Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] is a " in BNC.

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1 Or confirm it is a genuine loss at sea . ’
2 Take It Or Leave It is a much more vocal narrative delivered to a fictional audience with jokes , asides and comments on his own style .
3 Not only are the men and women involved people of remarkable courage and strength , but unlike Imperial Typewriters or Spiralynx it is a strike of black workers in an area well known for its tradition of left wing trade union organisation .
4 ( b ) at the time of such act or default it is a member of or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in the Company
5 Now , I put it to you that it is obvious that we all know and suspect it is a false prospectus and that the sort of recovery it implies is just not on .
6 Stroll along its shore and find it is a seashore , primly kissed by measured trills of dippy white-capped wavelets .
7 Many old people tell their elderly friends , in confidence , that although they worry sometimes about various things in the house that need attention and are beyond their capabilities , they do n't like to keep mentioning ‘ this and that ’ to their children when they visit , as they are only too delighted to see them and feel it is a bit hard to put them to work as soon as they arrive .
8 ‘ I will meet Bowe somewhere down the line and prove he is a paper tiger .
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