Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth . |
| 2 | ‘ She is asleep now and has forgotten all about it . ’ |
| 3 | " She is active physically but I am afraid she has not retained all her mental faculties . " |
| 4 | We can observe that she is happy only when she is furious , and do not need to have it suggested that her earlier nickname of ‘ Thatcher Milk-Snatcher ’ derived from her own breast-deprivation , which denies her all happiness and allows her ‘ only the sadistic triumphs of tawdry political and military victories . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She is 12-years-old now and expecting her first foal . |
| 6 | Now it is twelve o'clock and school is out and all those who do not stay behind for dinner are bounding down Trafalgar Street , the little ones paddling up to the Wellington-tops in the drifts left on either side by the snow plough . |
| 7 | In fact , unemployment is rising in every member state of the European Community except Spain — where it is already nearly double our level — and in every member country of the European Free Trade Association , and it is higher today than it was a year ago in every G7 country . |
| 8 | By the time dinner has been eaten and evening prayers conducted it is eight o'clock and about a hundred people have gathered . |
| 9 | It is appropriate here that I quote from passages in the report of the headmaster Mr which was furnished to Norwich City College . |
| 10 | It is probable therefore that from 6d to 9d a week is as much as labourers ' wives in general , hereabout , earn on an average the year through . |
| 11 | It is essential therefore that the West , and especially the countries of the European Community , give their support . ’ |
| 12 | It is essential therefore that bodies manage their finances efficiently and apply them effectively to maintain development . |
| 13 | It is essential therefore that easily remembered navigational devices are built into the environment . |
| 14 | It is essential therefore that the managers are highly motivated . |
| 15 | It is crucial therefore that these guidelines are followed in all cases : |
| 16 | It aims to elaborate and refine rather than overturn ; it is evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 17 | It is better still when parents set them the right example by not smoking themselves . |
| 18 | It is encouraging too that these links have not been restricted only to those centres which themselves offer both SCOTVEC advanced courses and degrees . |
| 19 | It is ironic both that the new architecture of the masses should eventually have ended the dominance of great houses , and that more ordinary men and women should have become protagonists in the novel , for these were not the developments , either in life or in art , that Disraeli had in mind . |
| 20 | It is 11 am and we count 43 shrouded bodies — 12 of them babies , another eight young children . |
| 21 | First , it is enforceable only if there is sufficient written evidence of its existence ( Statute of Frauds 1677 ) , though this is perhaps not very important since the agreement will usually be in writing anyway . |
| 22 | It is fortunate also that I , as Mayor , have full powers as a Magistrate . |
| 23 | Because you can never go back to yesterday , if you came in last year or five years ago , ten years ago or longer , some of you have been in the truth for many , many years and it is nearer now than it ever was when you first came along and joined Jehovah 's people and as it says the night is well along and if any of us have ever worked on the night shift , I think we 're all well aware are n't we that when the night is well along and |
| 24 | This is a separate offence from manslaughter , but it is relevant here because of its close links with diminished responsibility . |
| 25 | It is certain only that they passed through Dulverton , and within a week were home once more , bringing with them ‘ many pleasant , and some of them droll enough , recollections ’ . |
| 26 | It is unclear just when this happens one is unlikely to be able to observe it in a casual experiment at the kitchen sink — but Fig. 24.7 shows observations made by varying the pressure behind a suitably shaped nozzle . |
| 27 | It is unclear though whether cross-cultural differences in outcome are mainly the result of different family structures or of a more complicated cluster of culturally related variables . |
| 28 | ‘ At least it is dry now so we are aiming for a real performance . ’ |
| 29 | It is strange therefore that the signal box instruments revealed it as clear , the signal must have been at green , or had a heavy weight been lying across the signal wire ? |
| 30 | It is arguable therefore that the provisions dealing with the residence of trustees as a body of persons in TCGA 1992 , s69(1) are not applicable to the non-resident trust code . |