Example sentences of "[Wh pn] is [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is natural that any suggestion of lack of … of affection for this child should so upset a man who is of the highest integrity — ’ |
| 2 | Everything that is done must be subordinate to some official who reports up to a member of the administrative class , who is under an assistant secretary who then puts the matter to the permanent secretary , he being the adviser to the minister . |
| 3 | Now I 'm working to save the earth , ’ says Mitsu Kimata , who is at the sharp end of Body Shop 's thrust into Japan . |
| 4 | A tendon injury in her left hand makes last year 's winner Marie-Laure de Lorenzi , from France , an absentee this week , while Alison Nicholas , the 1987 winner , who is at the qualifying school in America , is also missing . |
| 5 | The absence of any correlative obligation on the part of him who is at the receiving end of the transaction may be material , but is not conclusive , in determining whether it contains an element of bounty or not . |
| 6 | Davie himself provides the example of a dedicated university teacher , who is at the same time a fine poet , a practitioner of rigorously evaluative criticism , and a judicious reviewer . |
| 7 | Then she was like one of those seers who is at the same time a strange animal , like a priestess in a bear 's cave . |
| 8 | Through the use of these negatives ( engineering and maths ) , we can see students ' construction of an identity as ‘ physicist ’ : a person who is not too remote from reality , but who is at the same time capable of independent and abstract thought — a point we shall return to in Chapter 6 . |
| 9 | The 30-year-old reserve ‘ keeper , who is on a week-to-week contract , has starred in two away wins plus Saturday 's goalless draw with Forest . |
| 10 | Will the Prime Minister tell the House where my constituent Joanne , who is on a vocational course , receives £35 a week , lives on her own through no choice of her own , occasionally goes without food and sits in the dark because she has no coins for the meter , fits into his citizens charter and the classless society ? |
| 11 | Catherine , who is on a three-month contract with ACET , is looking forward to caring for people with HIV/AIDS . |
| 12 | Mr Mandela , who is on a three-day tour of powderkeg areas around the Natal provincial capital Pietermaritzburg , said earlier he planned to attend tomorrow 's funeral . |
| 13 | WHITEHAVEN and Workington are eyeing Kiwi halfback Clayton Friend , who is on a weekly basis at Carlisle after failing to secure a contract . |
| 14 | It is not difficult to tell from casual chat at court who does what and after dealing with a few claims you soon get to know who is on the other side acting for the insurance companies . |
| 15 | Right , okay , so the three areas of professional telephone behaviour were , when you answer the phone you give a verbal handshake , by introducing yourself , finding out who is on the other end of the line , and asking them if it 's convenient to talk . |
| 16 | I have received considerable assistance in drafting the Bill from the Government and from my hon. Friend the Minister for Roads and Traffic , who is on the Front Bench . |
| 17 | Not least , their drummer Clive Hornby seen in our picture next to Tex , who is on the extreme left has gone on to be better known as Jack Sugden of TV 's Emmerdale . |
| 18 | The President , who is on an island-hopping tour of west coast islands , performed the official opening ceremony at the Community Centre on Innishturk , which has a population of 91 . |
| 19 | And it 's all about : Who is for the high jump in Rome ? |
| 20 | Control of subsidiary companies could pass into the hands of an owner who is outwith the local area . |
| 21 | Diana , who is from a broken home , will find no comfort in the fact that Lisa is from a stable and loving family who have given her every support since her separation from Marco . |
| 22 | First of all , Roy Hill , whose the Deputy Trading Standards Officer for Oxfordshire County Council , and also John Collinswood , who is from the Mechanical Breakdown Insurance Company in Thame . |
| 23 | And Whyte ca n't wait to get out there and show the masses just who is behind the latest mover . |
| 24 | A DISTRAUGHT mother is keeping a bedside vigil on her teenage son who is in a critical condition after overdosing on a cocktail of illegal drugs . |
| 25 | ‘ I think you 'd have to look at somebody who is in a similar position to him , who is still around , to try and figure that out . |
| 26 | Of course some boys may be asked to perform some or all of these tasks , but I think that ( for historical rather than biological reasons ) the task of substitute-mothering is more likely to devolve upon a girl than upon a boy who is in a similar position within the family . |
| 27 | The law says nothing as to a woman who has sexual intercourse with a man who is in a similar situation . |
| 28 | Dealing with the guest who is in a delicate business situation or just a very bad mood all goes with the territory . |
| 29 | A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it , or before a person or body designated by it , of a national or resident of the United States who is in a foreign country , or requiring the production of a specified document or other thing by him , if the court finds that particular testimony or the production of the document or other thing by him is necessary in the interests of justice , and , in other than a criminal action or proceeding , if the court finds , in addition , that it is not possible to obtain his testimony in admissible form without his personal appearance or to obtain the production of the document or other thing in any other manner . |
| 30 | The definition of an inn is to be found in s.1(3) of the HPA 1956 — ‘ an establishment held out by the proprietor as offering food , drink and , if so required , sleeping accommodation , without special contract , to any traveller presenting himself who appears able and willing to pay a reasonable sum for the services and facilities provided and who is in a fit state to be received ’ . |