Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nurse the resident in a position in which he or she is most comfortable , and change that position frequently . |
| 2 | In the case of a building , the seller may be ignorant : if the seller knew of a risk and sold without disclosure , he or she is probably liable at law , but builders come and builders go , and those who deliberately mislead mostly go . |
| 3 | Do not leave the purchaser until he or she is completely satisfied with the demonstration . |
| 4 | Finally , that a poet has written a good poem does not mean he or she is always capable of another , and to read Duck 's career as an arrested development may be sentimental . |
| 5 | If Ayer then tells the theist that he or she is still unable to make meaningful theological statements , then it can not surely be on the basis of the verification principle , the principle by which he claims to distinguish meaningful from meaningless statements . |
| 6 | Use this where your employee has not entitlement to SSP or where that entitlement has run out but he or she is still sick . |
| 7 | The role of the consultant psychogeriatrician in this service is different from that in the conventional model ; rather than being the principal performer of the initial diagnostic assessments , he or she is directly involved in assessing only dubious , difficult , and urgent cases . |
| 8 | This stressed-out poor performer is motivated by the fear that he or she is highly disposable , and that if they ease up on their workload the axe will fall . |
| 9 | The older youngster , on the other hand , may have a very real and concrete sexual difficulty of which he or she is perfectly conscious . |
| 10 | Society tells your drug friend living in the squats that he or she is incurably evil . |
| 11 | A great many assessment systems are competitive in that the extrinsic rewards they offer are in short supply and each student who wants them is asked to demonstrate that he or she is more deserving than others , or others are less deserving . |
| 12 | Strike up some personal rapport with the person in charge Of the centre so that he or she is more likely to go that extra mile for you . |
| 13 | For example , expressed guilt may be so deep as to become delusional , generalised to the point where the individual believes that he or she is personally responsible for some major catastrophe or for all of the evil that exists in the world . |
| 14 | You ca n't make an individual schedule appear which includes both the tasks the person is responsible for and the ones he or she is merely involved in . |
| 15 | If a member leaves the band , he or she is only responsible for the debts incurred prior to his or her leaving . |
| 16 | It is the doctor 's job to tell the patient or the patient 's family , when he or she is terminally ill , but once the diagnosis and prognosis have been given , the nurse copes with the emotional effects . |
| 17 | In order to explain latent inhibition in terms of the habituation of the OR it is clearly necessary to interpret the latter as being some central response , the evocation of which is necessary for speedy conditioning . |
| 18 | Either there is no cancer risk , or it is very small . ’ |
| 19 | As you can see , unless you feel that there is something suspect about the property , such as an extension which you feel may be badly constructed , or it is very old ( say , 18th century ) it is really not worth paying out for the more in-depth survey in the initial stages , which costs twice as much as the ordinary valuation survey . |
| 20 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 21 | If we want to influence another person and that person is working under enormous stress and is irritated by our request , we can stand back and wait until she or he is more relaxed . |
| 22 | Vision that is 5 per cent as good as yours or mine is very much worth having in comparison with no vision at all . |
| 23 | The abyss between us and them is even greater , whether or not they are ‘ on our side ’ . |
| 24 | Water to you and me is so ordinary . |
| 25 | ‘ I never forget a face , ’ said Jackie Tiptoe , ‘ and yours is definitely familiar . ’ |
| 26 | Firstly HILDA LODGE whom you met before when she became our Vice Chairman in 1981 has now changed her hat to become the Chairman and she is already busy in her new role , well supported by the Executive Committee which now has four new members following the elections of earlier this year — so please meet : — |
| 27 | And she is engagingly old-fashioned in her concepts . |
| 28 | And she is engagingly old-fashioned in her concepts . |
| 29 | One said : ‘ By saying what she has said , one can only draw the conclusion that she turned to the Queen and the Duke because her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy . |
| 30 | I think in her day people were more reserved , and she is rather proud . ’ |