Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting to note that while Joanne is reading The rats , circulating in the classroom as a sort of illicit ‘ dare ’ read , she is also reading the books of one of her favourite writers , Beatrix Potter . |
| 2 | The client was not able to sign a green form to obtain advice as she was not in receipt of income support but has been advised to make a claim for income support since she is not receiving the maintenance . |
| 3 | Since she is not to discuss the faults of the particular man involved , nor is there anything to be gained by arguing for the uninspiring Dusterandus , Leapor attempts to convince her friend that marriage per se is risky , even if there is some chance of a happy outcome : |
| 4 | She is n't bringing the boyfriend is she ? |
| 5 | I expect she is simply disliking the winter . ’ |
| 6 | The model you see is secondary ; she is there to sell the product . |
| 7 | We have been without this issue as she is still receiving the last of her treatment from Charing Cross Hospital . |
| 8 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 9 | In most universities , he or she is often called the vice-chancellor — the title " chancellor " being reserved for another notable figure who fills that largely ceremonial and dignified office . |
| 10 | Its purpose , he argued , is not to supply immediate or direct knowledge of God ; it is rather to enable the overcoming , with God 's help , of the contradictions which run through human existence . |
| 11 | It is however to evade the issue as to whether Christianity and feminism are compatible . |
| 12 | In a break from Advanced RISC Machines Ltd 's usual policy of licensing entire ARM chips to its semiconductor partners , it is simply licensing the 32-bit core to Texas Instruments Inc for use in real-time control applications for the automotive industry . |
| 13 | It is simply to recall the fact that almost all human behaviour , at least that which deserves the name of ‘ action ’ , is in fact culturally moulded and elaborated . |
| 14 | I have heard it said that when bream break surface it is simply to obtain the extra oxygen available there . |
| 15 | Er and finally to say that the strategy th that we have is not to take jobs from other areas , it is simply to meet the needs of the resident workforce . |
| 16 | This is not just avoiding violence — it is simply avoiding the issue . |
| 17 | It is fast becoming the sloppiest language in Europe . |
| 18 | At the moment it is fast becoming the nicotine of the nineties . |
| 19 | But the interests they are being called upon to safeguard are not even those of Bentham 's questionable Utilitarian objective : it is not to champion the interests of the majority — the greatest happiness of the greatest number — that this new technology is being summoned . |
| 20 | But it is not helping the snail 's genes . |
| 21 | If one leans towards the former view , it is not to belittle the other . |
| 22 | It is not meeting the new people which destroys the people : they carry the seeds of change within themselves . |
| 23 | In conversation about this family it may be perfectly understandable to say that ‘ one of Keith 's problems is that he is so aggressive ’ but it is not defining the problem from the viewpoint of intervention . |
| 24 | As the creation of space is the primary concern , it is not surprising the interests of developers and of the well-being of cities are so often in conflict . |
| 25 | If the communication option of the first process is taken up , the environment can not tell it is not operating the second ( for exactly the same option is present there ) . |
| 26 | In stressing the challenges that face us in health and safety it is not to ignore the environmental challenge however we recognize it needs to be considered much more widely so that our resources can be most effectively targeted . |
| 27 | It is not using the 33MHz and 40MHz silicon Texas Instruments just announced ( UX No 384 ) , but will come in higher than both those rates . |
| 28 | If it is not viewed the motivation will not be there next time round . |
| 29 | It is not reinventing the wheel , but adapting past methods to modern conditions and techniques , and reinvolving the true investors without whom conservation will not work — has not worked . |
| 30 | ‘ Industry responds to legislation but argues that costs are important , so why should it spend money if it is not breaking the law ? ’ |