Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is [adv] [vb pp] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The provincial Assembly in Kosovo on May 23 refused the resignation of Jusuf Zejnulahu , the President of the Kosovo Executive Council [ see p. 37382 , where he is incorrectly described as Chairman of the provincial Assembly ] , and of nine other ethnic-Albanian members of his government . |
| 2 | Community policing continues to be afforded low priority and prestige within the police force , where it is generally characterised as ‘ social work ’ or not ‘ real ’ policing ( Fielding , 1991:170 ) . |
| 3 | The smallest of all the pigs , the bullet-shaped pygmy hog lives in the tall grasslands of northern India , where it is highly endangered because of the practice of agricultural grass-burning and , lately , armed rebellion ( see ‘ Pigs in distress ’ ) . |
| 4 | As with support in the other direction , although it is widely regarded as legitimate for parents to look to their children , it is also possible for them to overstep the boundaries , and the way in which support is requested and delivered is important . |
| 5 | Although it is often treated as a little more than a menu system , the Windows Program Manager is a flexible organising tool for the Windows environment . |
| 6 | Although he is often characterized as retiring and eccentric , he entertained distinguished visitors in style , and studio staff were frequently welcomed to Old Place and treated with considerable generosity . |
| 7 | Each can be associated with a particular file so that it is automatically loaded when the application is activated . |
| 8 | This means that it is wholly braided as distinct from the type which has a central core of twist . |
| 9 | An inquiry has indeed been set up by Gwynedd county council , but I understand that it is currently suspended because of police investigations . |
| 10 | In many industrialised market economies collective bargaining has become so firmly established that it is sometimes regarded as being virtually synonymous with the prevailing system of industrial relations . |
| 11 | Navarra is I believe unique in that it provides a politically acceptable centre such that both the Basque Country and Catalonia would not find it embarrassing to attend a summer school there , and in that it is sufficiently endowed while remaining approachable to provide an alternative to Madrid , which would I imagine present far greater bureaucratic difficulty . |
| 12 | Like all prisoners of circumstance , you will probably reflect a good deal on the whole subject of ‘ time ’ and of its strange habits of hanging , dragging , or running out too quickly , but if you decide to use and dominate it , instead of allowing it to dominate you , you will inevitably come to the conclusion that it is only wasted if it is thrown away , never when it is offered freely , as a gift of love . |
| 13 | ‘ Critics have found me narrow , implies that his reputation is already controversial , a truth of which he was justly proud , and it is a provocation aptly calculated to make one read on ; and to claim that the only way to escape misrepresentation is to say nothing implies that something momentous is about to be said , that it is his habit and custom to do so , and that he is widely hated because he does . |
| 14 | And she is wholly believed because of that . |
| 15 | The poor book entry for 1783 helpfully gives us her age as 48 , and she is variously described as living at ‘ Coniger ’ , ‘ Cowards Batch ’ and ‘ Nail Street ’ — all within the Trinity area . |
| 16 | The existence of man 's ability to enjoy beauty is not a contentious subject and it is universally accepted as ‘ good ’ . |
| 17 | It is better manned , it has more resources and it is better equipped than any police force in British history . |
| 18 | An enthusiastic Snotling will fight his way forward and pump like crazy for a while until he is completely exhausted when another will shove him aside and take over . |
| 19 | On the other hand , as a group activity it can be less than enjoyable for the shortest child in the group if he is continually identified as ‘ the shortest ’ , when he needs to believe that ‘ he 's a big boy , really ’ . |
| 20 | Capitalism may be perceived as unfair , and needing reform , but it is also perceived as incapable of fundamental transformation . |
| 21 | This is probably not necessary if the house is to be held by the husband and the wife as trustees upon the terms of a court order ( which will be sufficient evidence in itself ) , but it is strongly advised if the house is to be held by the husband and the wife as trustees upon the terms of an agreement reached between them . |
| 22 | The basic two-way branching structure is always there , but it is easily smothered as lines cross and recross one another , making solid masses of colour ( only black and white in the printed pictures ) . |
| 23 | But it is certainly cited as one of the examinations that pupils at the new Technology Colleges may take . |
| 24 | is marginally grammatical , because it is often used although a precise grammar would reject it . |
| 25 | In contrast , the value of the option contract can not be negative since it is only exercised if it has a positive value . |