Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] is [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point of ‘ Air Conditioned Nightmare ’ seems to be that London is sinking into a theme park style existence where everything is becoming increasingly trivialised . |
| 2 | The point of ‘ Air Conditioned Nightmare ’ seems to be that London is sinking into a theme park style existence where everything is becoming increasingly trivialised . |
| 3 | The account given in this book , based on the constructional meanings , enables us to give answers to these questions : Why does Oliver imagined her red-haired have two different meanings , one where he is trying mentally to change the lady 's image , and the other where he wonders what sort of person he is going to meet ) ? |
| 4 | But in industrial countries in particular — or in countries that abut industrial countries — the rain has been growing steadily more acidic in recent decades , to the point where it has already done severe damage to ancient buildings and statues , where it is has virtually destroyed vast numbers of trees in continental Europe ( notably Germany ) and killed most of the life , including the fish and crayfish , in many of the lakes and rivers of Scandinavia . |
| 5 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 6 | Big Tweedy 's was a replica of the goal scored by Carlos Alberto in the 1970 World Cup Final so he is walking around feeling very pleased with himself this morning ! ’ |
| 7 | What is the harm if she is driven occasionally to let go with a smack ? |
| 8 | Perhaps she should see a doctor if she is feeling particularly stressed out . |
| 9 | If this is correct then there are important implications for people who are ‘ near the borderline ’ , if it is decided not to change the clocks between the summer and winter , but rather to retain Daylight Saving Time throughout the year . |
| 10 | If it is shared then trust and confidence will grow between the manager and his subordinate . |
| 11 | But in addition there is an immediate opportunity for the authorities concerned to reformulate , in collaboration with the Law Commission , the appropriate limits to recovery , on a coherent system of principles suitable for modern society , in terms which can ( if it is thought right to do so ) embrace the unusual circumstances of the present case . |
| 12 | Now villagers feel that AIDS sufferers should be treated with compassion , and that they are not a danger to others if it is known how to protect oneself from the disease . |
| 13 | Where such a movement has occurred , or there has been rumour and speculation , the Panel should be consulted if it is proposed not to make an immediate announcement . |
| 14 | If it is used only to improve the pupil-teacher ratio within special schools then its value is limited . |
| 15 | If he is going down to defeat , as I suspect he is , he is doing it in style . |
| 16 | The owner may contest the Repairs Notice because he is determined not to relinquish ownership . |
| 17 | Now he 's there it should almost be like a holiday because he is required only to do what he is good at — getting tight on the opposition and setting up England 's creative players . |
| 18 | ‘ Because it is permitted only to charge a profit of sixty pfennigs if soda is served with whisky . ’ |
| 19 | Since it is setting out to achieve what it is not possible to achieve , uniformity ( always dangerous ) will be maintained only by the serious erosion of individual freedom . |
| 20 | A simple coding system can be used since it is required only to indicate which of several options has been adopted . |
| 21 | A problem shared is usually a problem halved , whether it is learning how to cope with rheumatism , wanting to lose some weight or caring for an elderly relative . |
| 22 | And , as far as extra-familial effects are concerned : " Fertility change is only one possible response to a mortality change , and whether it is activated undoubtedly depends upon many conditioning factors in the society . " |
| 23 | One of the most important of the many articles manufactured in this shop are the steel carriage springs , each of which is submitted to a test quite as severe as that applied to the guns in Woolwich Arsenal , before it is sent out to administer to the comfort of the travelling public , the test chiefly consisting in the dropping of heavy weights upon the springs . |
| 24 | She makes love with her eyes closed as though she is trying not to look at him . |
| 25 | When one is aiming simply to identify an entity for a hearer , in the nature of things one will tend to find enduring characteristics more reliable as the means of doing so , although there will certainly be a proportion of cases where some " occasional " property is just as useful . |
| 26 | The radio sketches that Galton and Simpson created for Tony Hancock in the mid-1950s are a back-street version of the same rueful joke : the hero , discomforted by every encounter , gets it wrong when he is trying hardest to get it right . |
| 27 | By all accounts Milton is a bit of a lunatic at home — particularly when he is taken out exercising . |
| 28 | Answer guide : The land is normally not depreciated as it is assumed not to wear out . |
| 29 | It is not nearly as important to identify our wrong ways of dealing with conflict as it is to learn how to resolve them . |
| 30 | It was during the eighteenth century that madeira wine as it is known today came into being . |