Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nell dies in mid-winter , far from home ; but we all know that she is homeward bound and will see another and better spring : |
| 2 | She is already seated and working with a group of children . |
| 3 | She stands for the civilization of the South , of the Midi , the home of the troubadours , against the sterner , rougher , cruder world of the North , represented , in this image , by her husband , the King of the North Wind , whose authority she is subtly undermining and against whom she will soon break out in open rebellion . |
| 4 | She in turn may hope that in time she will get the caring response she is really seeking and will pursue the pattern . |
| 5 | She is back in the house that she is always remembering and talking endlessly about , she has her precious Miss Cress . |
| 6 | She is there to encourage and to react . |
| 7 | Helping an elderly woman to adjust and to find a new identity is never easy , but it can nearly always be achieved if she is shown that she is still loved and needed , by her family and friends . |
| 8 | Now eleven years on , she is still teased and when to her dismay she gets her first period , the girls start chanting and throwing tampons at her . |
| 9 | She is now divorced and after periods of University Lecturing at Bristol and Manchester she has become a teacher at Withington Girls ' School . |
| 10 | It has got inherent checks and balances , it has its own agreement , it is professionally run and there is no function for the president of the FISA here other than to turn up occasionally and literally be seen about . |
| 11 | It is simply demand and supply pressures which determine the appropriate exchange rate for each currency . |
| 12 | Silicone cancels out the problem as it is positively charged and leaves hair in a neutral state , adding smoothness and promoting shine . |
| 13 | Deceptively , because in practice it is rarely accomplished and only in a few cases have polymer blends or mixtures achieved industrial importance . |
| 14 | Completed in 1869 , it is privately owned and in its heyday was a large linen warehouse , built of Scottish sandstone and designed in opulent Venetian Renaissance style . |
| 15 | Without help in the form of floor and room numbers , however , the individual within it is completely lost and disorientated . |
| 16 | Once again , it is generally understood and accepted that the weapons prohibited are not limited to those specifically mentioned in this Protocol or any other treaty , but extend to all those that come under this description or have this effect . |
| 17 | You can use frozen cod , but make sure that it is thoroughly defrosted and dried well on kitchen paper . |
| 18 | It is lavishly illustrated and presented and has assumed a pre-eminent position in its field . |
| 19 | President , Congress , the C E C does not lightly bring forward a motion which limits the right of appeal , but in these very special circumstances we feel it is both justified and necessary . |
| 20 | To assert that conduct is orderly is , from our point of view , to imply that it is directed by a sense of social propriety — that not only is it non-random but that it is both generated and limited by prescriptions and the possibility of sanction , in particular the sanction of expressed disapproval . |
| 21 | Often these compromise theories state , in effect , that punishment is only justified if it is both deserved and likely to have deterrent effects ( eg von Hirsch , 1976 : chs 5 and 6 ) . |
| 22 | This measure may be of use to health care planners , but , even if it is eventually validated and accepted as an equitable way of allocating resources , it will be of little help to general practitioners , whose decisions are mostly concerned with managing self limiting minor illnesses . |
| 23 | Well , it says on the bottom of the , your copy of the charge sheet , production of driving license you must produce it , failure to produce it will mean that it is automatically suspended and it also means you 've committed yet another offence by not having a driving licence here to produce Mr ! |
| 24 | Failure to produce it will mean that it is automatically suspended and it also means you 've committed yet another offence by not having a driving licence here to produce Mr . |
| 25 | In part that might be explained in terms of the powers of resistance possessed by the bureaucracies under attack , so that whatever change is proposed it is soon absorbed and reinterpreted by the very groups it is intended to undermine . |
| 26 | Once a routine becomes boring it is soon forgotten and its benefits are lost . |
| 27 | It is best stacked and composted beyond the denitrification stage ( well rotted ) . |
| 28 | If we assume that you are writing on the right-hand page of an examination book or on loose examination sheets , bound at the top left-hand corner , then the identifying number of the question should be large so that it is easily seen and should be at the top right-hand corner . |
| 29 | A creamy glycerine-enriched lotion that smells faintly of cloves , it is easily absorbed and appears to fulfil its promise of keeping the skin moisturised and soft for at least eight hours after application . |
| 30 | Plasticine is a good medium for supporting all sizes of specimen as it is easily moulded and re-used . |