Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [conj] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , I 'd like to propose that Mr J C , a director retiring in accordance with article eighty of the company 's Articles of Association be and is hereby re-elected a director of the company . |
| 2 | Section 33(3) requires the court to have regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular to : ( a ) the length of , and the reasons for , the delay on the part of the plaintiff ; ( b ) the extent to which , having regard to the delay , the evidence adduced or likely to be adduced by the plaintiff or the defendant is or is likely to be less cogent than if the action had been brought within the time allowed by s11 or ( as the case may be ) by s12 ; ( c ) the conduct of the defendant after the cause of action arose , including the extent ( if any ) to which he responded to requests reasonably made by the plaintiff for information or inspection for the purpose of ascertaining facts which were or might be relevant to the plaintiff 's cause of action against the defendant ; ( d ) the duration of any disability of the plaintiff arising after the date of the accrual of the cause of action ; ( e ) the extent to which the plaintiff acted promptly and reasonably once he knew whether or not the act or omission of the defendant , to which the injury was attributable , might be capable at that time of giving rise to an action for damages ; ( f ) the steps , if any , taken by the plaintiff to obtain medical , legal or other expert advice and the nature of any such advice he may have received . |
| 3 | The so it that the insurance is that for the erm is it er is is the insurance for the in ca in case of theft is that is that is that the insurance you 're talking about ? |
| 4 | Moreover , ‘ structural ’ relations between them can be clarified , by showing for instance that this computation is or is not a necessary prerequisite or accompaniment of that one . |
| 5 | The prestige of the armed archangel was and is still very great . |
| 6 | The process of work reorganization was and is inseparable from the shift in management culture , particularly the subordination of technical questions to those of finance and marketing . |
| 7 | In order to establish whether an employee was or is in a position to take advantage of his employer 's special trade connections , it is necessary to examine the quality of the contact between the employee and those connections : " the character of the work done " per Younger LJ in Attwood 's case . |
| 8 | They chunk it up into pairs or groups of three or something like that so four groups of three or two groups of six or whatever , because what Miller actually found was the span of conception was and is seven plus or minus two . |
| 9 | The other main dichotomy has to do with whether the dialogue is or is not attributed — that is , whether the text is explicit or implicit about who is speaking . |
| 10 | This does not mean that that intelligibility can be wholly captured in the formulations or in the mind of the theologian ; it does , however , mean that the divine intelligibility comes across to us , that God gives himself to be known and understood , and that the understanding that is made possible in theology is and is intended to be a genuine understanding and an authentic contact with the intelligibility of God . |
| 11 | Since there seems to be some doubt about the matter , it should be made clear that the High Court 's inherent jurisdiction in relation to children — the parens patriae jurisdiction — is equally exercisable whether the child is or is not a ward of court : see In re M. and N. ( Minors ) ( Wardship : Publication of Information ) [ 1990 ] Fam. 211 , 223G . |
| 12 | I would only add that in a situation in which it is necessary to consider operating the machinery of the Convention , some psychological harm to the child is inherent , whether the child is or is not returned . |
| 13 | An author is and is not his book . |
| 14 | Compulsory drug tests also take place at random and competitors are supplied with copious literature about what medication is and is not acceptable . |
| 15 | The discovery that someone knows a great deal about the effects of drugs and has strong opinions or whether or not a particular drug or process is or is not addictive is a strong positive indicator of addictive disease . |
| 16 | For instance , Festival is and is not . |
| 17 | Touting for criminal business was and is well recognised within the profession , and those in close contact with it . |
| 18 | Proceedings for the dissolution or winding up of a partnership shall be commenced in the court for the district in which the partnership business was or is carried on ( Ord 4 , r 5 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ The investigation was and is being conducted in a professional manner , ’ he said . |
| 20 | It would be pointless to go over well-worn ground in discussing what pornography is or is not , and why , how and when . |
| 21 | So I think it is a matter of erm importance for the structure plan its inclusion er and I think to put the an answer to one of the questions that was put earlier , if it is not to be left to the district to decide on where development is or is not appropriate in open countryside as defined in the structure plan policy , who it is intended could be making the decision on where development would be appropriate . |
| 22 | The hidden agenda was and is , to get rid of trades councils to save money . |
| 23 | The second child has already developed some idea of what rust is and is not . |
| 24 | Sociologists of religion are not in a position to say whether or not a particular movement is or is not ‘ really ’ a religion . |
| 25 | Whatever the citizens charter is or is not meant to do , will the Minister assure us that it is certainly not meant to replace his Department 's statutory obligations in relation to the tragic accidents with which the Health and Safety Executive should deal ? |
| 26 | They do have a medical examination as part of the process of coming here and in the course of that medical examination it is sometimes disclosed that a woman is or is not a virgin , and that is sometimes noted on the medical report and from time to time some ECO 's have used that piece of evidence in making a decision about the relationship of the wife ; I have always condemned it and by and large it does not happen . |
| 27 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 28 | They have little to do with whether a given sequence is or is not grammatical . |
| 29 | The object of your journey , the very necessary object was and is and must be , to obtain an appointment or to make money . |
| 30 | This was because policy was and is subject to important time lags . |