Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm someone 's going to heat one end and then hold the other end . |
2 | Someone is bound to come this way eventually . ’ |
3 | Our choice of ‘ aware ’ , as a philosophically uncorrupted word which can help us to approach philosophical problems from a different angle , does have something to do with its recent currency in the valuations of ordinary discourse , as when someone is said to apply abstract principles without being aware of other people as persons , or to have lost by too exclusive concentration on the uses of things awareness of the colours of dawn and the scent of the flowers . |
4 | In evaluating these arguments it is relevant to distinguish between regimes that have been the constitutional and established government of a state and a regime which is seeking to achieve that position either displacing a former government or to fill a vacuum . |
5 | That Ronchey 's move has been made now is due not only to the changed political climate , but also to the fact that the Minister is not a career politician like his recent , ineffective predecessors , but an independent , educated man ( he was a distinguished political journalist before being invited to join the government ) , who instead of getting tied up in his Ministry 's bureaucratic shibboleths , has collected an enlightened group of advisors around him , including the independent scholar Federico Zeri , who enjoys star status in Italy , and Mirella Baracco , the energetic founder of the private ginger group , Napoli 99 , which is managing to get long-closed monuments and churches in that city open to the public . |
6 | The relocation will be in three phases , each of which is planned to take eighteen months . |
7 | The second key component in the RAWP procedure consists of an adjustment which is intended to represent regional differentials in need for each service . |
8 | Large-scale empirical work which is intended to provide new information based on reliable data . |
9 | Denton has classified the various forms of aid to industry under three headings : general incentives provided under various programmes to all industrial firms in all parts of the country ; industrial restructuring which again is universal in scope and geographical area and which is intended to encourage industrial efficiency ; and regional aid which is limited to firms in the deprived regions of the country . |
10 | However , it has been said that advice which is intended to have persuasive effect is not distinguishable from inducement and ‘ the fact that an inducement to break a contract is couched as an irresistible embargo rather than in terms of seduction does not make it any the less an inducement . ’ |
11 | Slurry is metered to the tine by a positive displacement pump , which is said to give accurate application rates , and hydraulically-driven axles are offered as an option . |
12 | One other feature which is said to distinguish Japanese society from the West concerns their greater propensity towards collective effort for the good of the nation . |
13 | That instinct which is said to restrain other animals from killing and devouring their own species we need not attribute to him . |
14 | Slurry is injected into a 20mm ( 0.75in ) wide groove which can be up to 60mm ( 2.3in ) deep , and on all models , the slot is opened by a pair of discs mounted on a flexible arm , a feature which is said to ensure precise depth control . |
15 | Northwich was buzzing with news of the fire yesterday and many were speculating as to whether ICI would bother reopening the plant , which is scheduled to close this year . |
16 | Lyndon Harrison , the member for Cheshire West , is trying again to win grant aid from the EC 's shipbuilding funding for the Birkenhead yard which is scheduled to close next month . |
17 | This practice has coincided with the development of the cow disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE or ‘ mad cow disease ’ ) which is believed to affect one cow in every thousand . |
18 | The plans have already led to a number of Farnham Lane residents and others interested in protecting the track — which is believed to pre-date Roman times — to object to the reclassification scheme . |
19 | The major consequence of this bureaucratic inheritance is thus an imbalance between the power of bureaucracy and the power of other political institutions , an imbalance which is believed to have serious implications for further political development . |
20 | Since this restriction arises from an exercise of state power , liberal theory requires a justification to explain what permits the state , which is created to protect individual autonomy , to become an instrument of constraint . |
21 | First , without doubt the Supplement is a more practical guide , more heavily illustrated , with much more specificity than the general advice proffered by DB32 , a change which is bound to encourage more innovation among the more timid local authorities . |
22 | During his working years he has considerable leisure which is bound to have some interactions with work . |
23 | The major locus , which is assumed to have two alleles — A and A' producing three genotypes AA , AA' , A'A' — is defined by three parameters : q , the frequency of the major gene A' ; t , the displacement — that is , the distance measured in standard deviations on the liability scale between the two homozygous genotype class means ; and d , the degree of dominance , expressed as the position of the heterozygous class mean in relation to the homozygous class mean ( d=0 corresponds to a recessive gene , d=1 to a dominant gene , and d=0.5 to an additive gene ) . |
24 | Proceedings at any lawful public meeting , ( whether or not admission is restricted ) which is called to discuss any matter of public concern . |
25 | There are interviews with women who still practise female circumcision and the film-makers talk to Efna Graham , the director of FORWARD — a voluntary organisation which is trying to combat Female Circumcision . |
26 | The only exception at present is Gwynedd County Council which is trying to dampen inward migration and retain its resident population . |
27 | The idea is backed by the Meat and Livestock Commission which is trying to interest other chains in similar schemes . |
28 | Before the already previewed 100MHz , mid-range Model 735 , which is reckoned to do 150 SPECmarks , 81 SPECint92 and 150 SPECfp92 ( UX No 407 ) , there is thought to be another 50MHz machine , possibly the 725/50 , which could be reached from the existing Model 720 via a board swap . |
29 | As a result , 1993 and 1994 should be important years for LASMO as exploration drilling proceeds in Algeria , Libya , Yemen and Vietnam , each of which is considered to offer significant potential . |
30 | A start has been made on a study of the Iapetus Convergence Zone , which is designed to complement local investigations in the Southern Uplands and northern England , and to provide the regional setting for them . |