Example sentences of "[Wh pn] is [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With some innovative thinking on the way new energy taxes are applied , Mr Lamont might even give a helping hand to Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , who is struggling to find a way out of the controversy over plans for pit closures . |
| 2 | However , for the benefit of those who have yet to become acquainted with these mysteries , let's take a look at the whole business of video formats and their particular significance to anyone who is intending to purchase a camcorder . |
| 3 | Left to right are Viv Cumbley , Jacqueline Ward , and Susan Woch applauding colleague Jill Bailey who is pictured crushing a packet of cigarettes after kicking the habit . |
| 4 | Three of them , catching a youth who is trying to push a bicycle through a snowdrift , tip him into the gutter and stuff his shirt with snow . |
| 5 | A passenger who is screaming to get out of a car , who is trying to stop a driver driving dangerously , will still be guilty of the aggravated offence . |
| 6 | I never actually experienced the drama of dealing with any lack of moral fibre ( LMF ) cases , although I can imagine the difficulty faced by a CO who is trying to run a squadron in wartime if suddenly he was confronted with a case of LMF . |
| 7 | But he is likely to be kept out of the team by Prost who is believed to have a deal which bars the Brazilian from coming in as his partner . |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes a man who is wounded suffers a fever . |
| 9 | Whereas the pet Rottweiler living at home would require a low degree of sharpness , a Schutzhund dog or a dog who is required to guard a family home would need to have at least a medium degree of sharpness . |
| 10 | However , since an Enforcement Notice has to be confirmed by the Secretary of State who is required to have a hearing , and since compensation is payable for any loss arising out of a Stop Notice , if the notice is quashed because the development is authorised or does not require planning permission , unauthorised development can , and does , go on unpenalised for a very long time . |
| 11 | The ‘ ideal ’ pupil is one who is thought to require a period of adjustment coming from a school which has expressed a willingness to take the pupil back . |
| 12 | Section 1(5) prohibits an individual who has contemplated or who is contemplating making a take-over offer for a company in one capacity from dealing in the shares of the offeree in another capacity if he knows that the information relating to the fact that the offer is contemplated or is no longer contemplated is unpublished price sensitive information . |
| 13 | Det Sgt Norburn , of the Yorkshire force said : ‘ Anyone who is going to take a holiday in Greece can play their part by keeping a lookout for a child with a shock of white hair and a friendly disposition . ’ |
| 14 | But who is going to buy a scanner , starting price £100 , just to tune in to broadcasts they could hear more clearly on the radio ? |
| 15 | Who is going to buy a T-shirt with the words ‘ Athletico Whaddon ’ felt-tipped on to a piece of paper , and Blu-tac 'd over an Iron Maiden logo ? |
| 16 | Its mouth was open and it had an expression on its face of someone who is going to have a lot of difficulty explaining what they have just seen , especially to themselves . |