Example sentences of "and [pron] [is] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right now the development game is ‘ in ’ and everyone 's jumping on the bandwagon . |
| 2 | This is a question to be considered in the round , and nothing is gained by the introduction of shifting burdens of proof , which serves only to break down into formal steps what is in reality a single appreciation of what is or is not unfair . |
| 3 | ‘ One reason is that linen is an ecologically sound product and nothing is wasted from the plant . |
| 4 | 1 You work in an estate agency and someone is looking for a property for £30,000 . |
| 5 | They take a trip in a ‘ means of communication ’ to the limits of language at the ultra-violet end of the verbal spectrum , and Someone is fuelled by the ‘ internal combustion ’ of words ( 22/218,51/247 ) . |
| 6 | If one of these machines is defective and someone is injured as a result , then the importer/distributor will be liable under the Act , apart from any remedies available against him under contract . |
| 7 | This orbit intersects the top face of the box B in two points , one of which lies to the left of the stable manifold of the origin and which is represented by the doubly infinite sequence ( with mark ) … |
| 8 | In the first legal definition , in the Crofter 's Holdings ( Scotland ) Act of 1886 , it was added that he resides on his holding , the annual rent of which does not exceed £30 in money , and which is situated in a ‘ crofting parish ’ . |
| 9 | Drawing on a notion of autonomy which originates with Kant , and which is developed in the writings of Hegel and Marx , Assiter extends this notion and criticises the way in which it has been confined to the public sphere . |
| 10 | Thus Professor MacPherson has provided an analysis of the principal shortcomings of current liberal-democratic theories and has offered a revised model which he calls ‘ participatory democracy ’ , and which is based on a humanist Marxist perspective ( MacPherson , 1972 , 1973 , 1977 ) . |
| 11 | Elsewhere , Duncan and I have made an attempt to overcome these problems by putting forward a conceptual view of local politics which stresses the social relations involved , which highlights the importance of the locality , and which is based on the notion that local state institutions can be at once an agent of , and an obstacle to , central demands ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 ) . |
| 12 | In the second case , a special element *lt ; group> is used , which can appear as the body of a |
| 13 | The public corporation in which its assets are vested and which is charged with the conduct of the business , is accountable to Parliament . |
| 14 | To the Sufi the divine is in all things and manifested to the seer , and it is this divine attribute that he sees and which is transferred to the work of the poet and the mystic ; and that work is authentic in so far as it depicts faithfully the himma or emotional part of the event . |
| 15 | Geothermal power ( heat from rocks ) is a technology that is still undergoing research in this country and which is seen by the Government as an energy longshot . |
| 16 | They convey a double sense of experience : that of a linear process ; but also of an eternal state of being which informs and transcends it , and which is accessed within the structure of human nature , itself programmed with a restlessness that can be assuaged by nothing less . |
| 17 | However , the European Monetary System itself shows what can ( and can not ) be achieved in the grey area between political agreement and ‘ soft ’ law : its ground-rules adopted in December 1978 are contained in a ‘ Resolution ’ ( an act nowhere defined in the Treaties ) of the ‘ European Council ’ ( a body whose existence was first legally recognized in the Single European Act and which is treated in the Maastricht Treaty as an organ of the Union rather than of the Community ) . |
| 18 | The two following chapters explore an issue which has been prominent in the debate on language teaching in recent years ( and which is related to the distinction between type and token descriptions which I discussed above ) , namely the relationship between meaning as formally encoded in a language , its grammar and lexis , and meaning which is achieved in context by the exploitation of these formal properties . |
| 19 | First-year Engineering comprises a first half course which is common to all four specialisations and which is followed by a second half in which one or more of the major engineering disciplines are studied in greater depth . |
| 20 | This is very far from the attitude which almost all religions agree is essential for understanding and which is encapsulated in the parable of the pearl of great price . |
| 21 | Third , it would foster a rational spirit and criticism which would turn in on itself and which is highlighted by a class of intellectuals who , according to Schumpeter , have ‘ a vested interest in social unrest ’ . |
| 22 | In Braque 's l'Estaque landscapes of the previous year , the two-dimensional surface of the picture is retained partly by allowing the eye no way of escape beyond the mountains , buildings and trees , and here the same effect is achieved by the concrete treatment of the sky , which is as elaborately and solidly painted as the rest of the canvas , and which is fused with the landscape below by the extension into it of all the main compositional lines . |
| 23 | Although initially encouraging , the approach proved to be fruitless and both bodies made independent arrangements within separately developed policies which were to lead to disagreement over the Cambridge Board 's RAC scheme for liberal adult education throughout the region , and which is considered in the next section of this chapter . |
| 24 | Full-grain : leather that has the grain layer substantially intact and which is finished on the grain side . |
| 25 | This is an old place , indeed a Roman place , as is known from an inscription which has been built into a chapel on top of the highest of the surrounding hills , and which is dedicated to a local Romano-Iberic divinity of the name of Herauscorritsehe , which can not have tripped too easily from the pious tongue . |
| 26 | On Feb. 24 de Klerk announced the date of the referendum — March 17 — and the wording of the question to which voters would have to respond with a yes or a no : " Do you support continuation of the reform process which the State President began on Feb. 2 , 1990 [ see p. 37232 ] , and which is aimed at a new constitution through negotiation ? " |
| 27 | In a " whites-only " referendum on March 17 , 68.6 per cent of voters responded positively to the question : " Do you support continuation of the reform process which the State President began on Feb. 2 , 1990 [ see p. 37232 ] , and which is aimed at a new constitution through negotiation ? " |
| 28 | Without greater honesty , we shall not combat effectively some of the extreme and ugly negativism which is widespread and which is epitomised by the derogatory phrases which Isaacs ( 1981 ) describes as ‘ defamatory ’ like ‘ old Crumble ’ . |
| 29 | … any land which is in their area and which is suitable for and is required in order to secure the carrying out of one or more of the following activities , namely , development , redevelopment and improvement [ and ] any land which is in their area and which is required for a purpose which it is necessary to achieve in the interests of the proper planning of an area in which the land is situated . |
| 30 | The tombs are in the narthex which is large , almost half the building , and which is approached by a flight of steps . |