Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] is [vb pp] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 These assumptions will be detrimental to the black child if he or she is seen as being rescued from a life of misery .
2 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 .
3 One important issue we have not considered is what happens to the individual once he or she is labelled as criminal .
4 The chiefs renege on the deal and she is stabbed as she tries to entice Odoff herself .
5 Complex problems can arise where one of the purposes is lawful and one is regarded as unlawful .
6 There he became a renowned ornithologist where his work is recognised to-day as being of immense scientific value and he is accepted as being the father of American Ornithology .
7 Haymo found on a tour of the diocese that the Palace at Halling with its farming implements and utensils was in a much dilapidated state and he is quoted as saying the state of the property of the diocese was so bad that in seven years the damage could not be made good .
8 If anything went wrong with any of the Cornish engines it was always Murdock who was called for , and he is described as ‘ flying from mine to mine ’ .
9 The trouble is that the promoter can then bowdlerise or doctor the final version that appears before the House , and it is presented as though it is objective , but is it really objective ?
10 His task is to provoke and stimulate , and it is completed once the lesson is over and the point has been grasped .
11 It means simply freedom from coercion by others and it is achieved when a sphere of private autonomy is created .
12 While Labour seeks to simply snatch the language of one nation from the Tories , the danger here can only grow and it is compounded because it is by no means clear how far a reconstituted and emphatically ‘ un-loony ’ socialism may go in negotiating its own language of toughness on immigration and nationality , even perhaps on humane socialist repatriation . [ … ]
13 Current broader issues are examined and it is decided whether any action or research needs to be carried out .
14 Unfortunately , within the party , there is widespread distrust of the approved list of candidates and it is regarded as anything but fair .
15 The domestically-oriented , nurturing talk of the miner 's wife , by contrast , is more likely to be taken as a product of her nature or her role than as a culturally-determined genre , and it is seen as something she shares with all other women .
16 Thus ministerial responsibility is the main principle moulding the structure and outlook of the senior civil service and it is retained because it does much to reinforce the special position and powers both of ministers and of civil servants .
17 On this theory , then , when I use the word ‘ I ‘ , I know what ‘ I ’ means by description , and it is described as meaning that bundle of mental states of which my use of the word is one member .
18 We arrive now at the crux of the matter , and it is described as follows : ’ The actual decisions are made by the Directors of each agency separately . ’
19 Even so , the total care of someone who is dependent can be very draining , especially when you are growing older yourself , and what is needed as well is the chance of a break from the routine .
20 But he is regarded as one of the quickest men in Welsh rugby and has 198 career tries to support the claim .
21 Everyone agrees that this means both sides must be heard , but it is disputed whether it also means that both sides must have equal time even though the arguments of one side are more complex or require more witnesses than the other .
22 This assumption is not required before you can assume that X causes Y , but it is required if you want to know how X is causing Y .
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