Example sentences of "[pron] is [vb pp] [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For example , in many accents of the Midlands and North-Western England a particular set of words contains a vowel ( represented by ‘ o ’ in the spelling ) which is pronounced as in RP but as in these other accents ; the list of words includes ‘ one ’ , ‘ none ’ , ‘ nothing ’ , ‘ tongue ’ , ‘ mongrel ’ and ‘ constable ’ . |
| 2 | Right there are two iron oxides commonly used in the blast furnace , one of which is named because of its colour Excuse me a moment . |
| 3 | Since a Prime Minister without a majority in the Commons is an impossibility , he or she is seen as in a position to make any law he or she sees as fit . |
| 4 | It is now clear from Cooper v Motor Insurers ' Bureau [ 1985 ] QB 575 that MIB 's liability does not extend to a judgment obtained against the owner of a vehicle by the person actually using it who is injured because of its dangerous condition . |
| 5 | Prime ministerial power , and therefore prime ministerial government is challenged ; Cabinet government and collective responsibility are challenged because of the claim that the first allegiance of a Labour minister is not to the Cabinet but to the mandate given by the party conference ; parliamentary government and the autonomy of MPs to deliberate as representatives is challenged through the notion of mandate reducing them to delegates ; and liberal-democracy itself is challenged because of a refusal to accept limits to participation and to the role of the state in the struggle to attain socialism through democracy . |
| 6 | You may then decide to give a copy of the list to your practice partner and try to spot which one is said when in random order . |
| 7 | Although this is designed for individual use , its flexibility and generality are such that it is seen as worth describing here . |
| 8 | It has important implications for sociology , if it is accepted as in any sense true . |
| 9 | If it is pressed while on the last input field of a line , then the cursor will be moved to the first input field of the next line . |
| 10 | Furthermore , if it is pressed while on the last input field of the last line of a scrolled area , then it has the same effect as EXIT SCROLLED AREA FORWARDS , described below . |
| 11 | If it is pressed while on the first input field of a line , then the cursor will be placed on the last input field of the previous line . |
| 12 | Furthermore , if it is pressed while on the first input field of the first line of a scrolled area , then it has the same effect as EXIT SCROLLED AREA BACKWARDS , described below . |
| 13 | It is only valid if it is pressed while on a field which is used by the LIFESPAN cache facility ( see below ) . |
| 14 | This is thermoluminescence ( ‘ heat-light ’ ) ; it is produced because of the radiation dose , and is additional to any red-hot glow produced by heat alone . |
| 15 | You may get help with the cost of NHS treatment if it is needed because of the disability for which you get a War Pension . |
| 16 | It is accomplished though of small importance , very much of its historical moment . |
| 17 | In the first few years of the informal concordat under the RAC , there appears to have been a tacit agreement that in Cambridgeshire the WEA attempted to provide few courses , largely it is thought because of its financial problems . |
| 18 | In addition , the model employing Swedish data is not stable over time so that the relationships pre- and post-1939 are significantly different — again it is suggested because of the way in which the Swedish bargaining system became more centralised after 1939 . |
| 19 | Although the casualty department has been closed for two years Mr Dale said it was imperative that it is opened because of its close proximity to London 's third airport . |
| 20 | This criticism of the model is thus more a criticism of the form in which it is put than of its substance ; the form can be changed to take account of the criticism without changing any matter of substance . |
| 21 | Nor was Roland in reality quite the great man and imperial favourite he is presented as in the poem , but a fairly obscure governor of Brittany . |
| 22 | He is entitled as of right to be present at all meetings of the council , its committees and subcommittees . |
| 23 | In the guise of a superbrain , a mind that commanded the most complex and abstract aspects of physical science , he is portrayed as with out equal among scientists . |
| 24 | Nothing is prescribed as to those entitled to initiate this process ; this is left to the law of the state of origin . |
| 25 | Nothing is known as to what has happened in Switzerland , but it does appear that in the United States , after a long course of litigation , the attempts have failed . |
| 26 | Teachers provide the greatest encouragement for children to communicate in writing when they respond more to the content of what is written than to such errors , and when they share a child 's writing with other children . |
| 27 | Occasionally toilet training becomes part of the fight for supremacy between parent and child with the child refusing to do what is asked because of the overall management problem . |
| 28 | It is not so much a question of what is promised as of the attitudes of those who will implement the decisions if the Tories are successful . |