Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 2 | His is just one example of the new enterprises supplying fish to shops or restaurants that cut out Billingsgate market ; for they also cut out the 25 per cent or so that trading through the market adds to the cost of fish . |
| 3 | I think it is just because his is too mild and wo n't make an effort to assert himself . |
| 4 | His is constantly pre-occupied with fitness , strength , and staying in peak condition . |
| 5 | Yet the argument that she sacrificed her art for his is as stupid as the argument about who influenced whom . |
| 6 | Paul is a lawyer other lawyers love to hate , but his is only one of a number of Yorkshire law firms that are sending a chill down the back of the London legal establishment . |
| 7 | His is so top , go on just do it , go on you , you git |
| 8 | Doubts as to even the possible reality of such a law , arising from an excessively empiricist conception of the possibilities of being , prove unreasonable in the light of the establishable fact that both the every day world in which we live , and we ourselves , are only appearances of a realm of things in themselves whose true nature is hidden from us. for this opens the possibility that what we are in ourselves is essentially rational beings , belonging to a society of rational beings , while what we are as appearances is sensory beings . |
| 9 | I 'll lend you my suitcase , yours is n't fit to be seen … . ’ |
| 10 | Kitchens can be cramped , steamy places to swing a camcorder in , and if yours is particularly small you may want to use a wide-angle adapter-lens of the kind which screws onto the front of the lens to increase the angle of view . |
| 11 | " It 's a pity that cousin of yours is so disagreeable . |
| 12 | Most skins can take a mild soap and water wash , unless yours is very dry and sensitive . |
| 13 | Yours is very trendy , but you can fit the side of your kitchen units . |
| 14 | but yours is much nicer . |
| 15 | ‘ But yours is much better , Sister Dew , ’ said Sophia nobly . |
| 16 | ‘ I never forget a face , ’ said Jackie Tiptoe , ‘ and yours is definitely familiar . ’ |
| 17 | Yours is only nine at Dolgarrog . |
| 18 | You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume . |
| 19 | If someone is critically ill , what well-disposed person will choose the moment to tell him that his business has crashed and his wife has gone off with another man ? |
| 20 | Often when someone is not pleased with me , they say ‘ you are very determined today . ’ |
| 21 | Someone is doubtless fiftieth in line , and still a potential monarch , but with no supermarkets to open or ships to name , the rights have run out and the potential succession will be little more than a talking point . |
| 22 | These are the figures of disposable income which is arrived at after deduction of the various allowances which can be made against income to assess whether someone is financially eligible . |
| 23 | Even if someone is physically able to get to and from the toilet and meals unaided , this still allows no time for social care . |
| 24 | However , the statement was not defamatory : to say that someone is seriously ill might excite pity , but not ridicule or disrespect . |
| 25 | It may be that someone is more likely to commit an anti-social act when under stress . |
| 26 | But is n't , is n't that the quote at the beginning of your book , er , unsigned quote , erm , does n't that say something about how , how , you know , long aired radio biography of someone is very political or sort of er , disregard all of the important things they really done , and I do n't know , I do n't know if it 's er , pertinent erm , but obviously , in Freud , Freud wanted to set out to criticize Wilson erm , so he , you know , he went in with it . |
| 27 | Sensing when someone is very frightened |
| 28 | If your elderly parent has a family solicitor who knows her and her circumstances well , he will be the best person to give expert advice on the investment of her capital , but if she prefers to rely solely upon your advice you should encourage her to put safety first in this matter , for unless someone is very wealthy , and can afford to lose money occasionally , playing the stock market is a foolish and risky game in later life . |
| 29 | ‘ Thank God someone is still prepared to make a moral stand like this ! ’ |
| 30 | Well he gives the example of a contemporary member of parliament , Mister Andrew Marvel who apparently was erm , because members of parliament were not paid at this time , he was sponsored by his constituents , so they subscribed to a he was so good they managed to subscribe to and he thinks that this is the ideal solution , if someone is really worthwhile , then their constituents would be happy to pay their salary directly , rather than , than have salaried jobs . |