Example sentences of "[pron] and [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be any amount from £500 to £3,000 — the choice is yours and is based on what you think you will need . |
| 2 | the ‘ evidence ’ comes from the subject himself and is not given to him by another person . |
| 3 | WHEN I was about eight years old , I had to learn this answer to the question : ‘ What is God ? ’ in the Roman Catholic catechism : ‘ God is the supreme spirit who alone exists of himself and is infinite in all perfections . ’ |
| 4 | Smart was deaf to advice , however , and in his play , which is bursting with wit and humour , ‘ He acts five parts himself and is only sorry he cant do all the rest . |
| 5 | He normally takes instructions himself and is responsible for the billing and costing of his files and cases . |
| 6 | Quite late in his notebooks Dostoevsky puts the matter thus : Stavrogin ‘ confides in nobody and is a mystery all round ’ . |
| 7 | The mind though it be apprised of all the doctrines of the sects , knows nothing and is bewildered by the doctrine of love . |
| 8 | Even Masonic anti-feminism surfaces in The Magic Flute : the Queen of the Night is condemned for over-ambition ; while her daughter 's trials are far greater than Tamino 's — at least he understands why he is obliged to undergo them , while Pamina is told nothing and is expected to bear her tribulations patiently and obediently until redeemed by the love of a good man . |
| 9 | I consider this a monstrous libel and gross slur on my reputation and it has caused grave distress and embarrassment to me and is of course highly defamatory . |
| 10 | I know she wants to help me and is worried about me , but on the other hand I think she is angry with me . |
| 11 | I see all objects as mirrors and I am behind the mirrors in another world but the beauty eludes me and is gone and will never return . |
| 12 | That is way outside any point of order for me and is an absolute abuse of the system . |
| 13 | He 's spending a week with me and is very interested in what I 've told him about you two . ’ |
| 14 | and , and what do you do about it , you know whe when they er y you know , I mean , I mean I think one of the things is you , you can start off erm you know very open and so on , but if you 're not careful y y you actually take on responsibility for them you know in a , in a way which is actually not helpful to them and is probably very bad for you |
| 15 | He still works very closely with them and is the only person who knows the exact location of every borehole ; the size of every drain , and more . |
| 16 | By learning to control its basic instinctual drives , the ego establishes its mastery over them and is freed from its enslavement to them . |
| 17 | The seven points relevant to the Godhead are that he is true ; that he is everlasting truth — " stedefast & sothefast " ; that Jesus is God 's Son and equal with his Father ; that the Holy Ghost came from both of them and is equal with them so that in God there are three aspects or powers ; that this Trinity is the source of all creativity : that all believers share in the sacraments and are the Church within which lies salvation ; that at judgement day all will rise up , body and soul together , and go either to hell or heaven depending on whether they have done evil or good . |
| 18 | The FMLN motto is : " land is collective property , it belongs to everyone and is for everyone " ; and they are undertaking the first steps towards a genuine agrarian reform . |
| 19 | ‘ They 've come all this way to see you and is that all the welcome they get , ’ Rose chided gently . |
| 20 | Talking trouble about your appearance is also a good sign that the job is important to you and is encouraging to a prospective employer . |
| 21 | ‘ He is but a little younger than you and is tall for his age , it is said . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If a fellow comes at you and is pushing cameras in your face , what can you do ? ’ |
| 23 | You have two wives to keep , the one you are living with here , who is really your mistress , and I believe rather expensive , particularly as she already has a daughter , and your wife proper who will not divorce you and is living in the Argentine with your two children , a boy and a girl . |
| 24 | Loss of , or damage to , any motor cycle which you are driving or using , which does not belong to you and is not being bought by you under a hire purchase agreement . |
| 25 | It may be tiring but keep signalling until you 're absolutely certain that somebody has seen you and is on their way . |
| 26 | You 're an angel and I adore you and is there a bottle of champagne in the fridge because I want you to celebrate with me . ’ |
| 27 | Labour changes from being at a stage where it has not yet become a thing in itself and is merely an aspect of social life , to a stage when although still an aspect of social life it involves exploitation , i.e. slavery and serfdom , to a third stage when labour has become mysteriously represented as a thing and is used for a different kind of exploitation . |
| 28 | At least this is not a bought-deal : Hoare is acting as broker — it has not purchased the shares itself and is stuck with no potential loss . |
| 29 | A fourth approach removes all decision taking into the information system itself and is called a decision-taking system . |
| 30 | Sheep grazing levels are such that most of the broadleaved woodland in the Welsh uplands can not regenerate itself and is threatened with virtual extinction . |