanny ; fairy ( in a vulgar sense ) ; ‘ hold your hat ’ ; louse ; lousy ; Mada ( relating to prostitution ) ; nance , nerts ; nuts ( except when meaning crazy ) ; pansy ; razzberry ( the sound ) ; slut ( applied to a woman ) ; S O B ; son-of-a ; tart ; toilet gags ; tom cat ( applied to a man ) ; travelling salesmen and farmer 's daughter jokes ; whore ; damn ; hell ( excepting when the use of said last two words shall be essential and required for portrayal , in proper historical context , of any scene or dialogue based upon historical fact or folklore , or for the presentation in proper literary context of a Biblical , or other religious quotation , or a quotation from a literary work provided that no such use shall be permitted which is intrinsically objectionable or offends good taste ) . |
| 6 | As fractional contracts can not be written it is almost inevitable that the hedge will not be perfect . |
| 7 | It has been estimated that every year about 300 000 patients in the United Kingdom experience some form of harm as a result of being admitted to hospital , and if claims for medical negligence are to be minimised it is vitally important that doctors ensure that the patient has carefully considered the potential risks of any procedure as well as its likely benefits . |
| 8 | This approach opened the way for extending judicial review to the exercise of power whether conferred by statute or common law or simply by virtue of the background principle of English law which permits anything to be done which is not prohibited by law . |
| 9 | One of the criticisms of this approach is that data may be collected which is never used subsequently . |
| 10 | For who inside the system needs to be told what is well understood ? |
| 11 | Words ca n't describe what it 's like to be all ready for your operation and then be told it 's off again for the third time.It 's beyond a joke . |
| 12 | But he had already scored both Arsenal goals — which may surprise Graham Taylor , who picked him for his England squad only to be told he 's not fit enough . |
| 13 | Trying to write a quality procedure to describe each management process flushes out the ‘ motherhood ’ statements and causes the re-examination and refinement of each process until a simple management procedure can be drafted which is clearly understood and accepted by operators . |
| 14 | Should the next level of output quality be needed it 's just a matter of taking the disk to the nearest bureau service and getting it run out on a typesetter . |
| 15 | It has been shown that for a chain moving in the melt , over time-scales that greatly exceed the lifetime of the tube τ , a reptation self-diffusion coefficient D rept , can be measured which is inversely proportional to n 2 , i.e. the diffusion law is |
| 16 | But as to whether jobs will be affected it is too early to say . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe I should be asking what 's so extra important about it to you . ’ |
| 18 | In such cases what we need to discover is the most specific head all of whose incompatibles are xenonyms — that is , a head such that , for any hyponym , at least one incompatible can be found which is also a philonym of the modifier . |
| 19 | To enable this type of dirt to be removed it is often treated with a chemical to convert . |
| 20 | One person 's idea can influence and spark off a better idea in another , and through the interchange something can be created which is more useful than either could achieve alone . |