Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Racing toward it , the excitement grows as one sees it is not a shadow , not a glacial cobble , but a meteorite — a piece of rock from another planet ! |
| 2 | It is not unlike the feeling a good scientist gets when he senses he is within range of something interesting . |
| 3 | The only powers that control fate are the Gods , and so when Tamburlaine mentions in a conversation which he has with Theridamas that he controls his own fate , this implies that he believes he is a God : ‘ I hold the fates bound fast in iron chains , and with mine hand turn fortune 's wheel about ’ . |
| 4 | Others say that the resemblance one notices is between sensations , and that what one means when one says something is white is that a sensation one has on looking at it resembles a sensation one has had before and to which one gave the name ‘ sensation of white ’ . |
| 5 | This point includes a person who falsely reports that he knows who is responsible for a particular crime or where stolen property etc. is hidden . |