Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [conj] [pers pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the term ‘ man ’ , is applied to categories of work — chairman , foreman , spokesman — it becomes clear that although it is meant to imply both sexes , it very frequently implies exactly what it says , spokesman . |
| 2 | ‘ These two cases , then , make it perfectly clear that when he is sued , as in the present case , on the covenants contained in the original lease , the original tenant 's only possible defences are either : ( 1 ) that he has performed the covenants ; or ( 2 ) that the relevant assignee has performed the covenants ; or ( 3 ) there has been some other operation conducted upon the lease — for example surrender of the whole — which has put a complete end to the liability to pay rent . |
| 3 | I should make it clear that when it is decided to intervene in a local authority 's own proposed development , the local authority is required to apply to the Secretary of State for planning permission . |
| 4 | If such information was not attended to in the judgment phase then it is possible that when it is seen in the recognition phase it will be noticed for the first time . |
| 5 | The game can be played in a more limited form in the little bowl-type individual urinals which are more fashionable these days , but Jamie has never tried this himself , being so short that if he is to use one of those he has to stand about a metre back from it and lob his waste water in . |
| 6 | The management should be aware that once it is known that a business is for sale , it is likely that it will be bought by someone , if not themselves . |