Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] is [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman must not be made financially dependent because she is involved in child care , nor must this work be regarded as socially unimportant . |
| 2 | It is a heartening sight , evocative of all the sun and bright colours of Provence ; it is economical because it is one of those composite dishes which you gradually build up , to which you can make additions or subtractions and for which the planning of the colours , flavours , extra salads , vegetables , sauces , becomes perfectly intoxicating — but steady , keep a hold , or you 'll find you 've made enough food for thirty , and you 'll have to order another case of wine and invite twenty more guests … |
| 3 | Beyond this it is not clear whether it is subject to any restrictions other than those imposed by statute and common law on exclusion clauses generally . |
| 4 | It is not wholly clear whether it is permissible for the tribunal of fact to take into account the surrounding circumstances and the conduct of any person defending himself in assessing the level of violence being used , and the frightening quality of the incident . |
| 5 | Passive smoking — I have advised his parents to stop smoking as it is likely to be aggravating the child 's asthma . |
| 6 | ( Loss is serious if it is serious for the person who suffers it ) . |
| 7 | This split is n't perfect because it is possible for some complex types of software error to produce what looks like random failure because a particular set of rare events have to occur . |
| 8 | At the same time , the worker has at his command tools and machinery that would make him feel enormous strength but he feels impotent because he is involved in only one part of the pattern of mass production ; never experiencing involvement with a total process from the raw material stage through to a finished product . |
| 9 | It is accessible because it is affordable for those with average and reliable household incomes . |
| 10 | Ideally mobile units of 100 or 200 bird houses are preferable if it is possible to either move regularly , or at the end of a laying period on to new pasture . |
| 11 | In his 1842 ‘ Irish Sketchbook ’ William Makepeace Thackeray has compliments to pay , all the more valuable because he is critical of a great many other , better-known places which he visited during his tour of Ireland . |
| 12 | They 're as unique as it is possible to be without splitting at the seams . |
| 13 | The person you are dealing with will also find it far easier to be helpful if she/he is clear about what the problem is and what you want . |
| 14 | Non-animal protein is better because it is low in fat and cholesterol . |
| 15 | When she attends for the first time , she assesses the patient : if he is out of bed and eating his breakfast , for instance , she observes whether he can feed himself , or whether he needs help ; whether he has perceptual problems ; how good his balance is while he is sitting ; whether he is limited by spasticity ; what his posture is like ; and then whether he is capable of standing and walking . |
| 16 | Effectively this means that a three-year-old vine ( the minimum age for AOC Champagne ) will have three branches , a four-year-old four branches and so forth , unless the vigneron for some reason decides not to cultivate as many as he is entitled to . |
| 17 | Shanken goes on to argue that the factor analysis methodology may be manipulated by merely recombining a given set of securities and that therefore on its own the factor model is inadequate as it is incapable of economic interpretation . |
| 18 | In today 's European capital markets , the freedom of exchange rates , to which some of my hon. Friends are so attached , means only the freedom to devalue — a course of action that would prove to be as futile as it is nugatory in modern conditions . |
| 19 | Above all , it should be as physically comfortable and relaxing as it is easy on the eye . |
| 20 | To come within the scope of the law of confidence , the information does not have to be particularly special and , as in the above case , ordinary and mundane information can be the proper subject matter of confidence as long as it is private to the person who has compiled the information , even though others could gather similar information if they took the trouble to do so . |
| 21 | The quantity and the period for leasing can be perfectly adapted to your needs : whether it is for 10 , 100 or 1000 machines ( or as many as you need ) for 4 , 8 or 12 weeks ( or as long as it is profitable for you ) . |
| 22 | As long as he is capable of tenderness , and I think he is . |
| 23 | Did not this column say , when the apparently creaking colossus joined Durham , that as long as he is capable of playing for a county he must play for England . |
| 24 | And nevertheless an intelligent man can moderate all the things that fate causes , as long as he is clear in his mind ’ . |
| 25 | It is a slightly adolescent , indulgent account of a love affair — adolescent because it is redolent of a wide-eyed naivety out of place in a middle-aged man : indulgent because at times he hints that the eagles , with names like Atalanta and Melanion , may be reciprocating his feelings . |
| 26 | Since there is a large number of nerves the number of possible combinations and sequences of stimuli is enormous so it is possible for a system like that , in principle , to produce a very large number of possible reactions . |
| 27 | ‘ Extortion by colour of office occurs when a public officer demands and is paid money he is not entitled to , or more than he is entitled to , for the performance of his public duty . |
| 28 | ‘ Extortion by colour of office occurs when a public officer demands and is paid money he is not entitled to , or more than he is entitled to , for the performance of his public duty . |
| 29 | The site is particularly important because it is one of the few such castles to have developed out of an earlier Norman stone-built ring-work fort . |
| 30 | We think that physics is complicated because it is hard for us to understand , and because physics books are full of difficult mathematics . |