Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [noun] is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The planner is included with dotted lines only , because his or her function is often performed by the account executive . ) |
| 2 | The Judaeo-Christian tradition regards cannibalism as a sin , but other major religions beg to disagree , on the grounds that , if a person is dead already , the consumption of his or her body is not going to make much difference . |
| 3 | Regardless of what company is involved in such matters and of whether it has a socialist supporter , a Conservative supporter or no political supporter at all , it is our duty as a House to enable everyone in the country to feel that his or her pension is well protected . |
| 4 | Once it has been established that the vehicle or its use is not exempt the type of motor vehicle should be described in the police officer 's statement . |
| 5 | ‘ Quite apart from the liability imposed upon the owner of animals or the person having control of them by reason of knowledge of their propensities , there is the ordinary duty of a person to take care either that his animal or his chattel is not put to such a use as is likely to injure his neighbour — the ordinary duty to take care in the cases put upon negligence . ’ |
| 6 | There are in fact quite a number of exceptions to this proposition , so that in England a county court summons will normally be served by an officer of the court sending it by post and some writs in admiralty may be served by the Admiralty Marshal ; in the United States federal courts , summonses in civil actions are served by a United States Marshal ; but service by the plaintiff or his agent is nonetheless seen as the common law norm . |
| 7 | Moreover , it may not be enough for an employer to say " I 'm a wine merchant and my ex-employee is now working as a wine merchant and so I am entitled to enforce an express restriction " . |
| 8 | The best of Assynt , however , lies between this road and the coast , and my preference is always to turn off the A.894 two miles out of Kylesku and go along a narrow road that has never been improved and I hope never will . |
| 9 | I was born too late and I discovered what I wanted to do too late and what I did I did too late and my death is about to come far too late . |
| 10 | I 've nothing against young people discovering the beauty of our national parks ( I myself am only 23 ) and my anger is not directed at the offenders themselves , but at the so-called leaders of the group . |
| 11 | I have erm one daughter living here and a son living here but my eldest daughter is in the United States and my granddaughter is just finishing her last year of law . |
| 12 | Something bangs hard into me and my arm is almost wrenched free , but eventually the dogs stop , no longer interested in dragging the overturned sledge and me . |
| 13 | I mutter , and my mouth is still glued up . |
| 14 | Each company unit regularly assesses its own performance against numerous bench-marks , and its self-assessment is then validated by senior managers from another part of the group . |
| 15 | In all the cases examined with full verbs , the bare infinitive has evoked what could be termed a coincident actualization , and its event is not represented as beginning to exist in time before that of the main verb , as depicted by this diagram of I watched him cross the street : This does not exhaust the expressive capacity of the bare infinitive , however , as we are going to see that it can also express what we will call coincident potentiality . |
| 16 | This subgenre of popfiction is delineated by long descriptions of some commonly found story-lines and its style is successfully contrasted with that of magazine stores and romances . |
| 17 | Within the industry , Swithland Motors is recognised as one of the fastest growing dealerships in the country and its success is partly explained by its female sales force . |
| 18 | The site has long been identified with the Durobrivae of the Antonine Itinerary and the Ravenna Cosmography , and its name is further recorded on several mortarium stamps . |
| 19 | It is aimed at minds rather than bodies ( though it uses bodies ) and its intent is not to torment ( though it may do so ) . |
| 20 | The division of labour is closely linked with exploitation in all the works considered here , and its development is usually associated with the growth of slavery , which , together with serfdom , is seen as an intermediary step towards the development of the ‘ free ’ labour of capitalism . |
| 21 | Widdel and colleagues propose a third mechanism , the use of ferrous iron as the reductant in light-driven CO 2 fixation by anaerobic bacteria using only photosystem I. Such a pathway is energetically favoured , and its existence is now substantiated by Widdel and co-workers . |
| 22 | It , too , is an important place of pilgrimage and its music is increasingly finding its way into parishes . |
| 23 | The stage covers nearly 800 square metres , the largest in Europe , and its size is further enhanced by the optical trick of its being slightly sloped . |
| 24 | Evidence is accumulating that the cap , in combination with the transfer of funds to the Research Councils , has had a serious effect on the intellectual life of the University , and its removal is earnestly awaited . |
| 25 | MEL is part of the Philips group , and its contender is heavily based on a radar known as Smart which another Philips company is developing in Holland for the Dutch Navy . |
| 26 | Tesco Danish Light is brewed as a standard lager and its alcohol is then removed . |
| 27 | The state and its machinery is generally viewed as beneficent in this context . |
| 28 | Social class is a major behavioural determinant of consumer buying behaviour , and its importance is widely acknowledged by marketers . |
| 29 | But Domesday was concerned with tenants and householders , not with heads ; it has many omissions ; and its arithmetic is often baffling . |
| 30 | Trading is prohibited unless the relevant information and its source is publicly disclosed by press release or otherwise within a reasonable time period prior to any purchase or sale . |