Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 11.1.2 either party suffers distress or execution , commits an act of bankruptcy , goes or is put into liquidation ( otherwise than solely for the purpose of solvent amalgamation or reconstruction ) , or seeks any form of protection against its creditors from any competent Court or tribunal , |
| 2 | One important lesson concerns the need to consider the whole child when trying to discover what a child understands or is capable of . |
| 3 | Is that the telephone 's fault d' ya think or is that fault I mean salesman coming in as well . |
| 4 | I have also enclosed some correspondence which Mr Popham has received or is preparing to send on your behalf . |
| 5 | Is he the one who drinks or is it his brother ? |
| 6 | Some families require extensive help over a prolonged period to overcome long-standing emotional problems in the family which have culminated in a child who is failing to thrive or is obese . |
| 7 | If the equipment in a playground needs repairing or is n't firmly fixed to the ground , or if there 's a lot of rubbish and broken glass lying around , do n't hesitate to notify the authorities . |
| 8 | Is this new found optimism justified or is it simply ‘ flavour of the month ’ — a mixture of ‘ hype ’ by the practitioners seeking large grants , the biotechnology companies , striving in the corporate stakes and journalists ( whose favourite words are ‘ cure ’ and ‘ breakthrough ’ ) ? |
| 9 | They say that no need has been proven or is ever likely to be . |
| 10 | Land Reclamation covering 600 acres and costing some $ 6 million has been completed or is under way or planned . |
| 11 | For many of the points , action has either been completed or is ongoing . |
| 12 | ( 5 ) A justice of the peace before whom a person is brought under subsection ( 4 ) above may … if of the opinion that that person — ( a ) is not likely to surrender to custody , or ( b ) has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , remand him in custody or commit him to custody , as the case may require , or alternatively , grant him bail subject to the same or to different conditions , but if not of that opinion shall grant him bail subject to the same conditions ( if any ) as were originally imposed . |
| 13 | Further , the terms of section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 are clear and they are mandatory in form , to the extent that if the justice is not of the opinion that the person is not likely to surrender to custody , or has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , the justice has to grant him bail subject to the same conditions , if any , as were originally imposed . |
| 14 | Are they about to waste time they have n't got , bound to lose or is it a challenge to them ? |
| 15 | And he sticks a pot on his head and everybody goes where 's Norman ? |
| 16 | Dealers are confident that the market has stabilised or is even on the up-turn . |
| 17 | Do you think it was the case that when Shakespeare was actually writing these plays he had any real concept of the richness of what he was producing or is this erm all a superstructure which has been put there by various university professors since ? |
| 18 | I mean or is it just the author 's view of how |
| 19 | The case has the hallmarks of a debtor who is unable or unwilling to make a payment , not of a debtor who genuinely thinks or is advised that the amount charged by the solicitors was unreasonable . |
| 20 | For instance , where labour is either particularly demanding or is not in itself particularly fulfilling or interesting one could reasonably say it is in the interests of the workers concerned to work short hours and/or work at a relatively low intensity of labour . |
| 21 | Fixation at this stage may result if toilet training is too harsh and demanding or is begun too early or too late . |
| 22 | If a beneficiary resident in the United Kingdom receives or is entitled to receive income from a non-resident discretionary trust , is the income assessable on the UK beneficiaries under Schedule D , Case III , IV or V ? |
| 23 | ( c ) Benefits The individual receives or is entitled to receive , at any time , any benefit provided or to be provided out of that income or out of monies which are or will be available for the purpose by reason of the effect or successive effects of the associated operations on that income and on any assets which directly or indirectly represent that income . |
| 24 | " Capital sums " — section 739(3) ( 4 ) states : ( 3 ) Where , whether before or after any such transfer , such an individual receives or is entitled to receive any capital sum the payment of which is in any way connected with the transfer or any associated operation , any income which , by virtue or in consequence of the transfer , either alone or in conjunction with associated operations , has become the income of a person resident or domiciled outside the United Kingdom shall , whether it would or would not have been chargeable to income tax apart from the provisions of this section , be deemed to be income of that individual for all purposes of the Income Tax Acts . |
| 25 | Much — if not all — of the technology necessary for Ecotopia to function has already been developed or is in the process of being developed . |
| 26 | Did he really exist or is he merely fictitious ? |
| 27 | ( a ) Child at risk Under s47 a local authority must investigate the circumstances of any child who lives or is found in its area : ( i ) if informed that the child is the subject of an emergency protection order or is in police protection ; or ( ii ) it has reasonable cause to suspect that the child is suffering , or is likely to suffer , significant harm ( s47(1) ) . |
| 28 | When you saw what a disaster you had caused , you could of started again and taken some time , oh sorry I forgot that 's not godlike , you probably did n't want to know or is it that you enjoy what you made , a sort of entertainment , better than Home and Away , watching wars and diseases and things . |
| 29 | This is a notion often based in part upon perceptions of what is happening or is felt to have already happened in other countries , and the most widely used comparison is drawn with the USA in mind . |
| 30 | In most cases it is also useful to develop a statement of the primary task of the enterprise , based on a neutral assessment of what is actually happening or is being achieved ( such as making motor cars , or providing a specified service and so on ) . |