Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Other than that it is a matter for the board of governors at each school . ’ |
| 2 | The rise in long-term unemployment and the increase in child poverty since the mid 1970s is likely to mean that the health of the lower social classes is improving more slowly than it should and would have done , rather than that it is getting worse . |
| 3 | To the extent that rank-ordering means giving preferences to candidates of one party rather than another it is both easy and reasonable . |
| 4 | A spokeswoman for Softlab , however , told the US paper 's German sister publication , Computerwoche , that the figure had been plucked out of the air and , while confirming that the two companies are in discussion , said that negotiations are no further advanced than those it is currently having with at least four other US firms . |
| 5 | If possible it is probably helpful to leave the draft for a time , so that the drafter can return to it later and view it from a more detached position . |
| 6 | The sub-discipline , if such it is , can be regarded as an aspect of stratigraphy , although it makes use of geochemical and geophysical techniques . |
| 7 | WordPerfect thing , cos all it is most probably |
| 8 | If Grom is slain he may still try to regenerate wounds suffered , and if successful he is not killed after all . |
| 9 | Against the backdrop of all this we have Sir Roger Elliot stating in his BA Conference address that ‘ in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action ’ . |
| 10 | But in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action . |
| 11 | if wise it is we become |
| 12 | We are doing our jobs , it is not our fault that the Board Members and the government can not do theirs , but as usual it is always the workforce who are suffering . |
| 13 | Also , to see as much of the main palace as possible it is necessary to take several guided tours ( such as for Madame du Barry 's apartments , Madame de Maintenon 's suite , and the King 's private apartments ) which are often available only at awkward times on specific days . |
| 14 | Even with a classification as complex as this it is often difficult to place a coast , because the division between A and B is not easy and is very subjective . |
| 15 | By such a refined technique as this it is possible to know what was happening in various aggradation deposits at various periods of Post-glacial history . |
| 16 | As such he is popular , but not as an ideologue : with his late actor brother , Yujiro ( known as Japan 's James Dean ) , he formed one of the country 's most glamorous families . |
| 17 | As such he is a natural verse-speaker , as we see from his first appearance ( I.ii.321ff. ) and from the soliloquy cursing Prospero during the storm ( II.ii.1–17 ) . |
| 18 | As such he is the guarantor of our acceptance . |
| 19 | It is said he is one of the Hidden Folk — a wizard of sorts — and as such he is not always popular . |
| 20 | . He is also the formal point of contact between the group and the client and as such he is required to coordinate the group 's , group 's activities on a giv given project . |
| 21 | As such it is hardly an essential addition to the sum of cricket literature but it is a pleasing production nonetheless . |
| 22 | As such it is of benefit to the whole organism and all its genes . |
| 23 | The story of a village choir which forms the basis of the novel was Hardy 's recreation of tales of the experiences of his father and grandfather as church musicians shortly before his own birth , and as such it is clearly drawn from his deepest and happiest memories . |
| 24 | As such it is of great interest to the oil companies but for China the discovery of a province as big as the North Sea province or the Alaskan province would be of inestimable importance . |
| 25 | As such it is worth describing its activities in detail . |
| 26 | As such it is the very antithesis of religion . |
| 27 | As such it is possible that the boundary between research and practice may be blurred and solve the age-old problem of dissemination of research and development work . |
| 28 | As such it is vitally important for ‘ softening ’ social relationships and de-stressing moments of close proximity . |
| 29 | As such it is the physical outworking of our commitment to love . |
| 30 | As such it is part of the legacy of a long tradition of humanist thought which stretches back to fifth-century BC Greece when the first decisive steps towards modern secularism were taken . |