Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , while a married woman may claim unemployment benefit , she is ineligible to claim supplementary benefit in her own right , but must be dependent upon her husband ( or cohabitee ) to do this on her behalf . |
| 2 | ‘ Any woman can have a confident and attractive aura if she is prepared to invest some time , energy and a little money into evolving her own personal style ’ . |
| 3 | I think this shows a wonderfully sensitive and unselfish attitude in Patsy that she is prepared to accept this relationship . |
| 4 | Similarly the student must be aware of the opportunities for learning , so that she is able to make full use of her time on the ward . |
| 5 | He or she is unlikely to have any skill or previous experience in seeking compensation for injury and is , therefore , largely dependent on the legal advice sought and received . |
| 6 | But equally she is likely to take considerable exception to the arrival of any stranger and in her current mood you would probably end up with mincemeat ( mincefish ? ) . |
| 7 | The disabled child — particularly one who is severely disabled , either physically or mentally — may labour under a distorted upbringing which adversely affects the development of relationship capacity ; he or she is likely to have less opportunity for peer relationships and the process of sexual and quasi-sexual learning which takes place between children ; there will be much less opportunity in later life for sexual partnership or marriage ; and so on . |
| 8 | She is entitled to make any contribution as a Member of Parliament , and should John Major want to seek advice I 'm sure he would , but I do n't I am certain in my own mind that that has n't happened at the moment . |
| 9 | As he was found guilty of having intercourse with a girl of under 16 years of age , logic surely draws the conclusion that if she is unable to testify in court , she is unable to give informed consent to sexual intercourse ; in other words that the grounds on which the charge was dropped should have been the grounds on which rape was proven . |
| 10 | No doubt Cosmopolitan 's young woman readers will be impressed by Beverley 's achievements and she is happy to fulfil that role . |
| 11 | ‘ The organisation manager ’ has moderate concern for both people and production ; he/she is likely to stress high concern for ethos but , under pressure , is more likely to opt for a production orientation . |
| 12 | No examiner who has a pile of scripts in front of him is likely to spend much time trying to decipher an unreadable word or sentence . |
| 13 | Since both f and g decrease from ½ towards -½ in the interaction region , it is appropriate to divide this region into the subregions A and B in which the product fg is positive and negative respectively as indicated in Figure 10.4 . |
| 14 | In some cases it is appropriate to choose other rewards that are more motivating to children , like a surprise bag with little gifts in it into which children can place their hands and find a surprise . |
| 15 | However , if it is appropriate to make any sort of residence order , under section 11(7) : ‘ A section 8 order [ which includes a residence order ] may — ( a ) contain directions about how it is to be carried into effect ; … |
| 16 | For these reasons , it is appropriate to address these areas specifically in this section . |
| 17 | Through trial and error they learn how and where it is appropriate to express such feelings and when they will be effective . |
| 18 | There are a number of circumstances in which the Commission may consider that a restriction on competition does not of itself fall within Article 85(1) because of the economic context in which it operates or alternatively where it is appropriate to grant individual exemptions . |
| 19 | At this point it is appropriate to note that gender , as an organizing principle of the school structure and of wider social relations , varies considerably in the strength of its ‘ framing power ’ . |
| 20 | More generally , it may be asked to what extent it is appropriate to regard collective bargaining — the explanatory variable in Clegg 's theory — as an independent and primary determinant in its own right , rather than as a transmission mechanism for other forces . |
| 21 | The situation in the three separate parts of the United Kingdom is not so radically different that it is appropriate to establish different crimes as part of the panoply of the law for dealing with offences in prisons . |
| 22 | It is unkind — perhaps I should not mince words — it is cruel to keep albino fish under bright lights ; with a fish like the Oscar , often kept in a tank with no shade to escape into , this detail is particularly important . |
| 23 | It is wisest to treat each variety according to the details and information that will be contained in the better kind of catalogue — the sort of information which will also influence your decision where to order . |
| 24 | With the ‘ green ’ movement gathering pace , it is good to see recycled papers which are acid free becoming available to artists . |
| 25 | It will be suggested perhaps that , instead of simply feeling himself pulled between a thirst for new experience and a dread of losing his pension , a rational man would ponder conflicting principles , ‘ It is good to welcome new experience ’ and ‘ One ought not to risk one 's pension ’ , and judge between them by deducing from more general principles combined with verbally formulated facts about Bali and himself . |
| 26 | In any case , what kind of general principles would be of help in judging between ‘ It is good to welcome new experience ’ and ‘ One ought not to risk one 's pension ’ ? |
| 27 | It is good to report that branch membership has increased by 46% over the last four years . |
| 28 | Now that we are both too decrepit to walk far , it is good to remember those family walks . |
| 29 | It is prudent to confirm oral communications in writing to ensure that a record of events is available . |
| 30 | It is prudent to check each company 's rules before you commit yourself ‘ These contracts have only just started in Britain and so far people have treated them cautiously , ’ says Peter Hargreaves of adviser Hargreaves Lansdowne . |