Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now there 's a new twist : how come we can know when a missile is even threatening to fall on Tel Aviv or Riyadh or Dharan , yet remain ignorant of when the next train will leave Waterloo station — or where it is heading ? |
| 2 | It is his mysterious wind , which man can not get under his own tidy control : as Nicodemus was reminded by Jesus , ‘ The wind ( pneuma ) blows where it will , and you hear its sound but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going . |
| 3 | The message conveyed to the brain from one such cell is a bit ambiguous : it is saying either that a stationary spot is going on or off in a particular region , or that something is moving upwards in that region . |
| 4 | In social bird-watching it is very important that the people studied are not aware that they are being studied or that anyone is setting up a particular environment for them to behave in . |
| 5 | Instead it is copied to the plaintiff together with new Form N236 which asks him to confirm whether he wishes the case to proceed or that he is withdrawing the action ( Ord 9 , r 2(7) ) . |
| 6 | These points are similar to points 2 and 3 ante but vary slightly in the content of the call , e.g. for point 4 examples would include falsely telling a woman her husband was dead or that he is having an affair . |
| 7 | For instance , it is compatible with the results of all actual and possible measurements to hold either that the universe is of a fixed size or that it is expanding at a constant rate . |
| 8 | He is er , strongly er , suggesting that we ought to be rather more pro-active than we either are , or than anybody is suggesting that we ought to be in the paper at number seventeen . |
| 9 | If someone is sitting on the radiator it is because his trousers are wet from the rain , if someone is drifting across the classroom he is going to get some paper for written work , or if someone is leaving class he is going to empty the rubbish ‘ like he usually does ’ . |
| 10 | There is a difficulty , however , if the seller is disposing of only part of his holding represented by a certificate or if he is disposing of all his holding but to several buyers . |
| 11 | He should have a glass of water with each meal , at least , and possibly in between meals if his environment is very warm , or if he is doing a lot of active therapy . |
| 12 | Rereading More Women than Men , I ask myself each time whether the relations between them are suggested with extreme subtlety , or whether something is lacking . |
| 13 | However , it must be stressed that it is a question of fact in each individual transaction , and the question one has to ask objectively in every single situation is whether the purchaser is merely selecting specific assets for the use in his own business or whether he is buying assets in order that he can carry on the business in succession to and in place of the vendor . |
| 14 | The appropriate strategy is perhaps to wait to determine whether the Japanese businessman is prepared to offer his hand for a handshake or whether he is going to bow . |
| 15 | If selling to a receiver you must be sure to establish whether the receiver is purchasing in his own name and assuming personal liability or whether he is purchasing on behalf of the receivership . |
| 16 | Whilst we do not have clear evidence that heparin confers benefit we do know that where one is administering TPA and aspirin and heparin there is some evidence of an increase in side effects . |
| 17 | I take that as the hon. Gentleman 's first spending commitment , except that he is making it on behalf of employers and businesses . |
| 18 | In general , the complications introduced by having to predict changes both of system and of behaviour are so great that most forecasters assume that the system will not change ( except by evolution ) and claim that if everything is going to change there is not much point in having a forecast anyway because there will no longer be an organisation to act upon it . |
| 19 | I think many feel that if one is going to make the sacrifice that is required in the first place then one accepts that there will be other things one will want one 's child to benefit from — even if it means tightening one 's belt for an extra month . ’ |
| 20 | But the point that young Macaulay fails to realise is that if one is going to take potshots , there is no point in aiming a verbal blunderbuss at piddling little targets . |
| 21 | Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him . |
| 22 | It stands to reason that if one is claiming to have discovered universal historical laws these should apply to very different societies . |
| 23 | ‘ It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go , ’ he declares uncompromisingly . |
| 24 | It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go |
| 25 | Also , what you generally find is that if somebody is reading as opposed to refreshing their memory from looking at a piece of paper and then letting it flow , if they 're reading from it it 's dull , it lacks sparkle . |
| 26 | The only snag is that if he is filming the hit TV show he ca n't shave off his distinctive stubble . |
| 27 | It follows that if it is raining then the balcony is wet . |
| 28 | What is the explanation of why I am right to conclude , as I am , that if it is raining and certain other things are true , the balcony is wet and , in brief , that it would be wet no matter what else were true ? |
| 29 | In this table , p(l) is the probability that if it is raining today ( time t ) it will be raining tomorrow ( time t + 1 ) , while p(2) is the probability that if it is raining today it will be dry tomorrow . |
| 30 | In this table , p(l) is the probability that if it is raining today ( time t ) it will be raining tomorrow ( time t + 1 ) , while p(2) is the probability that if it is raining today it will be dry tomorrow . |