Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] is [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ease with which patients are managed in these settings contrasts with the chaos that commonly ensues when a single anorexia nervosa patient is treated on a general psychiatric or medical ward , where she is either afforded special status or rejected because her illness is seen as self-inflicted . |
| 2 | WHO WILL guard the guardians in the Philippines , where it is rapidly becoming clear that President Aquino does not command her own army ? |
| 3 | If a document resembles the form of a debenture although it is not called such , the usual rights and liabilities accrue to the holder . |
| 4 | I would n't rule him out , although he is n't getting any younger and might have missed his chance two years ago . |
| 5 | Although they were the servants of governments whose interests it was their duty to uphold unreservedly , it was easier in such a setting than it is today to recognize certain common interests . |
| 6 | The notion of pastiche is now a guiding thread in critical discourse , to the extent that Palandri 's novel can be put forward as ‘ a disturbing attempt to write a kitsch novel ’ ( De Michelis 1986a ) , and the argument be made — — referring to Piersanti 's Charles — that no novelist born in the 1950s can return to ‘ traditional narrative ’ without being aware that he/she is ‘ holding an old toy which might look fine in an antique shop , or might be an ornament or a collector 's item , but is no good for playing with any more ’ ; if they do use it ( but why should they if it is no use any more ? ) , it is with a mixture of pleasure and melancholy , ‘ like someone repeating a game which once gave pleasure for years and years and now gives none , only the memory of the joy it once gave ’ ( De Michelis 1986b ) . |
| 7 | This may seem confusing if it is not made clear what she means by ‘ literal ’ . |
| 8 | If it is not made clear in the psychologist 's report , the Tutor should recommend the type of assistance which would be of most help to the Student . |
| 9 | However , what you should always remember is that the picture must contain a reasonable amount of detail if it is not to look dull . |
| 10 | Already programs are being written that will automatically define the amount of white space each character of a new type-face needs in which to breathe , if it is not to look cramped ( at the moment this time-consuming procedure is done by eye ) . |
| 11 | There are of course passages where Klemperer 's gravitas is amazingly powerful , as in the first movement , but the first ‘ Nachtmusik ’ requires greater momentum if it is not to appear diffuse . |
| 12 | If it is not considered appropriate or possible to lodge an early Tender , then once the necessary information or Medical Report is available , the Tender should be lodged as soon as possible thereafter . |
| 13 | Indeed it is this inaccuracy that leads to its often being called a circadian clock ( from the latin , circa — about ; diem — a day ) If it is correctly timed one day , it will be approximately 1 hour late the next , about 2 hours late the day after that , and so on until it will be ‘ useful ’ again after about 3 weeks . |
| 14 | Woman-centred psychology , like egalitarian feminist psychology , needs to address theory if it is really to change psychological discourses of gender . |
| 15 | If he is n't killed first , of course . |
| 16 | ‘ Maginot Line is English 6c , and if he is n't doing that grade then Just Do It ca n't have hard moves on it ’ . |
| 17 | Wearing a different one every time she went out would be only normal , particularly since a sari does not have to be washed as frequently as a dress because it is not worn next to the skin . |
| 18 | Mr Haszeldine has made a formal complaint to the ward councillors , saying the rats are coming from the depot because it is not kept clean . |
| 19 | Unless detected at an early stage weight loss is an inevitable result of pancreatic insufficiency , but before this becomes apparent the dog 's appetite will have increased , simply because it is not absorbing enough nutrients . |
| 20 | But as I suggested in the last part of Chapter 2 , this difference is not of any great practical significance : whether deviant motivations are taken as given because they express free will ( classical theory ) or because it is not deemed fruitful to attempt their explanation ( control theory ) does not , in itself ; have any practical implications for the subsequent criminological enterprise . |
| 21 | Yet the bulk of activity is never reported in the general literature — chiefly because it is not considered newsworthy or important , either by by the editors or the librarians . |
| 22 | It is possible for a river to reach grade and to start to form a floodplain while it is still transporting coarse material over a comparatively steep gradient . |
| 23 | Since it is generally agreed that intelligence has a genetic component , can it not be argued that social inequality has a biological basis ? |
| 24 | The former policy makes more sense since it is still promise that is being sold on . |
| 25 | It is a method of making the press charge my wife before she is even found guilty by the press . |
| 26 | She struggles , eyes widening further , but I pin her to the sheets with my weight and keep the glove firmly over her mouth even though she is n't making any noise . |
| 27 | As she is now studying fell-time for the Ministry , she resigned from the post at the end of October , 1991 , and we have appointed another worker , Mrs . |
| 28 | When it is officially opened next month by King Juan Carlos , it will launch ‘ Any Miró ’ , the season of activities commemorating the centenary of the artist 's birth and culminating in a major survey of his art being organised by the Joan Miró Foundation , Barcelona and the Museum of Modern Art , New York . |
| 29 | The joint is in this condition when it is finally judged ready for the table . |
| 30 | A man with a poor employment history , who has lost several jobs and experienced intermittent phases of unemployment , has a considerably raised probability of becoming depressed when he is again made redundant ( Eales , 1985 ) , but will also have a raised chance of being near the top of an employer 's list for redundancy in so far as it is the policy of many employers to exercise a ‘ last in first out ’ policy . |