Example sentences of "[pers pn] is an " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a sense in which each novel of his is an opinion of his , coextensive with the work itself and rather hard , as a rule , to read off in summary . |
| 2 | It could well be asked if his is an Orthodox fiction . |
| 3 | His is an uncompromising view , but the breadth of his scholarship and the skilful mix of historical fact , conviction and style make this an absorbing book . |
| 4 | However , recent scientific examination by an international team of scientists suggests that his is an early copy of the original now lost . |
| 5 | It will be clear , I think , to anyone reading what Karajan has to say in Chapter 6 of these Conversations that his is an enterprise of particular historical significance . |
| 6 | His is an answer to that . |
| 7 | His is an example that we should , perhaps , consider carefully in our own day , when occasionally an inherited prejudice or imagined superiority makes us dismiss the religions of people who have followed other venerable and inspiring forms of faith that could revitalise our own tradition . |
| 8 | His is an attempt to put emotions firmly back into studies of social behaviour and he concludes that catharsis is a potentially useful mechanism for psychic health , and that repression of emotions produces instability . |
| 9 | That seems a strange statement for someone who does n't measure success in chart placings , but his is an MD . |
| 10 | His is an extremely happy team . |
| 11 | His is an angry , radical critique of the changes taking place , arguing that market ideology has pervaded the Scottish universities to the extent that their work has lost its breadth , its pace , its ability to question and its identity . |
| 12 | Shared nannies are becoming more popular and other children can provide stimulation and company if yours is an only child . |
| 13 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
| 14 | The shorts are betting that theirs is an industry with a bright future . |
| 15 | Theirs is an America of hardcore unemployment of gangs , of drugs and guns and struggle to make it from day to day . |
| 16 | Theirs is an extraordinary story . |
| 17 | Their life is hard physically but easy mentally for theirs is an easy communion with their flocks and their kinsmen . |
| 18 | Theirs is an example many high-flying executives would do well to follow . |
| 19 | Theirs is an uncontrived anger and aggression straight outta south London : they dedicate one song to the memory of race murder victim Ronan Adams , and their cover of ‘ Guns Of Brixton ’ goes south to the tenants on their estate who are still fighting the Poll Tax . |
| 20 | Theirs is an essentially optimistic view of human nature , one which stresses cooperation , fraternity , egalitarianism . |
| 21 | But when Patrick says that sort of thing to Jenny , he adds that she is an exception to this law of nature . |
| 22 | The last is always the more interesting type ; not infrequently he or she is an impressive doer , sometimes an eloquent speaker ; some , very few , are both . |
| 23 | She is an articulate , brave and exceptionally sweet-natured and compassionate woman , a nurse by training , who has stolen the hearts of the people of Soweto , where she lives , in a manner that the more queenly Winnie Mandela has not . |
| 24 | She is an iconoclast who became a grumpy conservative , rejecting the modern industrial world in a grand wholesale manner . |
| 25 | She is an essential but individually helpless cog in the colonial machine ; she is pinned out like a pre-columbian sacrificial victim , bruised and blood-stained ; she is a religious icon , like a popular image of the Virgin Maria ; she is a mannikin from some popular religious festival . |
| 26 | If she is an educated girl you might think there would be careers open to her but only three are available — teacher , doctor or nurse ( although even nursing is disapproved of ) . |
| 27 | She is an thirty-nine-year-old actress and model with three children from two marriages , a tall blue-eyed blonde . |
| 28 | She is an invalid , and children are living abroad . |
| 29 | I admire her because she is an actress who can also sing and I think she has a wonderful personality , ’ said Mr Hipkiss as he stood with 1,500 screaming fans outside the city 's Ritzy nightclub . |
| 30 | Then she ran to find Ferdinando to tell him and they embraced and it was he who said , ‘ She is an angel ! ’ of Mrs Browning and Wilson realised she had expressed not a word of gratitude . |