Example sentences of "[pron] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Land passes from father to son : his is split between himself and his father . |
2 | Naturally , it is almost duty to bring with bad news a panacea , and his is bottled as ‘ knowhow ’ . |
3 | Part of the chapter on motivation deals with obesity , and the discussion of theories of why we stuff ourselves is capped by a cartoon in which a chef tells a fat blimp ‘ As far as I know there 's no such thing as a diet cream puff . ’ |
4 | ‘ And that man-eating sister of yours is determined to have him herself , is n't she ? ’ |
5 | ‘ I remember pointing at it one day and he said , ‘ Well you have n't got one at all , yours is broken . ' ’ |
6 | Yes yours is folded up , my was n't was it ? |
7 | ‘ If someone is determined to prevent an agreement or can not agree then there wo n't be one . ’ |
8 | ‘ In any case , if someone is determined to go in the sea , for whatever reason , they can just hop over the wall , which is only two or three feet high . |
9 | The entire fabric and balance of power within the group may be shattered if someone is transferred or promoted . |
10 | Another example of this is when someone is asked to identify a body if , for example , there has been an accident in a public place . |
11 | When someone is asked a question , it is likely that before answering he will direct his gaze away from the questioner 's eyes ( Argyle and Cook , 1976 ) particularly if the question requires some thought . |
12 | If someone is asked a question and replies yes or no it will be understood that the question is now answered and that there is nothing more to be said . |
13 | Office : a relatively permanent position within the social structure to which someone is appointed or qualified , for example , electrician , nurse , pilot |
14 | Senior registrar appointment committees assume that accreditation is necessary before someone is appointed to a consultant post and that accreditation will be granted only after four years of higher training ( eight years for a doctor training half time under the PM(79)3 scheme ) . |
15 | Indeed , a full point score is likely to be awarded if someone is floored by a strong mid-section attack . |
16 | If someone is given too much change in a supermarket , for instance , they might keep the money claiming that they need it much more than the supermarket does and , anyway , nobody would find out . |
17 | Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university . |
18 | Thus autonomy is lost or renounced either if someone is coerced into thinking/acting against their will , or if a person is treated perhaps willingly — as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires or ends . |
19 | It is suggested that when someone is threatened with a weapon during a crime the victim may focus his or her attention on the weapon to a degree which may subsequently hinder identification of the assailant . |
20 | Enter by the porter 's lodge ; if no one is there go to the door in the first courtyard on the left and someone is bound to come to your aid . |
21 | Someone is bound to come this way eventually . ’ |
22 | Someone is bound to make you aware that happiness is as free an option as sorrow . |
23 | So if someone is mugged , raped , or injured , it is because he or she believed it would happen . |
24 | If we know that someone is injured , I as the doctor will go out too . |
25 | Over the past few days , police officers have asked me why a community has to wait until someone is injured or killed before an offender is sent to prison for a lengthy period . |
26 | If one of these machines is defective and someone is injured as a result , then the importer/distributor will be liable under the Act , apart from any remedies available against him under contract . |
27 | It is reasonable and sensible that , if the police are trying to implement a rational policy whereby , first , someone is cautioned and then prosecuted , that information should be available . |
28 | If someone is registered as an independent financial adviser , it is his or her duty to give independent advice and that adviser is regulated by the appropriate body to do that . |
29 | When someone is bereaved they have to make considerable readjustment socially speaking . |
30 | Once someone is elected they serve every member of that constituency , antis as well as pros . |