Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of all the people who have ever worked in the centre , she is most punctual and very reliable . |
| 2 | He or she is not house-proud or much concerned with appearances . |
| 3 | She is as honest and upright as they come , but has landed like a ton of bricks on younger members of staff whose behaviour she does n't approve of . |
| 4 | So far as the finger-work or typesetting goes , she is as quick or quicker than a man ? — They say she is more deft and better adapted to it " ( a trade unionist ) . |
| 5 | 'T is my misfortune that she is too lovely and too attractive . |
| 6 | She is only a skeleton , but she believes she is still alive and highly attractive . |
| 7 | It is her whole situation — she is so mournful and silently accusing and sometimes , Robert , I think her as mad as Landor with all this nonsense she makes of the Bible from time to time . |
| 8 | Headmaster George Jones said : ‘ She is very bright and extremely enthusiastic . |
| 9 | She is very photogenic but fortunately she knows that being photogenic is not enough in this business . ’ |
| 10 | For all her industrious androgyny she is more beautiful than ever . |
| 11 | Enid Blyton offers us the independent girl as something of a freak : ‘ George ’ , the independent girl as ‘ problem ’ , even if she is more interesting and more individual than the other characters . |
| 12 | So far as the finger-work or typesetting goes , she is as quick or quicker than a man ? — They say she is more deft and better adapted to it " ( a trade unionist ) . |
| 13 | And when I arrived at this party , she is totally unsubtle and sometimes very rude , you know , and er |
| 14 | For many it may be thought that what the market gives you is both fair and rightly yours . |
| 15 | ( 3 ) An alternate Director shall ( except when absent from the United Kingdom ) be entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purpose of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) An alternate Director shall ( except when absent from the United Kingdom ) be entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purpose of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director . |
| 17 | Given the revival of interest in local radio and the fact that this is occurring within a general context of economic and financial difficulty in the country as a whole , it is rather surprising that so little attention has been paid to the potential role of radio in contributing to local economic development . |
| 18 | It is rather strange that so little attention has been given so far to the mechanical properties of biological materials , though perhaps in human terms it is understandable . |
| 19 | During the breeding season from mid May to August , it is strongly territorial and fiercely defensive to interlopers . |
| 20 | It is utterly charming and so unsophisticated . |
| 21 | Unfortunately it is not cheap or readily obtainable , bearing in mind that with the radiometer it might be necessary to screen a considerable proportion of a growth room . |
| 22 | Unlike intarsia , it is not necessary and often not even desirable to wrap the two weaving yarns . |
| 23 | It is not certain whether all cars of this batch ( Nos. 1–16 ) were delivered with track brakes , but most probably were . |
| 24 | It is not surprising but always pleasant , to discover useful information about activities in one 's own country form a publication elsewhere on the planet . |
| 25 | In view of the slowness with which changes of mental outlook came about in those days , it is not surprising that even after the introduction of the mechanical clock in the fourteenth century most people , including many of the more sophisticated , were far less concerned in their daily life with the passage of time than we are . |
| 26 | Since watches were for long the toys of the rich , it is not surprising that often when ordinary folk encountered one they were extremely puzzled and were even inclined to look upon it as something evil and dangerous . |
| 27 | Opera is the communal act of listening to this silent voice from inside : it is not surprising that so many people are hungry for the experience it awakens . |
| 28 | If this is so , it is not surprising that so many complaints continue to be made by patients and relatives about poor communication . |
| 29 | Given the confusion over the definition of a partial shift , it is not surprising that so many consultants and juniors oppose them . |
| 30 | It is not surprising that so many North Americans feel they were born to shop . |