Example sentences of "of [pers pn] is [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Paula died , and Sam disappeared , and I ca n't find him on Belial , and I ca n't find him on Moloch , and part of me is frightened that he might be dead , and part of me is frightened that he 's not . ’ |
| 2 | Then Paula died , and Sam disappeared , and I ca n't find him on Belial , and I ca n't find him on Moloch , and part of me is frightened that he might be dead , and part of me is frightened that he 's not . ’ |
| 3 | None of them is new and they are all straightforward . |
| 4 | One of them is amazing but I do n't take it on the road with me ; I leave it at home . |
| 5 | The soil of them is sandy and much covered with scrub . |
| 6 | he says two men are looking at a sunset , one of them is awed and humbled by the glory of the fiery clouds , and his heart is lifted up to God in gratitude and wonder . |
| 7 | While individual speakers may be quite consistent in using these features , none of them is universal and no systematic research has been done to show how widespread they may be . |
| 8 | If one of them is aware that she is providing an example for the others , she will have an additional incentive to set a high standard . |
| 9 | We live in a society which greatly enjoys strawberries — our aesthetic appreciation of them is high and we will go to great lengths to acquire them . |
| 10 | ‘ No , sir , not because of that , but because you forgot about it , and because you care whether a servant of yours is comfortable or not , I gladly agree . ’ |
| 11 | Or perhaps none of it is real and I 'm just dreaming … |
| 12 | Erm you , you did , you know , you did summarize with what you thought you , you 'd established erm you went through to , to get your second appointment Steve threw , you know , the objection in about sending it in the post and what have you erm er and , and you o you overcame that erm successfully but I think the other thing that , that with , with the ANNA it , it unless you get that authority the rest of it is meaningless because you know you ca n't go on and , and , well you can agree the needs but there 's no way that he 's , he 's gon na agree to do it now or when you go back or , or even perhaps agree on the amount . |
| 13 | 2.8 Subject to the provisions of clause 2.9 the Landlord shall [ use all reasonable endeavours to ] carry out the Works to such a stage as would entitle the Architect to issue a Certificate in respect of all the Works not later than the day of It is essential that there is a specific date by which the certificate is to be issued even though this may be weakened by the proviso at the beginning of this clause . |
| 14 | Some of it is exquisite and some very rough . |
| 15 | Much of it is awful and yet so technically good . |
| 16 | No one dares ask whether any of it is worthwhile or could be done far more cheaply . |
| 17 | LET YOUR BUILDING DO THE EARNING If your company is n't making full use of all its office space at the moment , sub-letting part of it is simple and lucrative . |
| 18 | As to specifically modern legislation , it would be equally unhelpful , although equally accurate , to express simply the initial and irresistible impression that there is a lot of it about , that some of it is unintelligible and that all of it is indigestible . |
| 19 | But of course there is some choice erm let me give you a final southern er Africa example of this , Botswana geographically is one of those countries cut off from the sea , it 's a very large country but much of it is uninhabitable because it 's so arid it 's therefore a small country by almost any standards , number of people , the economy of er of Botswana is small and it 's frankly dependent upon South Africa in many ways for its transport , for its economic wellbeing , for the movement of people erm and even some educational resources . |
| 20 | ‘ A lot of it is charming because the way of speaking and attitudes of people in those days now becomes an amusing factor . |
| 21 | The Notice is a formal document and some of it is complicated and may be difficult to understand . |
| 22 | Yet the acting-out of conflict is no more healthy in a true sense than its repression if this externalization of it is compulsive and without insight . |
| 23 | Much of it is unstructured and unmeasured , and in consequence overlooked and under-rated . |
| 24 | Yes , that , that bit of it is fine but surely if collectivization implies that you mechanize as well , you need industrialization in order to be able to mechanize . |
| 25 | Almost everything is worth saying , some of it is fine and perceptive but the notion of less is more seems to apply more to his art than his writings . |
| 26 | Burakumin are still the object of severe social discrimination in all areas of life , although much of it is indirect or covert . |
| 27 | Perhaps the most important feature about all these , and other , aspects of the primary socialization process is that a large part of it is unplanned and non-deliberate . |
| 28 | The texture of it is light but too soft . |
| 29 | ‘ A shot from Charlton , especially if hit on the run from outside the penalty area , is one of the great events of the sport , not because it is rare , which it is not , but because the power of it is massive and it erupts out of elegance , ’ Arthur Hopcraft , who followed Charlton 's career from shy schoolboy to elder statesman , wrote in his classic account of the English game , The Football Man . |
| 30 | A train of events that happened subsequent to the accident has opened a Pandora 's box of intrigue and present some evidence ( though most of it is speculative and much erroneous ) that the airplane was sabotaged . |