Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone in the community believes that someone is shielding the two youths . |
| 2 | Someone is closing the double doors of the shrine , fastening the chain latch , and firelight flickers out dimly between the slats . |
| 3 | The United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association , which is meeting the legal costs of the nuns ' case , was ‘ pleased and surprised ’ with the ruling that the nuns should be paid the full market price of £1.42 each for the birds if they were slaughtered . |
| 4 | It is estimated that about 15 per cent of the population , mostly in the rural areas , earn less than Z$100 a year , and it is this group which is facing the most difficulties in keeping their children at school . |
| 5 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 6 | PLANS to turn the site of a former explosives factory at Annan , Dumfriesshire , into Scotland 's top rallying centre were put forward yesterday by the 300-strong Wigton Motor Club which is based a few miles over the Border in Cumbria . |
| 7 | Plant Genetic Systems , the company which is developing the herbicide-resistant crops , has made a deal with the Hoechst chemical company which gives the latter the right to exploit the patent on crops resistant to Basta , which is in fact one of Hoechst 's own products . |
| 8 | This is the education system , he charges , which is producing the cultural bureaucrats who are turning the national patrimony of France into an amusement park for tourists ) . |
| 9 | Legislative authority is shared between the RCC and the 250-member National Assembly , which is elected every four years by universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation . |
| 10 | A Cabinet led by a Prime Minister is responsible to a unicameral parliament ( Riksdag ) which is elected every three years . |
| 11 | A Cabinet led by a Prime Minister is responsible to a unicameral parliament ( Riksdag ) which is elected every three years . |
| 12 | TMO says the survey is based on information from a study called ‘ Observatoire Permanent des Etablissements , ’ which is conducted every two years among 7,000 enterprises , and from annual surveys of its large and medium-sized accounts and of computer distributors . |
| 13 | It passes under a bridge , on the reverse of which is written the ominous words ‘ YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR ’ . |
| 14 | Readers might like to support Compassion in World Farming which is approaching the final stages of an international petition to the European Parliament , seeking proper protection for animals . |
| 15 | As soon as an assignment has been fully proofed it goes on to a list which is published every two months to all of the sales execs and you just look out for your number , all right ? and you 've got your own personal records of course , if you know you 've earned bonus then that 's where to claim it . |
| 16 | In the detailed examination of the spatial organization of Tyneside , use will be made of the idea of ‘ Northern Tyneside ’ , by which is meant the metropolitan districts of Newcastle and North Tyneside together with the adjacent county districts of Blyth Valley and Castle Morpeth . |
| 17 | However , some authors suggest that governmental elites , by which is meant the permanent officials within a government bureaucracy . |
| 18 | The Commonwealth Tournament , which is held every two years , has attracted an entry of more than 200 competitors from a total of 15 countries , including Australia , New Zealand , Nigeria , Zimbabwe , Kenya and Hong Kong . |
| 19 | The Soviet film ‘ A Piebald Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea ’ received the Ecumenical Award at this year 's Moscow Film Festival , which is held every two years . |
| 20 | The mouth belongs to Pedro Pacheco , the brash mayor of Jerez and a leader of the regional Andalucian Party , which is challenging the ruling Socialists on their own territory . |
| 21 | It is introducing more of the latter which is posing the biggest problems . |
| 22 | ‘ So she 's learnt a few tables by heart , has she ? ’ |
| 23 | And she 's giving the other patients their pill . |
| 24 | She 's showing the normal signs of middle age . |
| 25 | There 's an old woman with thick glasses and a name tag who 's serving the hot drinks so I go over to her and ask how much money I got . |
| 26 | Er , in terms of training , commercial training and it 's not just the Fire and Rescue Service I spoke recently with the Chief Ambulance Officer , who 's experiencing the same problems . |
| 27 | Lester Piggott ( eventually ) who 's ridden a few studs in his time as has |
| 28 | Here , a 31-year-old fitness instructor reveals how she is suffering the same agonies that drove Joanna to make such a dramatic cry for help . |
| 29 | At one level it may be expressed by a Commander-in-Chief who is determining the strategic objectives of the military and has to convince the generals . |
| 30 | Hafez al-Assad ) , who is elected every seven years by universal adult suffrage and who appoints the Vice-Presidents and the Council of Ministers . |