Example sentences of "person [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another factor may be the time taken in coping with a particular old person which is seen as disproportionate in relation to other work which has to be done . |
| 2 | The language of person which is applied to God is metaphorical , as discussed in Chapter 5 . |
| 3 | The crying sessions faded away and the basically happy and positive person she is began to be evident . |
| 4 | Her piercing cry is a death omen and she will hover near the person she is attempting to warn , crying ‘ My husband ! |
| 5 | It 's as if you 're the first person she 's told her secret to in years . |
| 6 | A person who is elected is not a delegate of those who voted for him . |
| 7 | The second view unacceptable to Christians is that the Jesus who lived and walked on earth 2000 years ago is not the same person who is called ‘ Son of God ’ , and who is with God the Father . |
| 8 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 9 | We have seen that it is communication with another person who is experiencing some kind of emotional trouble , or acting under stress in some way . |
| 10 | The pronoun I would thus be rendered " the person who is experiencing this " ( for severe difficulties with such a view , see Gale , 1968 ) . |
| 11 | May I meet the person who is leaving ? |
| 12 | Axelrod and Hamilton point out that normally harmless or beneficial bacteria can turn nasty , even causing lethal sepsis , in a person who is injured . |
| 13 | There is only one explanation of what has hitherto been accepted as the basis of the criminal law and that is that there are certain standards of behaviour or moral principles which society requires to be observed , and the breach of them is an offence not merely against the person who is injured but against society as a whole . |
| 14 | We might think that this change of life would bring joy primarily to the person who is redeemed . |
| 15 | The order should specify where any examination is to take place and may also name the person who is to conduct it . |
| 16 | A person who is displaying an offensive banner in his front window so that it is visible to all the world clearly ‘ displays ’ within section 18 even if not under section 4 . |
| 17 | Comment : Very useful device when you want to ingratiate yourself with another person who is trying hard to play high status . |
| 18 | That is why his canonisation of the equally versatile Jeff Koons — ‘ a person who is trying to lead art into the twenty-first century ’ — carries such conviction . |
| 19 | Lord Denning may have reasoned that a person who is obstructed is likely to use force on the obstructor and harm him . |
| 20 | This would preserve the principle that a person who is threatened must be prepared to undergo heroic self-sacrifice rather than take the life of a third party , just as the provocation doctrine preserves the principle that citizens ought always to retain self-control . |
| 21 | Beyond this the practical stress of sanctions is seen as unhelpful in the development and maintenance of law , since the person who is threatened is not only psychologically less open to accepting the ethical demands of law but may indeed by virtue of the threat be under a reduced ethical obligation to conform to the sanctioned law . |
| 22 | Make a separate appointment for every person who is to see the doctor . |
| 23 | They convey to someone who belongs to the same culture a lot of information about the person who is wearing or carrying them . |
| 24 | Whether we like it or not , clothes make a statement about the person who is wearing them . |
| 25 | It is only necessary that as a result of the transfer of assets income becomes payable to a person who is domiciled or resident outside the United Kingdom . |
| 26 | Many people appoint the person who is to receive most of their money and property , but you may choose to appoint a close relative or friend whether or not they are to inherit anything . |
| 27 | In addition , a challenge may be issued by a person who is prosecuted with one of the offences to be considered that the conditions were improperly imposed in the first place . |
| 28 | Most of the problems in this area have now been resolved by the requirement that undertakings by a company not to create subsequent charges having priority to an existing charge have to be registered in the company 's register of charges and this will constitute notice to any person who is taking a charge which also has to be registered . |
| 29 | You see , I have been searching the moors with my telescope , and although I have not actually seen the prisoner , I have seen the person who is taking him food . ’ |
| 30 | But primitive man guards himself against that by listening in to the being of the person who is uttering the words and by adding this to his evaluation of the words . |