Example sentences of "[pers pn] or [pron] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mouth jams open , and she says that if I really am going , then either she comes with me or she is staying here to pack . |
| 2 | It is arguable that the reader may actually be confused rather than helped by the deviation from convention , precisely because she or he is expecting you to conform to the rules of punctuation . |
| 3 | If you can record interviews at different points in a course , then edit the same student 's interviews onto one tape , you provide an encouraging record for the student of the progress she or he is making . |
| 4 | I believe that those sexual practices which fail to recognise the essential humanity of other people are bad ; the man who rapes an unwilling partner , the individual who takes delight in the infliction of pain upon a partner who does not desire it , or the one who forces another into any sexual practice which is obnoxious to him or her is using the " partner " as an object rather than interacting with him or her as a human being . |
| 5 | then he or she can only be forced to hand back the item if the price it cost him or her is paid in compensation [ Art . |
| 6 | It is important that the viewer is physically incorporated in the work , that he or she is implicated . ’ |
| 7 | that the candidate knows which outcomes or units are included in any assessment he or she is undertaking . |
| 8 | Every choreographer must have a motive if he or she is to give proper thought , impetus and significance to the movements made by the dancers whether : they are telling a story ; describing and/or expressing the thoughts behind a theme ; or interpreting music either by expressing personal feelings about the melody and rhythm or by so framing the dance that it parallels the music and reveals its structure . |
| 9 | ( If necessary , allow yourself to become this sub-personality , and experience the hurt , sadness , anger or other emotions he or she is holding . ) |
| 10 | Similarly , a child who creates dangerous mayhem in the kitchen can not do so if he or she is taught and learns never to enter the kitchen . |
| 11 | when he or she is asked to refrain from a particular activity ; |
| 12 | The researcher has to have some idea of what he or she is looking for , even though the outcome may be unpredictable . |
| 13 | The growth of mail-order suppliers ( particularly for central heating ) and of do-it-yourself ‘ superstores ’ has made buying a less daunting task — no longer need the amateur feel embarrassed about not knowing exactly what he or she is looking for . |
| 14 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 15 | Failure to do this will obviously leave the child unprepared to understand and deal with the first time he or she is called ‘ nigger ’ , or some other racial slur . |
| 16 | Other patients who have the same unconscious impulses to engage in oral sex — for example , an adult male or female who is married and dreams he or she is sucking a man 's penis and imbibing the semen — may deny the impulses . |
| 17 | In general , the lower an individual 's class position , the more likely he or she is to leave school at the minimum leaving age and the less likely to aspire and strive for a highly rewarded position . |
| 18 | I myself think that the writer 's relation to things as they are changes according to what he or she is writing . |
| 19 | We assume he or she is intending to : |
| 20 | The skilled negotiator is far more likely to say things that reveal what he or she is thinking , intending and feeling than the less skilled , who reckon that to expose such things is naïve . |
| 21 | For any one such machine , the environment within which he or she is competing includes not only the natural environment in the form of air , light , water and food , but also other survival machines . |
| 22 | It is the task of the Chief Commissioner to decide which decisions are to be reported and he or she is assisted by the Commissioners starring decisions they consider worthy of reporting . |
| 23 | A proxy may not vote at the same election for more than two people unless the proxy is a close relative ie husband , wife , parent , grandparent , brother , sister , child or grandchild of the people he or she is voting for . |
| 24 | According to this account , the learning process is determined by the innate structure of the learner operating upon the specific organisation of whichever human language he or she is exposed to . |
| 25 | But , at the end of the day , it is still down to the individual to make sure that he or she is getting the best deal possible . |
| 26 | For the advertiser who is concerned as to whether he or she is getting a good deal from an agency or media specialist , companies such as Media Audits provide a service that compares the buying performance of different advertisers and their agencies in similar markets and media . |
| 27 | you 're visiting a War or MOD Disablement Pensioner who is being treated for the disablement he or she is getting the pension for or |
| 28 | Make sure that the baby 's body is facing the breast and that he or she is taking the whole nipple to fill its mouth . |
| 29 | To get the Income Support a person must be available for full time work and show that he or she is taking reasonable steps to find a job . |
| 30 | It 's the duty of every athlete to be aware of what he or she is taking . ’ |