Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [verb] is [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Urquhart says the board 's new figures can not be assessed until the research on which it is based is published in full . |
| 2 | Filetab is trying to prevent a firm called Ace Microsystems from selling a computer program on the grounds that the language in which it is written is owned by Filetab . |
| 3 | Both mechanisms can be viewed as part of the liberal response to the threat to freedom which it is believed is posed by the existence of untrammelled power , be it public or private . |
| 4 | The site of Castlerigg stone circle in the Lake District is an example , where the plateau on which it is sited is surrounded on all sides by mountain peaks . |
| 5 | The ratio in which it is distributed is governed by the distribution law . |
| 6 | To assume it is known is accepted for illustration , but this does not push analysis very far . |
| 7 | If the task he is performing is regarded by him as most important , then performance will tend to improve ; if on the other hand it is regarded as peripheral to some other activity , such as avoiding danger , then performance will deteriorate ’ ( p.545 ) . |
| 8 | The measure of the esteem in which he is held is shown by three forthcoming exhibitions devoted to his contribution : ‘ L'Oeil du Connaisseur : hommage à Philip Pouncey ’ at the Louvre , 19 June-7 September ; another at the Uffizi later this year ( dates unavailable ) , and the third at the British Museum in January 1994 . |