Example sentences of "is [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is compounded when we allow our leading businesses — Rowntree and perhaps Cadbury 's and others — to be bought up by foreign predators so that our muscle is destroyed . |
| 2 | The brown earthenware pot is carefully taken out , the chest is relocked and they make their way back to the schoolroom . |
| 3 | As the number of tickets available at the museum is limited it is recommended that you purchase your tickets before you travel . |
| 4 | An example of the first might be Mrs Thatcher , insofar as it is said that she dominated her Cabinets . |
| 5 | Of course , the terrible irony of this is shown later , when Eddie betrays his cousins and the truth of his own words is applied as he ruins his life and finally loses it as a result of being disloyal . |
| 6 | The proceedings can be stopped at any point before the divorce is granted if you change your mind , but you must tell the Court of Session without delay . |
| 7 | discounting : it is argued that we attribute our first impressions to the person ( e.g. to a person 's traits or abilities ) , and later or more recent information to the situation ( e.g. the task , environment , influence of other people ) . |
| 8 | Conversely , if notes are far apart their harmonic relationship is weakened and they loose their normal inter-relationship . |
| 9 | This is done as he lifts his rear leg to kick the attacker . |
| 10 | It is alleged that she placed her hand over the baby 's mouth , compressed her nose and tried to murder her . |
| 11 | It is true to say that Tamburlaine sets himself very few limits , and this is shown when he makes his aspirations clear by telling his friends that he wants ‘ to become immortal like the Gods ’ . |
| 12 | I understand what Morrissey is saying because he lives his life like me . ’ |
| 13 | What a voter is saying when he gives his first-preference vote to a particular candidate of a particular party is , " I want this candidate , of this party , to be elected " . |
| 14 | This is the question the St John Ambulance brigade is asking as it launches its Breath of Life campaign . |
| 15 | I have a great respect for the floating voter and I am confident he will see which side his bread is buttered when he casts his vote this time . |
| 16 | On the evidence of his poems , however , it is believed that he spent his childhood in Kent . |
| 17 | Conscious that Marie-Claire was listening to every word , Melissa hesitated for a moment before saying , ‘ It is believed that he took his own life . ’ |
| 18 | The justification is that it is undesirable for domestic firms to compete against each other in overseas markets : national welfare is enhanced if they maximize their joint rents . |
| 19 | His newest toy , a Toyota Land Cruiser with Gumbo Monster Mudder tyres so big that oxygen is required when you reach your seat , has CB , a radio telephone , an anenometer and a Loran radar set fixed in to transmitters on Greenland , Iceland and Norway . |
| 20 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 21 | Salt water is chosen as it supports your body , prevents the skin from crinkling and has a beneficial effect on the skin , joints and muscles . |