Example sentences of "be [conj] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the refusal of a transfer effectively stops an individual 's career-route to the top , the chances are that he or she will look for another job . |
| 2 | Once a person has become unemployed for any length of time , the chances are that he or she will continue to be unemployed . |
| 3 | Perhaps the greatest restrictions are that he or she can act only on the request of an MP and the only weapon available is to publicize the misdeeds . |
| 4 | You know I erm Hugh was talking about erm somebody being thrown out of hospital after gall bladder operation after only two days well fortunately these days there are one or two strives in er in in health care erm to erm which is very much easier to er , operate on people if you 're if you if you 're going to put them out cos the operation 's more er simpler it 's far less stress on patients and and , and they they 're becoming a lot quicker er , clearly if faded out er , the way is completed then er obviously things are serrated with with the chief executive of the health authority and I 'd like to give you this October when when the Chief Executive was . |
| 5 | the contacts are and everything and I think that 's much better if it can be got down to that eventually |
| 6 | And the distinction between a designated are and one that is not designated rests on what ? |
| 7 | It means that I 'm that you and Edward are . |
| 8 | At this or any stage it may be that one or both of them finds that initial attraction is not supported by later experience . |
| 9 | The ad-man opposite had been casting meaningful glances at her all evening , and the likeliest explanation seemed to be that she and Roger were doing a number together and I 'd inadvertently got caught in the crossfire . |
| 10 | If you think about and watch the settings of your child 's behaviour , it may be that he or she behaves in a non-compliant way , or has a tantrum on some occasions but not others ; that is , some situations seem to act as cues for him or her to behave in a particular way . |
| 11 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 12 | It may be that he or she has been working quietly away in the background or it could be a single , dramatic act of true heroism in harrowing circumstances that we hear about but often goes unrewarded . |
| 13 | The second must be that he or she has a long life . |
| 14 | Could it be that he and the king his brother hear Mass at St. Peter ad Vincula , the chapel outside the White Tower ? ’ |
| 15 | But then he kept going on about how brilliant your party was gon na be and everything and I 'm sat there thinking let's face it , if I come on between you know , because like , it would have been alright cos I 'd be finished like , today or tomorrow and then it would have been like nice and ready for the party ! |
| 16 | Asked where he 's been since he and Stephen Luscombe went their separate ways , the man who once lived on the ceiling claims : ‘ Apart from trying to find the best dog in the world , I 've worked on film scores , including one for an animated film , several pieces for Channel 4 documentaries as well as the incidental music for a Radio 4 play . |
| 17 | So we got more money and then mum and dad were and me and my brother are supposed to have . |
| 18 | you were cos I when Les came I thought you were still feeding them |
| 19 | I were I were but I and were n't I Bet ? |
| 20 | The main considerations in deciding whether to release such a prisoner are whether he or she has been detained long enough to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence for the offence and whether the potential risk to the public is judged to be acceptable . |
| 21 | No it sounds like one you wo n't have heard of on that , the big old LP 's that me and Nicola , Nicola for a birthday , that erm , school love he used to be er , oh I du n no what was his name ? |
| 22 | He could strum a few chords , but the acoustic guitar on the records , is that him or is it you ? |
| 23 | The argument is that we or others have made mistakes in the past or would make them in circumstances which , so far as we can tell , are not relevantly different from our present circumstances . |
| 24 | ‘ Now that we know British food is just about the worst in the world , ’ says Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth UK , ‘ how ironic it is that we and other rich nations are exporting fat and sugar to starving people in Africa and Asia . |
| 25 | One of the many issues young people have to address in the aftermath of courtship is that they and their partners have feet of clay . |
| 26 | All one would hope is that they and other British players will build on this new spirit of confidence and the opportunity it provided , by lifting their individual world rankings to a level whereby , in world tennis , they also clearly belong with the best . |
| 27 | One miracle to praise God for is that everything that has been sent out to me I have received ( at least as far as I know ) . |
| 28 | Truth is that everything that was best in my father 's life happened during the war . |
| 29 | All that will happen is that one or both dogs may become seriously injured . |
| 30 | But , to simplify ( 6 ) , an effect is such that if it happens , then all that is true is that one or another of a set of causal circumstances has existed . |