Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is stands motionless by the Coke machine , ten feet away , her back to the wall . |
| 2 | Here , the best I could get for you is evens , but with another fiver collected for you from me mates , and the prize for winning , you 'll go home with fifty pounds in your pocket . |
| 3 | ‘ The only things they can offer you is things like making grass grow on colliery spoil heaps or being a world expert on how a locust eats grass , ’ says Peter . |
| 4 | One of the types of characters available to you is Bosses . |
| 5 | He/she is 5″ long and pure white in colour with slight traces of pink around the stomach and head . |
| 6 | Does he realise that what the country now needs from him is hope , but all that it gets is complacency ; that what the country needs from him is leadership , but all that it gets from him is excuses ; that what the country now needs is a Government who will act , but what it has is a Government paralysed by the election who dodge the issues , duck the realities and do nothing ? |
| 7 | From a frightening ratio of expenditure to fares revenue of four to one , the ratio has improved to better than two and a half to one and it is stili improving . |
| 8 | But it is stars of the theatrical and cinematic world — or certainly the matinee idols of that world — who still regard the term with such anxiety . |
| 9 | Its peculiar feature is that the main raw material , pig bristle , is bought from a monopoly supplier , China , and it is imports of Chinese paint brushes that have quadrupled within the last three years . |
| 10 | It seems that male spatial arrangements are contingent upon those of females , who are themselves dispersed in relation to dietary ecology , and yet in this species it is females rather than males that move between social units . |
| 11 | It is hotels such as the Marsiliana , built in traditional style and set in its own courtyard garden , which give Forte dei Marmi that peaceful and elegant quality for which it is famous . |
| 12 | It is conservatives and feminist radicals who grasp the importance of symbolism . |
| 13 | As it is professionals who generally define what they regard as ‘ normality ’ , this allows limited scope to negotiate flexible boundaries to accommodate a range of perspectives . |
| 14 | ‘ If it is defenders we need , who will lead until we can join them ? ’ |
| 15 | But , as I have described , it is ingredients such as soda and lime that alter totally the properties of Mass and whose local atomic structure is therefore especially interesting . |
| 16 | Where a person offers a rule in this manner , it is reasonable to assume that the rule constitutes a reason for his actions , and in trying to make sense of the world of the football fan it is reasons , rather than causes , which we are seeking . |
| 17 | ‘ People look for new ways to supplement their income and it is employers who feel the pinch . ’ |
| 18 | It is solicitors , not barristers , who conduct much the greater number of cases in the lesser courts — county courts and magistrates ' courts . |
| 19 | Scottish auctioneers confirm that bullocks are averaging 125p but stress that it is heifers and young bulls — each of which is demanded by a specific section of the Continental market — which have enjoyed the sharpest price rises . |
| 20 | Aside from the cutting lyrics of ‘ For Spacious Lies ’ or the cheeky exuberance of ‘ Blame It On The Bassline ’ , it is Beats International 's most characteristic creation . |
| 21 | It is horses for courses . |
| 22 | The quality of the user interface , such as whether it is windows based , is normally a feature of the related text information management package . |
| 23 | ‘ I take no delight in death , Lewis , and if one thing worries me above all else it is accidents — the random concourse of atoms in the void , as Epicurus used to say . ’ |
| 24 | Cos it 's , it is pins and stuff is n't it , that makes |
| 25 | It is cases like Byrd , Utley and Toon which are the chief cause for concern . |
| 26 | Because women generally outlive men , most very elderly people are women ( almost 70 per cent of those aged over 75 and 75 per cent of those over 85 ) , and it is conditions affecting older women where questions about equity in health care are particularly obvious . |
| 27 | Similarly , it is receptors that predominantly mediate constrictions of the renal vasculature of the rabbit ( ) , but receptors are more important in the rat kidney . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , the more snow , the more avalanches come down on to roads and into the valleys , but it is skiers who are normally most at risk . ’ |
| 29 | That I support the addition that that we that we should get on with it as quickly as possible and I suppose also that I regret the support that the request for an extra thirty seven thousand or whatever it is pounds in order to enable that to be carried out . |
| 30 | Throughout , our view has been that it is teachers who are closest to children , and together with parents they are responsible for deciding how to use the tools at hand . |