Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [subord] [pron] [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The written down value has no relation to the market value of an asset and thus there can be a profit or loss in the accounts when it is sold .
2 The written down value has no relation to the market value of an asset and thus there can be a profit or loss in the accounts when it is sold .
3 A third party right can not be revoked or modified by the parties if it is established that the right was not intended to be so revocable or modifiable without the third party 's consent .
4 Steady sums , increasing over the years as he 's become more pious .
5 The unpaid seller has a right in the circumstances provided by section 41(1) to retain possession of the goods until he is paid or payment is tendered to him .
6 In America , whether in or out of court , the managers who led the firm into the ditch often remain at the controls while it is pulled out .
7 In the past thirty years , astrophysicists have discovered dust clouds , radio signals , X-rays , electric and magnetic fields in supposedly empty space , and it is now realised that there is as much energy/matter between the stars as there is contained in them and in all the planets as well .
8 He contended that , as the plaintiffs ' claim against the third defendant is based exclusively on conspiracy and fraud , the third defendant will only be held liable to the plaintiffs if he is found guilty of serious dishonesty .
9 Fashion — one silly brainless bitch trying to outdo the others because she 's bored out of her tiny mind and is n't interested in anything other than the way she looks . ’
10 That 's in the darkness of the inner room , with its raised seat for the dhāmi when he 's possessed , and its rows of bells and strips of red and white cotton cloth strung in a jumble from the rafters .
11 Unlike most sugars , it does not taste sweet — if it did milk would be quite sugary to the taste-buds because it is loaded with lactose .
12 Unfortunately the human head is structurally rather like a tank of liquid and the consequences when it is struck by a bullet are well-known .
13 The new king bathes in the fires when he is crowned , passing miraculously unscathed through the inferno before emerging to be clad in ceremonial white and gold coronation robes and to have the great feathered cloak of kingship draped around his shoulders .
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