Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [verb] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reset button is also provided , which is pressed if the charging light fails to illuminate . |
| 2 | So the fact that material things are ‘ senseless beings ’ , and hence that the heat which is perceived and the bodily sensation can not be alike , can not constitute a proof that we are not justified in attributing heat and cold to material things . |
| 3 | When prototypes have satisfied the OR Staff , production is carried out by the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence , using commercial contracts of a number of different types such as ‘ fixed price ’ , ‘ single tender ’ , and the much criticised ‘ cost-plus ’ , which is used when the technical risks are too high , the contractors able to tender too few , or the time too short for normal competitive tendering . |
| 4 | The Empire is crumbling into civil war , Daemons are popping up on all sides , and who 's to say that the Great Enchanter does n't have a hand in it somewhere ? |
| 5 | The two erm handlers here , I do n't know whether there 's one who 's handling and the other one 's just sort of having a chat with him about but , you know , they they 're important in the picture but they 're not er you know , the horses completely dominate the , the two people in the picture . |
| 6 | Need it be a matter of wonder , when we see her capable of such restraint in general , that she should retire within herself and exercise that control we find her continually exerting over all her thoughts and actions the more energetically at a time when she is taught that a stray thought of desire would be impurity and its fruition pollution . |
| 7 | described two distinct states of affair , namely , ( a ) where the wife is alive to what she is signing and is procured to sign by the undue influence of her husband ; and ( b ) where the wife is not aware of what she is signing and the only ground for impeaching the document is her want of understanding . |
| 8 | In retrospect it may seem that the trend was already irresistible — the First World War certainly made it so — but who is to say that a positive imperial policy pursued energetically in 1902 or 1912 was inevitably doomed to failure ? |
| 9 | Who is to say that the first is not as " complex " as the second or third ? |
| 10 | Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ? |
| 11 | The person you are about to see is probably a rather harassed individual who is hoping that the ideal employee is going to be , as we have mentioned before , the next person to walk through the door . |
| 12 | Only giant lock John Eales who is rested and the injured David Campese will be missing . |
| 13 | But when all the please and thank you is unsaid and the little courtesy is undone , it does make a difference to society . |
| 14 | Identity itself is damaged and the negative effects of stress in school begin to leak out and contaminate people 's confidence and competence in other , perhaps all , aspects of their lives . |
| 15 | Where no express covenant is given by the transferee , the Revenue takes the view that one is implied unless a contrary intention is shown ( and may always be implied where property was previously in joint names with both parties jointly liable on the mortgage ) . |
| 16 | When the work of loading the vans and trucks commences , one is persuaded that the chaotic array will never be reduced to order . |
| 17 | If there is vomiting or a significant headache . |
| 18 | First , there is the success of the non-proliferation treaty , and the inhibition on extra states ' developing a nuclear capability ; secondly , there is ensuring that the nuclear capability — particularly the sub-strategic capability — that is at present spread throughout the republics of the former Soviet Union remains under strong control , is brought together and is dismantled at the earliest possible opportunity . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds . |
| 20 | It 's puzzling that the British public seems to share this feeling of worship for Russian dancers , yet does n't extend anything like the same respect to its own . |
| 21 | Stan Wilson became a sergeant in the Army Educational Corps ‘ it 's said that the only battle they ever won was the 1945 General Election for Labour ’ before spending 34 years at what he terms the chalk face . |
| 22 | Perhaps it 's telling that a similar process of self-siphoning is also afflicting Hollywood , for no other song-writer is as steeped in cinema as Springsteen ( it is surprising that we had to wait until Indian Runner for a film to be made of one of his songs ) . |
| 23 | Burglary — where it 's reckoned that a only tiny proportion are ever caught — nets £590 million . |
| 24 | I am going to send it to Sarah when it 's finished and the final word on its fate will be hers . |
| 25 | Again it 's claimed that the smallest unit — the 300 — can be used on fishtanks . |
| 26 | It 's claimed that the secret GCHQ listening centre is even trawling through personal phone calls abroad in its search for useful information . |
| 27 | It 's claimed that the laser-engraved cards are fraud-proof at a cost of £1.20 each to produce , compared with 25p for the old cards It 's an investment that the industry hopes will beat the fraudsters hands down . |
| 28 | This goal is about to be reached when it is discovered that a great deal more investment is required . |
| 29 | Once it is suspected that the archaeological levels have been reached or almost reached , the excavation area is cleaned up using hand tools , and all the loose earth is removed so that any differences in the colour and texture of the soil can be distinguished . |
| 30 | Since most versions of legal theory are at least partial visions of law it is unsurprising that the criminal law will throw up both confirmations and refutations of most legal theories . |