Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Class teachers are the main category of professionals involved in the education of children , and more detailed information about them is given in the next section . |
| 2 | ‘ The only interesting thing about me is finding you . ’ |
| 3 | Every document that goes through them is recorded . |
| 4 | The dilemma is that if they are enlarged the danger of stepping through them is increased . |
| 5 | To increase the labour force will require that the potential of minority groups , including those with disabilities and learning difficulties , is recognised and that appropriate training and support for them is made available . |
| 6 | Percy the park-keeper rescues the animals when their old oak tree is blown down in a storm , and the new house he builds for them is presented in a fold-away poster at the end of the book . |
| 7 | South of the Border many of us consider the predicament of the Scottish salmon to be an international disgrace ; there is such world-wide concern for Atlantic salmon stocks that drift-netting for them is banned everywhere save off England , Ireland and Greenland , where action is being taken . |
| 8 | The challenge for them is to get all the way round and being able to say ‘ I completed the Circuit of Ireland ’ will be reward enough . |
| 9 | The only solution for them is to seek information from the manufacturer or retailer . |
| 10 | Most landowners do realise that people have a right to be there and the best PR for them is to ensure the rights of way are clear and enjoyable — landowners need public support . |
| 11 | Adult education 's concern for them is mediated through community education outreach schemes based in neighbourhoods , community centres , clinics and mother and toddler groups . |
| 12 | Those already retired will stay in until a new scheme specially for them is set up , but all their assets will continue to be managed by the trustees of the new joint scheme . |
| 13 | Yet how else do we explain that ( i ) differences remained between legacies and trusts ; ( ii ) the distinction between them is maintained in practically all of the texts of all jurists other than Scaevola ? |
| 14 | Although there is some latitude between these grants , in that part of the capital grant can be transferred to be used on the current grant , the distinction between them is maintained and is important . |
| 15 | Through this over-anxiety for her and consequent blindness to her real needs , the whole relationship between them is destroyed . |
| 16 | One way of distinguishing between them is to define needs as basic physical and psychological drives arising from being human ( eg need for food , clothing , self-esteem etc ) , and to define wants as specific desires directed towards fulfilling the basic needs . |
| 17 | The difference between them is given in syntactic terms : " Equative prolongation … is usually articulated by overt repetition or apposition … |
| 18 | The difference between them is to do with the starting point which they adopt and the nature and scope of the changes that are envisaged . |
| 19 | Each model can cope with all the evidence and the choice between them is thrown back on criteria like elegance , economy , fruitfulness , or perhaps , indeed , conformity with deep underlying presumptions about human nature . |
| 20 | Parents as well as their children need to be aware that the relationship between them is changing and developing into one that is more equal and reciprocal . |
| 21 | The manufacturer 's safety data sheet warns of a potentially hazardous reaction between sodium borohydride and fine dispersed heavy metals but this reaction with charcoal and solid sodium borohydride are stored and handled in such a way that the risk of contact between them is avoided . |
| 22 | I think the worst thing for me is to see homeless people . |
| 23 | I was disappointed when my snails arrived already out of their shells — part of the pleasure for me is digging them out of their homes- but perhaps this is Chez Gerard 's gesture to British sqeamishness . |
| 24 | I had to meet customers and politicians and people like that , but the greatest thrill for me is meeting our own people , letting then know we had n't forgotten them and getting ideas from them , hearing what they think about the company and things like that . |
| 25 | ‘ The hardest thing for me is knowing I had so many good years , so many great moments , because it means you always think it is going to be like that . |
| 26 | ‘ The future for me is going to be a vocal project . |
| 27 | ‘ That other boy who is going to do the hens for me is coming at six for me to show him what to do . |
| 28 | What he has done for leukaemia research is brilliant — and what he has done for me is give me my confidence back . |
| 29 | The most important thing for me is to stay strong in all the races . |
| 30 | The husband , loving him , looking after him is regarded by us as a duty . |