Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] he is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Terence adds that he is enclosing for Christopher Patten a copy of the rules which the Cabinet Office has issued for the guidance of officials ‘ on such exercises ’ . |
| 2 | Borland International Inc president and chief executive Philippe Kahn says the company will report profit for the fourth quarter to March 31 , and adds that he is comfortable with analysts ' estimates of profits of about $0.10 a share : Borland 's target is to be profitable every quarter in the coming fiscal 1994 — Paradox for Windows is ‘ doing great ’ and is on a winning track and Quattro Pro is now picking up . |
| 3 | Paul writes that he is ‘ in ’ God — and as we look at the way that he wrote other letters , it is clear that he made a great effort to maintain that special relationship . |
| 4 | At the age of 37 — old by Australian standards — Border accepts that he is nearing the end of his career but he is desparate to prolong it for two reasons . |
| 5 | If a stimulus is from P to C and the response from C to P , that is , the second individual accepts that he is in a child/parent relationship with the first , the transaction will continue . |
| 6 | In a word : he became the hero of twentieth-century art ’ is the author 's assessment , which concludes that he is the new Michelangelo . |
| 7 | Legs up on the side , Doug looks like he is in childbirth . |
| 8 | The difference is the eyes : this Christ looks like he is pursued by demons . |
| 9 | You know what Steed did in the Avengers yeah , the way he likes hits people with his cane and looks like he is n't actually |
| 10 | Mr Stannard was now contemplating Edward with the air of a man who wonders if he is getting his money 's worth . |
| 11 | After setting the scene this use of description slightly declines unless he is introducing a new character or scene . |
| 12 | A lecturer normally owns the copyright in any book or article he writes because he is primarily employed as a teacher and not as a writer of books and articles , even though his employer may encourage this . |
| 13 | The table has to be solid enough not to give way when the patient rests on it , and it should be big enough to hold all the things the patient needs when he is out of bed . |
| 14 | Often the instructor or pilot knows the correct recovery and thinks that he is using it , but because of the unusual forces on the controls , he is failing to apply the full recovery action . |
| 15 | As you can see from the figure on the page opposite the man thinks that he is standing up straight when anyone can see , at a glance , that he is leaning backwards from the waist . |
| 16 | Modern scientific man thinks that he is no more than a chance arrangement of dust and water , of molecules — though he may acknowledge that the atoms and molecules , indeed all life forms , are highly ordered and organized ! |
| 17 | Letterman thinks that he is failing in love with her but he has the impression that she is using his cosseted and lineamented body in some sinister fashion . |
| 18 | I know that the hon. Member for Leicester , East thinks that he is important , but he is not that important . |
| 19 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 20 | Again Lord Sands stated in the MacFarlane case at p540 : The contention of the Appellant involves that he is liable to Income Tax in respect of income which he does not handle and can not under any arrangement handle , which is not expended under any authority conferred by him , and over the expenditure of which he has no control . |
| 21 | Is Roberto correct when he insists that he is innocent and she has lost her mind ? |
| 22 | One aspect of performance that one might expect of any machine that was to pass the test ( by behaving in such a way that the human interlocutor never even suspected a machine was present ) would be to have the sort of final authority over what state it was in that we normally concede to humans : when Jones , on the neurosurgeon 's table , insists that he is in pain , we tend to allow his authority even though the neurosurgeon says that , given the position of the brain probe at that moment , he should not be . |
| 23 | Despite all the setbacks and frustrations , however , Turner insists that he is not disillusioned with the music business . |
| 24 | Young Fowler , an enthusiastic and personable chap chosen from 90 applicants , insists that he is a ‘ Liberal Tory ’ a phrase elucidated by his agent , retired headmaster Harry Davies . |
| 25 | Mr Doe insists that he is no opponent of privatisation as such and has no political axe to grind : ‘ I 'm not concerned who owns BR as such : there could be advantages in taking BR out of the public sector in terms of investment rules ’ , he said . |
| 26 | She makes no acknowledgement of their affair in public and he understands that he is not to refer to it with these new acquaintances . |
| 27 | It was the usual lamp , burning away to remind celebrants and sightseers that He is always here that perturbed me . |
| 28 | A man who tells every woman that he meets that he is in love with her ? ’ |
| 29 | Sir : Roy Hattersley says that he is against electoral reform as it would stop the Labour Party winning an overall majority . |
| 30 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |