Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [pron] is [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , where the money is no longer legal tender as seen with half crown coins and sixpences in R v Thompson [ 1980 ] QB 229 , or where it is being transferred because of its curiosity value ( Moss v Hancock [ 1899 ] 2 QB 111 ) , or because of its inherent value such as Krugerrands , in these circumstances " money " can be considered to be " goods " for the purposes of the statutory definition . |
| 2 | The film viewer sees a wide range of technical devices — split-screen , slow motion , fast motion , various kinds of fades — that enable the storyteller to indicate that something happened earlier ( the ‘ flash-back ’ ) or that something will happen in the future , or that something is being dreamt or fantasized . |
| 3 | By the end of the book , " culture " has become a metaphor for some kind of Bradleyan unity to which we may aspire but which we can never reach ; idealism consorts oddly with Eliot 's sociology , however , and it is not at all clear if " culture " is a neutral term used to describe the whole way of life of a people or if it is being employed as a diagnostic tool to evaluate the various standards and aspirations of a society . |
| 4 | Shall he doubt whether he is awake , whether he is being pinched , or whether he is being burned ? |
| 5 | The way we cope depends on many factors , such as whether the particular answer really matters or whether it is being used as a vehicle to introduce , or work on , ‘ specialising ’ . |
| 6 | The only grass that 's well cut is where people cut it themselves outside their own house but , in particular , erm , th I would like to see the supervision of the contract and that we do n't cough up the money unless the job 's done properly because I think we 're paying for a job that 's not being either done at all , or when it is being done it 's not being done well . |
| 7 | Although doubt has been cast on that finding by the results of the national survey ( see Parker 1982 : 90 ) , McGoldrick and Cooper 's research was conducted after the national survey and it has helped to encourage a view that attitudes towards early retirement are changing significantly and that it is being regarded more and more favourably by older workers ( see for example , House of Commons Select Committee on Social Services 1982 ) . |
| 8 | The way forward is for the Government to admit that the guarantee is not being delivered and that it is being overwhelmed by the recession . |
| 9 | The categories have been increased but the funding has not , so that er although this is in as a growth item and although it is being presented as a standstill item , in fact it may not have been a , a , a , a reduction in the service . |
| 10 | and although it is being set up to promote a rich peasant economy in order to pave the way for Chinese industrialization , that has not been particularly successful either in terms of the level of output and therefore the levels or in terms of inequalities in that one of the , one of the worrying things that comes through , that comes through , despite the tax system there are still very substantial inequalities and i is the promotion of mutual aid a means , a perceived means of reducing or containing those inequalities ? |
| 11 | There is a creeping ratchet effect : capacity means something can be done and once it is being done it is expanded or generalised ; that in turn means there is need for more support ; in turn that support needs supporting , so creating more capacity , and the cycle repeats . |
| 12 | Disk defragmentation — this will look uncannily like the Norton Utilities Speed Disk program , and since it is being licensed from Symantec ( the publishers of Norton Utilities ) there 's every reason why it should . |
| 13 | What really matters is the ability to recognise when the cheese has been properly stored by the retailer and when it is being offered for sale in prime condition . |
| 14 | This does not merely indicate that the framework for intrinsic factor production is in place but that it is being produced actively by the parietal cell from the end of the first trimester . |
| 15 | The problem arises in different terms , however , where the residence requirement does not have to be satisfied before an occupation is taken up but when it is being pursued . |