Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] [conj] [pron] [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if you receive a groin kick and it is discovered that you are not wearing a guard , then you will automatically be disqualified , regardless of whose fault the low kick was ! |
| 2 | It is knowing that you are capable enough which is the difficult thing . |
| 3 | Your Board is confident that the plan for restructuring the Group will result in a more streamlined , flexible and dynamic organisation and it is intended that it be carried through as fast as possible . |
| 4 | It is recognised that there are strongly held views on both sides of the ‘ smoking argument ’ . |
| 5 | Furthermore , of the apostles it is said that they are to go out and bear witness to Jesus . |
| 6 | It is said that there are surviving accounts of repair work done to the mill both in 1744–5 and 1751–3 . |
| 7 | It is said that there are exceptions to this rule and that the following persons can sue for trespass although they had not possession — ( a ) A trustee against any third person who commits a trespass to trust chattels in the hands of the beneficiary . |
| 8 | More fundamentally still , Wade asks how can bureaucrats adjust their behaviour if it is presumed that they are rational in the way they choose and allocate their resources ( Wade 1979 ) . |
| 9 | Once it is conceded that there are grounds other than eugenic ones for a separate offence of incest , then the question which inevitably arises is why the crime should be confined to sexual intercourse . |
| 10 | A comparison of the type of A. grandisquama and A. iris does not reveal any distinguishing characters and it is concluded that they are conspecific . |
| 11 | He then sends an inspector to our museum and it is upon this inspector 's report that it is decided whether we are successful in our application . |
| 12 | We are told that there are procedures — and I accept the need for them — but when the matter goes to the local council 's planning department , it is argued that there are strong grounds for allowing the application . |
| 13 | If it is accepted that we are in possession of logically adequate criteria of particular-identification , I do not see how one could deny that such criteria are ever fulfilled ; for how else would we know that they are indeed adequate ? |
| 14 | However , it is accepted that there are occasions when an interim payment is justified . |
| 15 | Controversial figures in public life , such as Winston Churchill , Richard Nixon , Indira Gandhi , Martin Luther King , T. S. Eliot and many others , will probably attract biographers for years to come because it is felt that there are still new things to be said about them , new perspectives from which their work can be seen , and new interpretations of politics or the arts in which their contributions should be judged . |
| 16 | Because many old people are poor , or mentally or physically frail , it is assumed that they are also rigid , unable to learn , unable to make new relationships , and so on . |
| 17 | As with his genealogical history , Foucault 's meditations on power are not themselves without problems , but reactions to them can also be too hastily dismissive , often because it is assumed that they are proposed as a general theory . |
| 18 | There is no crew as such because the Doom Diver effectively launches himself , although it is assumed that there are a number of Doom Divers ready and willing to step forward and be catapulted into the air . |
| 19 | Again , when an early riser in urgent need of coffee complains , ‘ The gas wo n't light ’ , it is assumed that there are substances in the world that can be grouped under the concept ‘ gas ’ , and that some of them , at least , ignite . |
| 20 | It is assumed that you are using version 5.0 of the program and that the original settings on the program disk are in force . |
| 21 | Because mathematical skills are perceived as being easy to define and to recognise , and because such skills are perceived to be relevant , schools may be attacked if it is believed that they are not teaching such skills effectively . |
| 22 | It is recognized that there are many valid ways of growing older . |
| 23 | It may not sound much , but if it is raining and you are wet and tired , it becomes a big job . |
| 24 | There is , however , a danger here that older people will be infantilised when it is implied that they are no longer competent and able to discriminate for themselves . |
| 25 | Now it is extinguished and we are alone in the dark . |
| 26 | In Britain in 1991 it is estimated that there are 8,838,000 persons aged 65 and over ( and more than 10 million of pensionable age ) , representing some 15.8% of the total population . |
| 27 | It is estimated that there are 6.5 to 8.5 million pavement accidents per annum , many more than road accidents . |
| 28 | It is estimated that there are still about 20 hectares in production , mostly in the Aube and in Vertus on the Côte des Blancs . |
| 29 | Exact numbers of step-families are unknown , but it is estimated that there are between 1 and 1 . |
| 30 | It is estimated that there are 7,000 inmates in Britain 's prisons requiring specific help for mental disorder , and while it is possible for prisoners to receive psychiatric treatment from visiting consultants while in prison , facilities on the whole are poor and the environment is far from conducive to improving a person 's mental state . |