Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [conj] [indef pn] is [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Both writers explore an early relationship , the conflict and misunderstanding within it and the terrible sense of loss which arises when one is deprived , in one sense or another , of one 's mother .
2 When she staggers out of bed , at some ridiculous pre-dawn hour , I have to make her trip over an unaccountably uncluttered expanse of floor before she sees that something is missing : the usual mess .
3 As soon as one says that one is going to study organizational life indeed , any aspect of human life — one runs up against the problem of what lens to use to view the scene .
4 If one realizes that one is dealing with myths and symbols , then one might as well create myths and symbols which are true to what one would symbolize .
5 He thinks that something is known , but they 're not telling .
6 The use of words also helps to bring across the message of the poem with words such as ‘ futility ’ and ‘ fatuous ’ giving the distinct impression that Wilfred Owen has almost given up everything that he once believed in because he feels that everyone is going to kill each other anyway .
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