Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [pron] is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me that everything is balanced on a knife-edge . ’ |
| 2 | But Lazio have told them that he is covered by the policy taken out by the Italians at the time of his summer signing from Tottenham . |
| 3 | One character , Camille , can not pronounce them until he is fitted with a false palate one more object to get comically lost . |
| 4 | One character , Camille , can not pronounce them until he is fitted with a false palate : one more object to get comically lost . |
| 5 | I can only tell you that it is intended to be read by a very limited circle of people in the medical profession . |
| 6 | Ask anyone about vitamin C and they will be able to tell you that it is found in oranges — but would they also know that it is in melons and tomatoes ? |
| 7 | This is as much to do with you as it is to do with me . |
| 8 | then he or she can only be forced to hand back the item if the price it cost him or her is paid in compensation [ Art . |
| 9 | If by any chance you do find your da , tell him that he is needed at home . |
| 10 | However , she needs to ask evil spirits for strength , but this power can not be maintained and when her true emotions permeate her denial of her own conscience they completely overwhelm her and she is punished with madness . |
| 11 | Accordingly , his introduction takes the form of a long conversation between himself and an old man , a Beggar , who approaches him while he is walking in the fields after a sleepless night at Chester 's Inn , where the clerks lived . |
| 12 | There is no overt recognition that fat women do not have equal access to sexual relationships : however , if a fat woman 's friends never ask her whether she is attracted to someone , they assume that she is single because she is fat and that she is likely to remain without a lover . |
| 13 | This was no great problem for Mr Berge ; being cocky and confident comes naturally to him whether he is presiding over his other little empire , the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house , or standing over a gaping hole in credibility . |
| 14 | He is thoroughly domesticated and loves cooking elaborate meals for her when she is absorbed in her work . |
| 15 | Remember , a Halberdier may not use a shield while wielding his weapon , but the shield will still benefit him when he is shot at by arrows , for example . |
| 16 | The researcher has to have some idea of what he or she is looking for , even though the outcome may be unpredictable . |
| 17 | The growth of mail-order suppliers ( particularly for central heating ) and of do-it-yourself ‘ superstores ’ has made buying a less daunting task — no longer need the amateur feel embarrassed about not knowing exactly what he or she is looking for . |
| 18 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 19 | We assume he or she is intending to : |
| 20 | It is the task of the Chief Commissioner to decide which decisions are to be reported and he or she is assisted by the Commissioners starring decisions they consider worthy of reporting . |
| 21 | A proxy may not vote at the same election for more than two people unless the proxy is a close relative ie husband , wife , parent , grandparent , brother , sister , child or grandchild of the people he or she is voting for . |
| 22 | According to this account , the learning process is determined by the innate structure of the learner operating upon the specific organisation of whichever human language he or she is exposed to . |
| 23 | Interaction between judges is probably more significant in the United States with the stable membership on the Supreme Court , but even in Britain the phenomenon of ‘ opinion deference ’ , whereby one or more judges defers to the opinion of another because he or she is acknowledged to be an expert or to have seniority , is not unknown . |
| 24 | When the honest shopper acts as I have just described , he or she is acting with the implied authority of the owner of the supermarket to take the goods from the shelf , put them in the trolley , take them to the checkpoint and there pay the correct price , at which moment the property in the goods will pass to the shopper for the first time . |
| 25 | That is , he or she is viewed as a passive and helpless victim of ruling class , media and state propaganda . |
| 26 | Resorts to ridiculous tactics like sitting the interviewee on a small , armless chair opposite a window so that he or she is blinking in a stream of sunlight . |
| 27 | There is also a strong sense of' learning' , in which the student identifies with the truth claim he or she is faced with , and can offer it ( for example , back to the consultant physician ) as something with which he or she had personal experience ( having had an opportunity to examine some patients ) . |
| 28 | He or she is supported by a Minister of State and two Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State . |
| 29 | It is expensive in terms of paying the salary or the research grant of the researcher for this time , especially if he or she is engaged in no other work . |
| 30 | ( vi ) The appearance against a person 's name of an indication that he or she is qualified in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales , or the title licensed conveyancer , or registered foreign lawyer , or the title of any other profession , will be deemed to indicate that the person is not a solicitor holding a current practising certificate , unless a contrary indication appears . |