Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | undermine your opponent 's credibility by : questioning his experience suggesting that he is losing control negotiating to the point of his mental exhaustion |
| 2 | Contrary to some of the conclusions drawn from social scientific research suggesting that it is primarily home or family backgrounds that determines the level of educational performance , Edmonds proceeds to identify those characteristics of effective schools delivering marked improvements in children 's educational achievements . |
| 3 | He confirms that he has no objection to the location of the seat providing that it is to the North of the large holly tree on his land . |
| 4 | As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 5 | So many are expected to attend tomorrow 's budget meeting that it 's open to ticket holders only , among them senior teachers . |
| 6 | The ban takes the form of a circular stating that it is illegal to sell , purchase , import , export or even carry tiger bones or rhino horns and that they may not be used in medicines . |
| 7 | The other cause of binding is the wood swelling because it is wet . |
| 8 | Now I 'm not for a mom , I 'm not for a moment suggesting that it 's something that would be picked up on a regular basis , but I think it does mean , as you rightly say , that er , if , if , if such a procedure does arise then I 'm conscious that I 'm in a one off situation , I know there 's at least one of our colleagues on our benches who has this on , with children on a more regular basis . |
| 9 | A prisoner is on the roof of a top security jail protesting that he 's innocent of murder . |
| 10 | A prisoner is on the roof of a top security jail protesting that he 's innocent of murder . |
| 11 | Ms Diane Abbott , Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington , said the inner cities needed a war on drugs ‘ that enlists and involves the community , not a war that leaves the community feeling that it is under threat ’ . |
| 12 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 13 | So enticing is the red gape of a cuckoo nestling that it is not uncommon for ornithologists to see a bird dropping food into the mouth of a baby cuckoo sitting in some other bird 's nest ! |
| 14 | It is a sign of the success of this new Nimbus recording that it is far from effaced in such company , and will no doubt win this barnstorming masterwork of late-Romanticism many new friends . |
| 15 | It seems to be all questions this week , and I 've had a friend asking if it is possible to add stain to varnish to change the colour . |
| 16 | The government has already gone into court arguing that it is justified in not publishing the report — the case goes to the law lords on April 10th — and does not want to anticipate their decision . |
| 17 | Sporting friends of the Princess were last night predicting that she is so ‘ naffed off ’ she will resign her Olympic roles if she and her horsey friends are told they are not welcome at future Games . |
| 18 | This can be accommodated by providing a pointer or note at PS indicating that it is in fact PI . |
| 19 | This may manifest itself as verbal fireworks , overt pushiness or in one or other going for the ‘ wise elder statesman ’ role implying that she/he is the real source of any decision . |
| 20 | To the question whether a man , who has intercourse with a woman believing that she is consenting to it , though she is not , commits rape , I think that he [ the ordinary man ] would reply , ‘ No . |
| 21 | IBM Corp issued a statement last week confirming that it is ‘ expanding the role of AD/Cycle to support application development at the workgroup level ’ — moving to the local area network-based software engineering environment it is already offering for its AIX Unix users — but managed to avoid mentioning what was intended to be the core of AD/Cycle , Repository Manager/MVS at all . |
| 22 | Regardless of the methods used , however , the quality of print is superb and is referred to as ‘ letter ’ or ‘ correspondence ’ quality indicating that it is indistinguishable from that produced by a professional office typewriter . |
| 23 | The ridden horse 's ears may be at half mast indicating that he is relaxed and listening to his rider . |
| 24 | Perhaps this debate wo n't be as lively and er as controversial as the one that er we arranged to have on the question of insider dealing but it is an important matter because auditing as I said , is not just as assistance to companies but it is a reassurance to the general public and the public at the moment are in need of grave reassurance that the insur that the er the financial services industry as well as industry generally , is being properly looked after and for these reasons er although we support er the orders before er the house tonight , we have no hesitation at all in ensuring that they are debated properly than not something that should simply go through on the nod . |
| 25 | If this is the exchange-rate mechanism working as it is supposed to , how will it be possible to tell when the system is failing ? |
| 26 | Grilled beef can take any style providing that it 's not too sweet ( as German mustards are ) or flavoured with an unsuitable herb such as dill . |
| 27 | This information can be used in equation ( 3 ) to calculate the cost of equity finance : Assuming a corporation tax rate of 40 per cent , we now have all the information to use equation ( 1 ) to calculate the firm 's cost of capital : This is the appropriate cost of capital for this firm providing that it is only considering further investments that have the same risk characteristics as those previously evaluated , and that its gearing ( that is , the ratio of debt to equity ) is not expected to change in the foreseeable future . |
| 28 | But the Government has rejected the call saying that it 's already taken steps to reduce the risk of such an incident happening again . |
| 29 | She says one boy has gone back to bed wetting because he 's so worried . |
| 30 | I have spent many hours of my life arguing that it is not necessary to have been in prison to write convincingly about prison conditions , not to be poor to declaim on the evils of poverty , nor black to describe racial discrimination . |