Example sentences of "[det] is [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is done to allow them time to come back gradually to a state of full alertness without any sense of shock — but it would be just as effective if I were to snap my fingers or even simply to tell them to ‘ wake up ’ . |
| 2 | This is bound to limit their vision . |
| 3 | I doubt whether this is done deliberately , but I think it 's part of everybody 's perception of science in schools that girls do biology and boys do chemistry and physics , and I suppose this is bound to have its affect on people 's choices , but I personally , and I think most of my colleagues would agree with me on this , see no reason to suppose that girls should be any less good at chemistry and physics than boys . |
| 4 | This is intended to draw your attention to an important piece of nutrition information about the product . |
| 5 | It is also possible that this is meant to show her inability to do anything without her lover , even to kill herself . |
| 6 | Clearly , what is needed is a control structure where the plausibility checker either is allowed to say what part of a logical form it objects to , or ( more preferably , given our remarks earlier about strong and weak preferences ) is given a set of bindings for each anaphor and is allowed to weed out implausible ones . |
| 7 | In other words , one-and-a-half to two hours of exercise per week may be all that is required to improve your level of fitness . |