Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually , when a person is asked to provide a report he or she is given a brief which provides the terms of reference . |
| 2 | In Act 1 Scene 2 , between lines 33–91 , she is dictated a list of suitors to which she is both critical and particular . |
| 3 | On returning she is guaranteed a job at the same level and of similar content to the one she left , but ‘ the plan is that nearer the time I start to discuss my return with management and personnel ’ . |
| 4 | One moment of weakness , and she is labelled a whore . |
| 5 | She is offered a lift by a Black man , and as she gazes at the countryside slipping by , she reminisces about her childhood . |
| 6 | If the direction is reversed the defect is called a fold , while if the defect causes neither displacement nor reversal of direction but only a local disordering of the zigzag configuration it is called a kink . |
| 7 | Where the barn adjoined the dwelling it is called a laithe house , and often the stable and cow-house were built beyond the barn as part of the same range . |
| 8 | It is called a sinker because it sinks beneath you when you are stationary . |
| 9 | Its real purpose though — which the editor guessed ( oh yes ? ) — is for strengthening ankles , and it is called a wobble board . |
| 10 | Heroin ( smack , horse , H , Chinese — when combined with cocaine it is called a snowball ) . |
| 11 | Thus it is called a capital intensive industry . |
| 12 | ‘ It is called a gumma , and is characteristic of a particular medical condition . |
| 13 | It is called a synonym , and will overflow from its natural home address because that is already full . |
| 14 | Since the environmental rhythm is giving a time-cue to the organism it is called a zeitgeber ( from the German , Zeit — time ; geber — to give ) . |
| 15 | ( It is called a funnel because it is open to so many wind directions . ) |
| 16 | It is like half a bracket and in fact it is called a ket vector . |
| 17 | Section 11(3) , on the other hand , emphasises that a stipulation may be a condition even though it is called a warranty in the contract . |
| 18 | It is given a position and starts to consider play A . |
| 19 | ‘ The play is trite , ’ wrote the Sunday Express , ‘ but it is given a stature it does n't deserve by Mr Crawford 's superb , utterly beguiling , beautifully timed , thoroughly convincing performance . |
| 20 | Thus in one field the U- figure may be given a value of 90 per cent as take up is known to be very strong , while in another it is given a value of 25 per cent since only 1 in 4 of such applicants is thought likely to accept . |
| 21 | According to quantum theory , a microscopic system will only vibrate if it is given an amount of energy at least equal to the frequency of vibration multiplied by Planck 's constant . |
| 22 | I throw that into the arena on the basis that P P G seven exists it is not a policy in the terms of Section fifty four A unless it is made a policy in the terms of Section fifty four A. Nevertheless it is a material consideration in all applications be before the local authority or before the Secretary of State . |
| 23 | In addition to , if it is made a condition of any settlement made by the Seller , or judgment awarded against the Purchaser , pursuant to Condition 10.1 , the Purchaser shall return or destroy , as applicable , all infringing goods still under its control subject to a refund by the Seller of any payment for such goods already made [ less a reasonable allowance for depreciation of the goods by reason of their use ( if any ) by the Purchaser prior to their return or destruction as aforesaid ] . |
| 24 | Whoever it is made a start with the cat and dog , the family pets . ’ |
| 25 | It is understood a number of weapons were recovered when the men were arrested in the Shankill Road area soon after the shootings . |
| 26 | The present text , his first novel , strikes me as amusing , irritating , and impressive in about equal degrees , and for all I know it might well have been composed rather than written ; certainly it seems to have been constructed in 64 chapters based on the hexagrams of the I Ching — it is subtitled A Novel of Changes , in case anyone should miss this — with frequent references to Marco Polo 's own writings , in Ronald Latham 's Penguin translation . |
| 27 | When the sporangium is discharged it is projected a distance of up to three metres in still air to land on the surrounding herbage . |
| 28 | Days later it is revealed a tape of a phone call between Diana and her friend James Gilbey exists in which Gilbey calls the Princess ‘ Squidgy ’ and expresses his love for her . |
| 29 | If you are likely to visit the Bridgnorth area it will be well worth your while to see it , but note that it is located a couple of miles outside the town , and a telephone call is necessary to find our when it is open , since Philip 's work involves awkward shifts . |
| 30 | There are four issues which must be considered in any case in which it is thought a restraint of trade problem exists . |