Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been without this issue as she is still receiving the last of her treatment from Charing Cross Hospital . |
| 2 | I have heard it said that when bream break surface it is simply to obtain the extra oxygen available there . |
| 3 | It is fast becoming the sloppiest language in Europe . |
| 4 | It is no use the hon. Member for Leeds , Central looking to either side of him ; he is the guilty man . |
| 5 | WavePhore said it is also joining the National Data Broadcast Committee , set up by the Association of Broadcasters to encourage entry into the high speed information market . |
| 6 | AT&T says that it is already using the two components in its New Generation Testing system that troubleshoots toll-free 800 number services and can pinpoint problems on up to 42 lines simultaneously . |
| 7 | It is often nicknamed the Northern Cross , and certainly it is much more cruciform than the Southern Cross . |
| 8 | It is sometimes called the Danish Gorgonzola , although the veining is greenish in colour and the paste is very yellow . |
| 9 | It is sometimes called the Total Period Fertility Rate ( TPFR ) or Total Fertility Ratio or Index , as it is not strictly a ‘ rate ’ . |
| 10 | With advances in electronic control and programming , and also possibly in operator programming skill , it is likely that in future it will be feasible for many operators to program the next job on the machine while it is still cutting the present piece . |
| 11 | A decade later and it is still tackling the controversial issues and delighting its loyal audience . |
| 12 | However elaborate the equipment , it is merely magnifying the natural psychic ability ( or lack of it ) that the individual might have . |
| 13 | ‘ Until Sinn Fein gives public , tangible and credible proof that it is actually taking the only ‘ political risk ’ which is meaningful in our situation , namely calling for the cessation of violence , then your words will lack credibility . ’ |
| 14 | When a bat detects heat it is actually sensing the infra-red radiation given off by a warm body . |
| 15 | In Europe , performance in France and Spain remains unsatisfactory , although it is now showing the first signs of improvement . |
| 16 | What is required of the student is the capacity to identify with English : " Unless an undergraduate can identify himself in some sense with the subject he is studying , he is either reading the wrong School , or has no business to be at university at all . |
| 17 | By arguing , amongst other radical things , for limited liability , the new chairman could change that — and he is already making the right noises . |
| 18 | Singer , for example , although he is here questioning the alleged rights of the human foetus , admits that it must have a potential that |
| 19 | ‘ If he says he needs a fresh challenge every six to 12 months , as he did when he left Leeds , he is only expressing the natural motivation every top sportsman requires . |
| 20 | Thirty years later , Healey says in his book , he is still making the same speech . |
| 21 | He is currently investigating the unusual claims made for this range of products . |