Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [v-ing] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is maddening and charming . |
| 2 | In the language of contemporary sociology , she is saying that juvenile delinquency is a subculture … |
| 3 | It is demanding and monotonous work . |
| 4 | Again , we assert it since we accept ( i ) an independent nomic conditional roughly to the effect that in the world as it is , and within certain large limits as it might be , if it is raining and certain other things are the case , then the balcony is wet , and we also accept ( ii ) that those other things are the case . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | It is untrifling and serious , even open to the charge of blasphemy . |
| 7 | I K. Campbell , 1970 , p. 23 ) It is allowed that it is enlightening or tolerable to speak of hoping , perceiving , thinking , and a good deal else as having objects or contents in the given sense . |
| 8 | ‘ 1(2) In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold any particular position , regard shall be had to his probity , to his competence and soundness of judgement for fulfilling the responsibilities of that position , to the diligence with which he is fulfilling or likely to fulfil those responsibilities and to whether the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are , or are likely to be , in any way threatened by his holding that position . |
| 9 | He is claiming that Imperial Tobacco failed to issue warnings about the health hazards when he started smoking 30 years ago . |