Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] [conj] [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to show that a landlord is precluded from exercising his right to call for a rent review , the tenant must show that the lease or the rent review clause has been abrogated by mutual consent or that the landlord 's conduct has been such that he is estopped from exercising his right to a rent review ( Amherst v Walker ( James ) Goldsmith & Silversmith Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 All ER 1067 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Support for the monarchy has been strong but it is weakening . |
| 3 | So far his progress has been encouraging and he is already taking a few steps with the aid of a frame . |
| 4 | Today it has been worse and it is getting worse now . |
| 5 | A naive acceptance of what the prisoner says , especially when the supply has been illicit or there is no prescriber to consult , may result in overprescription of drugs intended for maintenance or withdrawal but resulting in intoxication or perpetuation of dependence , or both . |
| 6 | Sheep farmer Alison Hunter Blair has a lamb which has been orphaned after it 's mother died , now through a special lamb bank set up by the national farmers union she 'll be able to find a new mother for the lamb . |
| 7 | A foal has been orphaned after it 's mother was stolen by thieves . |
| 8 | The atmosphere may as they say be electric but it 's nothing compared with the nervous energy being generated in this box . |
| 9 | The service I provide is free and there is no obligation on you to buy anything . |
| 10 | Implying that the water we supply is worse than what 's in Europe , and the sewage effluence we put into rivers is not as good as the rest of Europe . |
| 11 | Queens and kings may not always be objects of moral rectitude , but their right to rule is sacramental before it is practical . |
| 12 | Th they 're being frightened because they enjoy being frightened and there 's a kind of perverse wish fulfilment in that . |
| 13 | exactly but every body who did something like being vegetarian or what 's the other thing ? , goes to church , church people are the bloody worse |
| 14 | In many cases the issues raised are contentious and there is more than one answer possible . |
| 15 | I do n't think Amy Johnson will be over pleased that she that Amy get 's better than she is , no . |
| 16 | An adjustment for wear and tear will be made , where applicable if the sums insured are inadequate or there is no intention to replace or repair . |
| 17 | An adjustment for wear and tear will also be made , where applicable if the sums insured are inadequate or there is no intention to replace or repair . |
| 18 | So the practice has been to regard them rather unofficially as having been satisfied if there is compliance on about … three occasions out of four , or four out of five , or two out of three — practices are variable from one authority to another . |
| 19 | However , the number of skips provided is low and there is little incentive for consumers or manufacturers to collect and reprocess . |
| 20 | The nature of the act or omission demanded is immaterial and it is also immaterial whether the menaces relate to action to be taken by the person making the demand . |
| 21 | What functions the AD1 and flanking repeats may have is unknown but it is not unlikely that one or another of these repeats represent functional domains . |
| 22 | Feedback from those attending was positive and it is intended that , after some refining , the workshops will be made available to all colleges . |
| 23 | I mean all that kid do was scream , scream , scream , scream , I mean Ross was n't the best one to be with , cos he was selfish and of course in Julia 's eyes he never did any wrong but Kerry come off worse all the time and I said childminding is fine and it 's necessary but the people , you know that , that people ca n't know people and Julia was a spoilt brat so |
| 24 | I think it 's great shame that were not able to come more often now but I do n't think that the replacement scheme is really a replacement cos it relies on you getting the most expensive seats I would rather see lots of things cheaply rather than just one or two things more expensively it also does n't include studio theatre many of the productions I think are excellent and there 's no advantage there . |
| 25 | References to the senior members from whom we learned were many and it is interesting that several who felt grateful for the quality of the intellectual challenge offered also , in retrospect , appreciated the problems of College and University in maintaining this when so many dons , male and female , had gone . |
| 26 | Agnew and Hill combining to get is clear but it 's a corner and that cross caused real problems to Leicester . |
| 27 | Perhaps love is essential because it 's unnecessary . |
| 28 | Yet change is possible where there is willingness that progress should take place . |
| 29 | I 've been disappointed when there 's no transport to my SPRED , but now I organise it myself . |
| 30 | He points out in the British Journal of Educational Psychology that the results of these schemes have been disappointing and it is doubtful whether they have any permanent effect on intelligence . |