Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain is leading the way in this and it is hoped that other countries will soon follow suit . |
| 2 | Her only outing since when she scored in a canter by five lengths at Haydock has proved that debut form all wrong and she is expected to win again in the Ballymacoll Stud Stakes . |
| 3 | The review process will continue during session 1988–89 and it is anticipated that the following modules will be revised for session 1989–90 : |
| 4 | Average household size was 2.61 persons in 1991 and it is predicted this will fall to 2.51 by 2001 and 2.41 by 2011 . |
| 5 | He left during pre-production and it is said on the South Bank that nobody even dared tell Birt 's successor , the more ruggedly populist Greg Dyke , of the project 's existence . |
| 6 | You see , your subconscious mind can not tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined ; so , although the information it had received during those twelve days was in fact a product of Sylvia 's imagination , the effect on her subconscious was precisely the same as if it had been actual experience . |
| 7 | The clothes themselves are for children aged nought to six and everything is made in this country , 80 per cent exclusively for Young England . |
| 8 | Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers . |
| 9 | The Jockey Club believes that in the long term Sunday racing without cash betting is impractical and it is resigned to trying to bring about a change in the legislation by a private members ' bill . |
| 10 | This will normally be impractical and it is suggested that the purchaser may wish to distinguish between the following three levels of consent : ( a ) critical consents ; ( b ) material consents ; ( c ) ancillary consents . |
| 11 | Full-grain : leather that has the grain layer substantially intact and which is finished on the grain side . |
| 12 | However , gold and silver colourings , though stunning in effect , do not taste pleasant and it is suggested that they are not eaten in any quantity . |
| 13 | Across all divisions , Heartwatch participants are getting younger and younger and it is hoped that everyone who is waiting to be involved in the programme will be given an appointment before summer 1993 . |
| 14 | Complex problems can arise where one of the purposes is lawful and one is regarded as unlawful . |
| 15 | ‘ With money so tight and nothing is heard from local communities the facility could be lost by stealth . |
| 16 | Research projects are concerned with housing for the elderly , the mentally handicapped and mentally ill and it is hoped to carry out research on the housing circumstances of single women , ethnic minority groups and the physically disabled . |
| 17 | Thus her household , which is unusual if not unique and which is financed at least partly by a charitable trust , in July this year totalled 39 individuals including adult helpers and some 12 children under the age of 16 . |
| 18 | India 's large , well used coal reserves produced some 120 million tonnes in 1984 and it is planned to increase production by more open cast mining . |
| 19 | Without greater honesty , we shall not combat effectively some of the extreme and ugly negativism which is widespread and which is epitomised by the derogatory phrases which Isaacs ( 1981 ) describes as ‘ defamatory ’ like ‘ old Crumble ’ . |
| 20 | Enter by the porter 's lodge ; if no one is there go to the door in the first courtyard on the left and someone is bound to come to your aid . |
| 21 | When he plays Mowgli , Karim 's skin is deemed too pallid and he is forced to wear black-and-white minstrel greasepaint ; cast as a downtrodden immigrant in his next part , he caricatures Changez , his fat , idle and ugly cousin-in-law , who arrives from India halfway through the novel . |
| 22 | The litany of fights , exhibitions , fights , acquisitions and fights soon becomes uninteresting and one is left not having a clue how a museum works and operates . |
| 23 | Consider an example from the new Collins Cobuild dictionary ( 1987 ) , of which Sinclair is editor-in-chief and which is based on just the kind of computer analysis of text that he refers to . |
| 24 | At the other extreme we have something like Plato 's system , where the people are given no role at all and everything is left to individual experts , individual administrators , so Plato 's system is at one everything is left to the individuals , participatory democracy |
| 25 | The Banbury-based design house built cars for the ill-fated Andrea Moda team in 1992 and it is believed Bravo F1 will purchase equipment from the defunct Italian outfit . |
| 26 | If not , how long and what is needed to bring them to state of readiness and is it worth it ? |
| 27 | Their lenses are much thicker and it is thought that these species lived where there was little light and needed thick lenses to collect and concentrate what light there was . |
| 28 | Projected start-up is in 1997 and it is anticipated that the gas will be used for local power generation . |
| 29 | Many of his junior colleagues in Glasgow and Edinburgh subsequently filled senior academic and hospital posts in this country and overseas and he is remembered by them with much gratitude and affection . |
| 30 | There are two types , Biohome Economy which is grey ; and Biohome Plus which is pink and it is claimed contains trace elements for perfect biological balance . |