Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another symptom is writing numbers or letters backwards — again a common enough thing to do when a child is learning to write , particularly if he or she is left-handed , or perhaps dyslexic ; and probably most absurd of all , children who refer to television characters as real people are showing signs of abuse . |
| 2 | You should be allowed regular contact with your child while he or she is away . |
| 3 | The international customer will be looking for as bolthole for the times he or she is here |
| 4 | Nurse the resident in a position in which he or she is most comfortable , and change that position frequently . |
| 5 | The new Employment Act will also make it unlawful for organisations to refuse to employ a job applicant on the grounds that he or she is not a union member . |
| 6 | He or she is not house-proud or much concerned with appearances . |
| 7 | Be careful how you choose — your child wo n't learn to his maximum potential in an environment where he or she is not happy . |
| 8 | Some of these families may never be able to accept the blackness of such a child , but , at the same time , they know that he or she is not really white . |
| 9 | Within my own practice , I have never met a white child who says he or she is not white ; neither have I met a black child growing up in a black family saying that he or she is not black . |
| 10 | Within my own practice , I have never met a white child who says he or she is not white ; neither have I met a black child growing up in a black family saying that he or she is not black . |
| 11 | From birth , the baby and infant imbibes moral values and learns to control instinctual wishes so that he or she is not chastised by parents , or other agents of socialization . |
| 12 | When a child goes to school he or she is not only confronted with the traditional school subjects , but also with codes and practices governing behaviour . |
| 13 | Be certain who you want to talk to , what you want to say , and whether you want to leave a message if he or she is not available . |
| 14 | However , as with every part of the curriculum , there is a wider perspective to be taken into account , and that is the fact that there is a limit on what an individual teacher can achieve if he or she is not working in harmony with the rest of the school . |
| 15 | The Board is obliged to publicise the escrow account the balance of which is paid to the person if he or she is not convicted or at the end of the five year period . |
| 16 | He or she is not nowadays very likely to feature in the book you may write , but the idea lies at the heart of detective fiction and still exercises a subtle influence . |
| 17 | However , he or she is not legally the owner of any shares and so does not receive dividends , and can not vote . |
| 18 | If the defendant is not insured , he or she is not likely to be worth suing . |
| 19 | This is not likely to be an especially serious problem for the assisted party , since if no contribution has been expected , he or she is not likely to be able to pay much in the way of costs to the opponent . |
| 20 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 21 | While I am not denigrating individual interpreters working for the immigration service or the Home Office , many of whom work extremely hard and do a very good job , it is essential that those seeking political asylum have an absolute guarantee that the person doing the translating is independent , is fully aware of the importance of an asylum application , is fully familiar with the cases and is somebody whose background has been inquired into to make sure that he or she is not in a position to infiltrate the immigration service and pass information back to the regime from which the individual may be fleeing , thus putting their family at risk . |
| 22 | The employee should not need to show that the perception is incorrect nor that he or she is not actually disabled at all . |
| 23 | Matching the job to the person will ensure that he or she is not overloaded and makes an effective contribution to the enterprise . |
| 24 | Day works should be bed as they provide no incentive for a contractor to be efficient because he or she is not responsible for the efficient use of resources , the profit is guaranteed and there may be a risk of double payment . |
| 25 | If it does n't work for you , she argues , discuss it with your GP and if he or she is not sympathetic , ask to see a gynaecologist or attend a menopause clinic . |
| 26 | The salesperson should open with a smile , a handshake and , in situations where he or she is not well known to the buyer , introduce himself and the company he represents . |
| 27 | Someone who is pretending to be something he or she is not . |
| 28 | The first do n't is not to believe that the child is lazy because he or she is not managing to spell . |
| 29 | Unlike a real victim , the interview underdog needs to remember that he or she is also in a position to evaluate . |
| 30 | The teacher may lead the discussion or the activity , but he or she is also learning from the students . |