Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] he is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things do n't always work out as well as that : ‘ Dear Sir , ’ wrote a client to a Thomas Cook branch manager in 1965 , ‘ Will you please cancel travel arrangements made by Mr — for October 3rd as the wedding has been cancelled because he is already married . ’ |
| 2 | Observers have commented that he is less tolerant and sympathetic when dealing with them than with other colleagues or outsiders . |
| 3 | Mr Barre 's writ is so limited that he is disparagingly known as the mayor of Mogadishu . |
| 4 | These begin from an appreciation of the complementary nature of data arriving through the different sensory channels and expand by the acquisition of concepts such as the continuity of the physical world , e.g. a person who walks behind a screen has not vanished , it is accepted that he is still there even though temporarily there is no sense data to confirm it , but a hypothesis will be generated which supposes that , if he walked behind a screen at a constant speed , he ought to reappear at a given time at the other side of the screen . |
| 5 | However , the right hon. Gentleman has shown that he is indeed a right honourable gentleman , and for that he deserves great credit . |
| 6 | Rob Andrew , Craig Chalmers and Ralph Keyes may not be everyone 's cups of tea and it 's quite possible that someone like Colin Stephens may turn out to be a far greater player , but for England , Scotland and Ireland each one has shown that he is virtually indispensable . |
| 7 | In recent years he has been closely associated with Hildegard Fritz-Denneville Fine Arts Ltd in Bond Street where his knowledge and connoisseurship are greatly valued and he is still to be found on weekdays in the gallery 's offices . |
| 8 | The farm worker still remains socially and geographically isolated but he is also becoming less bound by custom and habit . |
| 9 | Nor is it necessary for him to be serious , at least about Parliament , provided that he is reasonably well-to-do . |
| 10 | Variety wrote , ‘ Though an actor since age 13 , Crawford had never before danced and he is surprisingly successful at it , in some measure due to Gene Kelly having personally helped him weekends during the shooting . ’ |
| 11 | Asked whether he is now used to confrontations , he said : ‘ I hate them but they seem to come my way . |
| 12 | High levels of spatial mobility are involved as he is regularly posted to regions where the multinational is operating . |
| 13 | ‘ There are about eight horses coughing now , and the decision to move them away from Kings Fountain appears to have worked because he is still in fine shape , ’ the Lambourn trainer said . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr McNeill has confirmed that he is well aware of the discredited 1970s debate on intelligence , race and genetics and the associated nature-nurture debate and he would wish to make clear his deep concern that his comments have been construed as relating to these debates . ’ |
| 15 | The new party secretary in Czechoslovakia , Mr Karel Urbanek , has complained that he is quite unable to persuade district and regional party leaders to understand that the party 's leading role has gone . |
| 16 | Mr Sayers added : ‘ Very sensibly the public have been warned that he is extremely dangerous and should not be approached . ’ |
| 17 | It has been suggested that he is so determined to retain control that he deliberately avoids working with famous directors such as Bertolucci , Cronenberg or Karel Reisz . |
| 18 | Now , after two or three treatments , his coordination has improved and he is also doing much better at school . |
| 19 | However , the Nabisco first prize is £280,000 , whereas the Volvo top purse is only £66,000 , although that could be doubled if he is also the order of merit winner . |