Example sentences of "[Wh pn] is [vb pp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any comprehensive community care system must ensure that all service users have ready access to skilled help from someone who is trained to assess their entitlements , to negotiate on their behalf with the Department of Social Security and other agencies , to assist with budgeting , offer financial advice and , where the individual desires it , hold benefit books and cheque books and arrange for regular bills to be paid and financial commitments to be planned . |
| 2 | It is , however , no more paradoxical than speaking of John 's arm , when the arm in question is part of the John who is said to possess it ( or the chassis of the car , for ) . |
| 3 | In some cases , it may be proper and reasonable to dismiss at once , especially with a man who is determined to go his own way . |
| 4 | Turning reality on its head is now the objective of a national coach who is made to understand it is far from an ideal world every time he picks a Scotland squad . |
| 5 | Agassi , who is scheduled to launch his Wimbledon defence on Monday week , has suffered from tendonitis of the right wrist since he was last in action at Barcelona in April . |
| 6 | Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word . |
| 7 | This brings some benefits through musical cross-fertilisation between the cathedral and the wider community , but the cathedral does not always get the full benefit of one who is employed to do what is commonly regarded as a full-time job , and this at a time when the Church needs from its organists not only the highest musical expertise but also liturgical knowledge and a readiness to take some part in the running of the cathedral . |
| 8 | Yours sincerely , Sophie Arandt Vienna Fräulein , Consult another doctor , who is bound to keep your confidence . |
| 9 | In particular we shall discuss the nature of the evaluative activity being required , the type of analysis expected , the value issues involved in a review , the process of review suggested , and who is expected to carry it out . |
| 10 | In the end it wins a King 's daughter who is expected to bum its hedgehog-skin at night , and does so , and finds herself clasping a beautiful Prince , all singed and soot-black . |
| 11 | But who is qualified to lead us on this Crusade ? |
| 12 | ‘ We take hoaxes of this sort very seriously and are determined to prosecute anyone who is found carrying them out . |
| 13 | Claudio Bartolini will be there to keep an eye on £5.5million Gazza , who is set to make his first competitive outing for more than 15 months . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Tottenham welcome back winger Darren Anderton , who is set to play his first full game after a hernia operation injury for Tottenham against Arsenal . |
| 15 | The satirical phrase used to embarrass the ‘ Action Men ’ is that they have the ‘ John Wayne syndrome ’ ; the fact it is Wayne rather than Rambo who is used to ridicule them gives a clue that it tends to be the older members of the force who use the term to describe the exuberant younger policemen . |
| 16 | What is in dispute is who is allowed to say they went climbing . |
| 17 | Nobody likes a child who is allowed to do whatever she likes , but then again no child is happy if she is always prevented from exploring . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ The one who is contained feels himself living entirely within the confines of his marriage ; outside the marriage there exist no essential obligations and no binding interests . ’ |
| 19 | Our Archbishop has just announced his retirement , and whoever is chosen to succeed him will lead us into the Decade of Evangelism . |