Example sentences of "[that] [conj] [pers pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the term ‘ man ’ , is applied to categories of work — chairman , foreman , spokesman — it becomes clear that although it is meant to imply both sexes , it very frequently implies exactly what it says , spokesman . |
| 2 | The maddening thing is that once it is realized that the environment is a mutually reactive system , it becomes extremely difficult to isolate and discuss specialized points in a simple way without at the same time being tempted to discuss every interaction and interrelationship which exists in the system . |
| 3 | But my fear is that once it is cleared , he will start spending on things he wants and my car will get forgotten . |
| 4 | The main advantage of using acrylic like a watercolour is that once it is applied , it dries to be water-resistant . |
| 5 | The management should be aware that once it is known that a business is for sale , it is likely that it will be bought by someone , if not themselves . |
| 6 | It is rather that until it is recognized as a convergence , and as a problem of convergence , the usual reaction , even when sympathetic ( and this , among an older and established generation , is comparatively rare ) is to see it as little more than a loose grouping of specialist studies either of communications , in their modern specialized form as ‘ the media ’ , or of the rather differently specialized field of ‘ the arts ’ . |
| 7 | The latter may , for instance , feel that if he is regarded as competent to take on the task by himself he ought to be in charge of his own department and that the manager is intentionally blocking his promotion . |
| 8 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 9 | The game can be played in a more limited form in the little bowl-type individual urinals which are more fashionable these days , but Jamie has never tried this himself , being so short that if he is to use one of those he has to stand about a metre back from it and lob his waste water in . |
| 10 | During his campaign , he promised not to raise taxes for the middle classes ; he is now faced with the realisation that if he is to cut the deficit and fulfil his promises to improve social welfare , education and training and to overhaul health provisions , then tax increases which extend beyond the seriously wealthy are unavoidable . |
| 11 | Everyone who sets out to attack a pensioner should know that if he is caught , he will go to prison for a long time . |
| 12 | King Idomeneus of Crete , caught in a storm at sea on his way home , vows to Neptune that if he is spared he will sacrifice to the gods the first person he meets on landing — which turns out to be , of course , his own son , Idamantes . |
| 13 | The only snag is that if he is filming the hit TV show he ca n't shave off his distinctive stubble . |
| 14 | By some means or other the natural tendencies instilled by evolution , have to be brought under control , and the child must learn at a very early age that if he is to grow up and be happy , he must behave in accordance with rules and regulations . |
| 15 | growth is not shared by all commentators and that if he is proved wrong these figures will be shot to pieces ? |
| 16 | This evidence should then be filed so that if it is challenged or its validity is questioned , the company can show that it has acted not only in good faith but with due care and prudence . |
| 17 | It follows that if it is raining then the balcony is wet . |
| 18 | What is the explanation of why I am right to conclude , as I am , that if it is raining and certain other things are true , the balcony is wet and , in brief , that it would be wet no matter what else were true ? |
| 19 | In this table , p(l) is the probability that if it is raining today ( time t ) it will be raining tomorrow ( time t + 1 ) , while p(2) is the probability that if it is raining today it will be dry tomorrow . |
| 20 | In this table , p(l) is the probability that if it is raining today ( time t ) it will be raining tomorrow ( time t + 1 ) , while p(2) is the probability that if it is raining today it will be dry tomorrow . |
| 21 | It follows from this analysis that the provision of the report to the borrower is an action by the building society and that if it is prepared without appropriate skill and care the ground of the complaint , namely breach of the society 's contractual obligation , falls within paragraph 1 ( a ) of Part III to Schedule 12 . |
| 22 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
| 23 | On the other hand , it could be argued that if it is considered necessary to make an adoption order with a condition of access , then this may be seen as being imposed on the two or three parties and possibly of little value . |
| 24 | As far as the exceptions to the policy is concerned , we , again I I would n't say we had a strong feeling on this , but on balance I think it that if it is considered that they are needed they would probably be better dealt with in a separate policy . |
| 25 | And it believes that if it is to survive in its present form it must become more serious in its outlook . |
| 26 | I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ? |
| 27 | This also enables any eventual profit to be kept in the long term , avoiding the problem that if it is retained , any eventual surplus would have to go back to the borrower . |
| 28 | This may be a good moment to indicate to her very gently that she has grieved well and long , and that if she is beginning to feel that her period of mourning is nearing its end ( even though you appreciate that she will always carry the scars of her sorrow ) , you are ready to give her any help she needs to adjust to her new and different life . |
| 29 | Politicians on both sides in Bharatpur agree that if she is chosen as the Janata Dal candidate , she is certain to benefit from a sympathy vote , particularly in the nearby town of Deeg , where the Rajah died close to the extravagant summer palace formerly used by the family during monsoon months . |
| 30 | Again at Easter he is arguing over his fee for attending the Archbishop at Canterbury and threatens that unless he is payed the sum of twenty shillings a day for three days he would never again obey the Archbishop 's mandate . |