Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] he is [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the outset , Cohn makes it very clear that he is bent on taking a walk on the wild side , to chronicle the lives of the losers he meets along this small strip of the Great American Nowhere . |
| 2 | Although it is clear that he is committed to making changes , he has taken up fluent corporation-speak surprisingly quickly . |
| 3 | I am therefore arranging with R.A.F. that they will not deal with Stirling direct unless he is armed with a written request from GHQ . |
| 4 | Where , however , the defendant is unaware that he is confronted by a policeman and believes himself to be entitled to use force , the situation is different . |
| 5 | It is curious that he is commemorated in the ASB simply as a bishop ; for he was seldom if ever present in his diocese during the great Church festivals of the year . |
| 6 | As the future of manufacturing investment depends on confidence in future economic performance , does my right hon. Friend think that anyone contemplating what will happen to his income will feel more confident if he is threatened with slow torture rather than immediate amputation ? |
| 7 | Many of his junior colleagues in Glasgow and Edinburgh subsequently filled senior academic and hospital posts in this country and overseas and he is remembered by them with much gratitude and affection . |
| 8 | Ipswich 's other newcomer , German Andre Pollehn , will also be missing as he is committed to a long track meeting in his own country that day . |
| 9 | The well-tempered individual 's ability to maintain order is precarious when he is located in a terrain which is uncontrolled . |
| 10 | The smoked window doors slam shut and he is removed to gnome hospital . |
| 11 | He looks likely to run in Doncaster 's Flamborough Head Novices Hurdle tomorrow though do not be surprised if he is rerouted for the Grade 2 Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury . |
| 12 | In The Quarry Man ( 1908 ) a workman is blinded during blasting operations at a quarry ; later his wife becomes unfaithful and he is driven to suicide ; just in time his wife pulls him out of the river and she now abandons ‘ the downward path ’ . |
| 13 | It is sufficient if he is shown to be intentionally using violence or if he is aware that his conduct may be violent . |
| 14 | This is his favourite event , together with the Open — an event where he is as surprised as he is flattered by the support he gets from the British public . |