Example sentences of "[coord] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | 13 1775 & that Body is vastly improv 'd the longer it is kept & the little remains of fat shine a little more thro' & it is now very much the colour of Indian Copper , i.e. it is very near the colour of finished work 'd mahogany & is really a beautiful mass , the Legs are now perfectly dry and from the Beginning to the end there is nothing of putrefaction . |
| 2 | ‘ There is one Mr. Milne , officer at Oldcambus , a very old man quite worn out & unfitt for that station & is expected that he ca n't live much longer ’ , an eager applicant for a place advised Hugh Scott , the member of parliament of Berwickshire . |
| 3 | In general , if c is in a causal circumstance cc , and & is the effect of cc " , then cc " can not be part of cc and neither can any part of cc " . |
| 4 | A paranoid reproach is aimed at all females by an Amis-like figure , who then reproaches himself , or is reproached by some other Amis agent detectable in the novel . |
| 5 | Or is the delay perpetual ? |
| 6 | ‘ Or is it only that I do n't understand why as a consequence of being a mere male ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Dipsomania ? ’ enquired Henry Tyler with interest , ‘ or is she just a clairvoyant ? ’ |
| 8 | That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’ |
| 9 | The routine for rigging and de-rigging is usually passed on by word of mouth , or is self-taught . |
| 10 | Even a fairly stable trailer will start to swing if it overtakes or is overtaken by a large truck . |
| 11 | Many swinging and jack-knife accidents seem to start on slight downhill gradients , and particularly if the road surface changes or is uneven . |
| 12 | The only reason for an incipient or full spin changing direction is if the stick is held right back so that the glider is either kept stalled , or is re-stalled as the rotation stops . |
| 13 | For who within the service is seeking or is willing to dismantle these units whose power and autonomy has been growing in strides since the Royal Commission of 1960 and the subsequent Police Act of 1964 first created the amalgamated giants ? |
| 14 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 15 | Think I must be blushing , and maybe she is too or is it her English rose complexion kissed , fuck , there I go , kissed ( I should be so lucky ! ) by sudden Mediterranean sunshine ? |
| 16 | It is similarly tempting to think of the colour image as hovering in the background , somehow anticipated by the mind ; but this is a metaphor , for the image either is or is not in consciousness . |
| 17 | The tendency of the mind to move from one thing to another has to consist in the straightforward fact that one thing usually follows , or is caused by , the other ; the tendency or association can not be thought of as some experienced feature of the situation without reviving the original situation of having an unanalysed conception of the mind 's ability to reach out and apprehend things . |
| 18 | There is no way that the content of my thought can both be something that the subject really thinks , apprehends or is conscious of , and yet fall outside the scope of an analysis of the act of thinking . |
| 19 | The instructions were to agree one answer to this question ‘ Are these two bricks the same size , or is one of them bigger than the other ? ’ |
| 20 | Or is it Hull ? ’ |
| 21 | Instead of striking my face and grieving aloud because my hymen was no longer intact , I wondered , ‘ Is it because he 's an Englishman that he does n't feel proud he 's taken my virginity , or is he frightened that now I 'll try to force him to marry me ? ’ |
| 22 | Am I dreaming or is this the Orient Express of the inter-war years ? |
| 23 | Or is there some Steffi-crazy fan out there inundating the Tennis World office with letters cunningly disguised in a variety of handwriting just to confuse us ? |
| 24 | It should be noted that help from the Social Fund for funeral expenses is only available where there is insufficient money in the estate , and where the person making the arrangements is in receipt of income support , housing benefit or community charge benefit , or is the partner of someone receiving these benefits . |
| 25 | The address and telephone number of your local group should be listed in the telephone directory or is available from Age Concern England . |
| 26 | Impetus given from or with any part of the body must coincide with the musical phrasing fur it indicates the performer is to make or is making an important statement . |
| 27 | Or is dance going to be overloaded and the choreographic design lost in a mass of stage materials , such as too-heavy costumes , an overdose of stage effects and machinery or over-powerful sets which dwarf the dancers . |
| 28 | Or is it to be a full-length ballet with a maximum use of dancers ? |
| 29 | Or is it to be told by mimed dance and/or danced mime ? |
| 30 | Or is it from romantic poetry or music , such as the Massine-Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique or Balanchine 's Double Concerto based on music by Bach ? |