Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] he is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exporter does not expect to get paid for his goods for 12 months so he is given a credit note — a standby letter — from the importer 's bank . |
| 2 | The paradigm presents him with a set of definite problems together with methods that he is confident will be adequate for their solution . |
| 3 | He , of course , does not admit any difficulty of this kind , but I shall suggest that his appeals to class strategy are treacherous , and reintroduce the conception of subjects that he is so anxious to stamp out . |
| 4 | Listening is much more than hearing ; it is an active process whereby the listener attends exclusively to the speaker , not only to the words that he is speaking . |
| 5 | John Patten , counting his blessings that he is not yet a Treasury Minister , opted to avoid the economy altogether and put his faith in education , as befits an Oxford fellow . |
| 6 | These days the king goes out of his way to remind listeners that he is the senior representative of the Hashemites , ‘ the noblest family in Islam ’ and the traditional guardians of Mecca and Medina until they were thrown out by the al-Saud family in 1925 . |
| 7 | Tony Grant , of Coopers and Lybrand , who chairs the initiative , hopes to take advantage of the deregulation of German , French and other European financial sectors that he is sure is coming . |
| 8 | However , as a result of the accident , he has completely lost the use of his arms and legs and he is now able to communicate with other people only by using his parents to interpret his signs . |
| 9 | It is possible for a Fanatic to whirl through several enemy units if he is especially lucky ! |
| 10 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 11 | TACKLING your opponent very hard and then lifting him up with your hands under his armpits and pulling his hairs until he is screaming blue murder — and you say to the referee ‘ Well , I 'm only trying to help him ! ’ |
| 12 | He is working on a scheme with the National Federation of WI to organise a competition to celebrate next year 's 75th anniversary by offering 10 telecottages as prizes for its 9,000 branches and he is hoping the WI will establish a pilot telecottage near its college in Denman , Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | However , he will have to take much more radical steps if he is to acquire truly ‘ green ’ credentials . |
| 14 | His photographs feature in several books and he is currently photographer for Cycling Weekly . |
| 15 | In later days it became fashionable to see Chaplin as a political rebel against Hollywood 's factory methods but he is better seen as the last of the old-style showmen offering a highly polished product to the masses that he felt he knew so intimately . |
| 16 | The question may arise as to whether the decision to consent to or reject treatment is made by a patient who has the capacity to make the decision , in other words whether he is fit to make it , or whether he has genuinely made the decision . |
| 17 | Amenartas , escaping from Ayesha 's wrath , had borne a child whose line persisted through the centuries to end with Leo Vincey , who is as much a descendant of Kallikrates as he is a reincarnation of him . |
| 18 | He may even need to use a blanket over his legs when he is sitting in his chair . |
| 19 | Dega is so myopic that he never takes his glasses off-there is a nice touch when Dustin holds his hand over his spectacles as he is showered down . |
| 20 | Ted Cox is almost unique among Athletico supporters as he is one of only a handful who voluntarily attend away games . |
| 21 | In view of the serious situation that my right hon. Friend has outlined and the excellent policies that he is introducing to deal with it , can we have a clear assurance that the Government will resist any proposals at the Maastricht discussions to transfer immigration control to Brussels or the European Economic Community ? |
| 22 | It is because he is concerned only with a private set of notes that he is able to enrich his initial comments in this way . |
| 23 | There are only a few places where he can be , but it is n't until 0500 hours that he is found walking along Unter den Linden , the most famous and beautiful of Berlin 's pre-war streets , having apparently lost contact with his friends . |
| 24 | Is that on the cards , or has Unesco got some rules that he is going to enforce after all ? |
| 25 | And now , judging by Bill Clinton 's croak as he addressed supporters yesterday , there are already signs that he is feeling the pace . |
| 26 | But there are signs that he is distancing himself from the UN . |
| 27 | However , I want to make it clear that , by allowing him to come to Britain , neither I nor any Conservative Member has any agreement whatever with the racialist views that he is peddling , and I am sure that that is true of Opposition Members as well . |
| 28 | The views that he is peddling in France exploit the anxieties of many people in a ruthless and unacceptable way . |
| 29 | They are different from the views that he is saying are ours , and I wish that he would retract that . |
| 30 | Now , it 's not then that society does n't believe in the supernatural , we believe in the supernatural , society at large believes in the supernatural , the tragedy is that the natural man , the natural person however , as always is more willing to believe Satan 's mysteries than he is to believe God 's mysteries . |