Example sentences of "[adv] he is [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he is soon swaddled up again , and mentally he stays swaddled up until he dies . ’ |
| 2 | Now he is just flattered by the label — ‘ the British Marvin Hagler ’ — which Bob Arum , the American promoter investing that $2 million , has tagged on him ; previously he would have been angry that he himself had not invented it . |
| 3 | Now he is just flattered by the label — ‘ the British Marvin Hagler ’ — which Bob Arum , the American promoter investing that $2 million , has tagged on him ; previously he would have been angry that he himself had not invented it . |
| 4 | Often he is resignedly mutilated by sour aldermen , by painfully fat lord mayors , by put-upon railway porters . |
| 5 | WHEN William Stukeley arrived in Stamford in 1729 to take up the living of All Saints ' Church , he was already a well-known physician and public figure , and today he is still remembered as one of the father figures of British archaeology . |
| 6 | When returned to power in1988 , Jack Lang took some of the opposition 's criticism to heart and also switched his priorities to the heritage , especially the cathedrals and historic gardens , to restoration and to education , although today he is still attacked by the opposition for neglecting these fields . |
| 7 | One thing , yesterday , we were talking about my wonderful stick man , here he is basically made up of his personality , a number of attitudes and outward behaviour . |
| 8 | Then he is repeatedly dunked in it . |
| 9 | If he thinks we are going to return to the old trick of frightening people into the ballot box by raising red bogeys or fascist bogeys , then he is sadly mistaken , ’ he said in an interview on BBC Breakfast News . |
| 10 | If the judge has a pecuniary interest in the outcome of a case then he is absolutely barred from hearing it . |
| 11 | He describes how he is not invited to a ball at Harrington but waits in the terrace garden to see ‘ Maud ’ afterwards : |
| 12 | The intention was not to show the Alien at full length , if possible , and indeed he is scarcely seen more than fleetingly before the end , when he is ejected from the shuttle craft of the destroyed Nostromo by its last survivor , Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ) . |
| 13 | Maybe he is not involved . |
| 14 | More subtly he is also restricted by attempting to set the knowledge in another artificial situation , the educational process of sitting in classrooms learning by rote leavened by some understanding and being examined and tested in standardised situations . |
| 15 | According to decisions of labour courts , no legally enforceable relationship exists between the casual worker and the organization for which he is working in the times when he is not engaged by them . |
| 16 | In fact Dorothy tells us more about the sunset and the landscape than William — and yet he is traditionally thought of in association with such moments of natural grandeur . |
| 17 | The sender is seated facing away from the others in a position where he is not overlooked . |
| 18 | From 1266 onwards he is regularly described as magister in official records , indicating that he too was recognized as a rabbi within the Jewish community . |
| 19 | His ability to tell you how he sees things and then show you how he sees things , with the use of film , leaves the viewer wondering why he is not given the whole Without Walls slot . |
| 20 | His sport and study schedule , coupled with his natural diffidence , perhaps explains why he is not remembered as a great socialiser . |
| 21 | The rank shown for Hopkins appears to be sergeant , but it is not understood why he is not grouped with the other three , Lochead , Mullen and Nicholl . |
| 22 | I quite understand why he is somewhat mystified by consistency , with which he is not entirely comfortable or familiar . |
| 23 | On a European reading tour to flog his new collection of poems , Les Murray has demonstrated why he is often called Australia 's best poet . |
| 24 | pearce is another overrated player — i cant see why he is always prefered for tony — yeah pearce is tough and shoots hard and is a fighting guy — — so what — — dorigo is a much more — international — type — coming forward more often and when in form seems to be a good friend with the ball … |
| 25 | Alighting on another optimistic subject for British wildlife — butterflies to be exact — Edwin Mullins explains why he is so bewitched by them and James Driver advises on how to increase their numbers by breeding caterpillars ( see page 80 ) . |