Example sentences of "[is] [pron] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is nothing whatever to do with the cameras which are in any case not allowed to pan along the benches . ’ |
| 2 | Thus the examples of ( 9 ) are acceptable : ( 9 ) your behaviour was barbaric this device is expensive his plan was inspired but impractical Where a prenominal adjective fits equally well with either relationship — ascriptive or associative — to its noun , we find that its occurrence in predicative position is acceptable , but only provided that the relation is taken as being ascriptive ; thus ( 10 ) mentions an individual who either has Greek nationality ( but the nature and region of the business which he or she deals with remain unspecified ) , or is a person who handles affairs connected with Greece ( but who may well be of some quite different nationality , Belgian for example ) ; ( 11 ) however unambiguously tells us that there is someone who falls into the former category : ( 10 ) the Greek representative ( 11 ) the representative is Greek |
| 3 | A proxy is someone who votes at the polling station for you . |
| 4 | I meet some of my customers at the start , running for charity , who thump me on the back and feel good because there 's someone they recognise in the milling crowd of shivering runners . |
| 5 | She 's somebody who comes to the door and tries to sell you some make-up and perfume and toys and things . |
| 6 | Furthermore , since learning is something which happens to the individual and not to the group , the value of the individual to the group should be stressed . |
| 7 | As for the question of how the game develops in the wider , European context , that , like domestic reconstruction , is something which stays outwith the control of club managers , ’ Smith said . |
| 8 | That particular commodity is something you find in the far reaches of your own soul — and if you have n't got it , the reason is also within you — not me or Anpetuwi . ’ |
| 9 | A colligative property is one which depends upon the number of particles of the solute but not on the nature of the solute . |
| 10 | An admiralty action is one which falls within the County Courts ' Admiralty jurisdiction , that is any action where a plaintiff brings one or more of the claims set out in CCA 1984 , s 27 . |
| 11 | A long shot is one which takes in the whole of a scene . |
| 12 | Insofar as a ‘ logic , unfolds , it is one which follows from the organization and structure of the state itself , rather than the requirements of capital . |
| 13 | The technical term is one which concentrates on the fact that any form of ranking constitutes a hierarchy . |
| 14 | But most bizarre is one which arrived in the office this week . |
| 15 | Market orientation-a market-orientated organization is one which focuses on the needs of its customers . |
| 16 | A fourth and less myopic perspective is one which deals with the functions of a service for the wider welfare system or for society as a whole . |
| 17 | The proposal to harmonize VAT rates is one which cuts across the UK 's wish to cling to its fiscal sovereignty . |
| 18 | The historical development which the exhibition unfolds is one which begins with the female nude masquerading as history and moves on to the abandoning of these supplementary narratives in favour of the representation of the body for its own sake , for its intrinsic formal qualities and expressive potential . |
| 19 | Dad 's only gag is one he puts on the budgie |
| 20 | Eddi Reader is one who sticks to the principles established in her old band Fairground Attraction . |
| 21 | The children come from East and West Sussex , although to my astonishment there 's one who comes from the far reaches of West Sussex , right away over erm the other side of Chichester . |
| 22 | It is we who project upon the continuous flux of history such categories as ‘ Mannerism ’ , and it is evident that not everybody at that period was a Mannerist . |
| 23 | Why is there nothing said in the New Testament about the Holy Spirit disclosing himself in other faiths , in the struggles of men to find God , and in the ethical endeavours of decent people ? |
| 24 | Failing such controls , is there nothing left of the spirit of Robin Hood and his merry men in Nottingham to tackle this monstrous reincarnation of the High Sheriff ? |
| 25 | Why is it everyone goes for the most difficult car parking spot ? |
| 26 | Is it something to do with the sex ? ’ ( how right she was ) but ended up abusively : ‘ Ian Wharton , you are the fucking male chauvinist pig to end all fucking male chauvinist pigs . |
| 27 | ‘ Is it something to do with the Government ? ’ asked Bobbie . |
| 28 | ‘ What is it you do for the Airds , our friends ? ’ he said desperately . |
| 29 | So what job is it you do in the factory ? |
| 30 | Well that 's what they use in the library so that 's a I 'll make sure the library ones are correct on mine , alright ? |