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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 'T is my misfortune that she is too lovely and too attractive . |
| 5 | She is only a skeleton , but she believes she is still alive and highly attractive . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Headmaster George Jones said : ‘ She is very bright and extremely enthusiastic . |
| 8 | She is very photogenic but fortunately she knows that being photogenic is not enough in this business . ’ |
| 9 | For all her industrious androgyny she is more beautiful than ever . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | And when I arrived at this party , she is totally unsubtle and sometimes very rude , you know , and er |
| 13 | For many it may be thought that what the market gives you is both fair and rightly yours . |
| 14 | ( 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | During the breeding season from mid May to August , it is strongly territorial and fiercely defensive to interlopers . |
| 19 | It is utterly charming and so unsophisticated . |
| 20 | It is fundamentally robust and so will not require frequent adjustment , a significant feature if Scottish qualifications are to be credible and readily understood in the rest of the UK and beyond . |
| 21 | Even presented in outline like that , it is reasonably clear that under green regimes Europeans would , by any conventional standards , become a great deal poorer than they are at the moment . |
| 22 | Sometimes it is slightly strong but so what ? , so is Cheddar cheese ! |
| 23 | Since individual media are competing with one another this is , perhaps , hardly surprising ; but where much of the research is done under the auspices of joint committees representing agencies , advertisers , and media it is slightly frustrating that so little seems to have been achieved . |
| 24 | It is slightly longer and more expensive , but is nevertheless a viable alternative should the Qatif alignment be politically unfeasible . |
| 25 | ‘ It is remarkably complete as well as being extremely well presented . |
| 26 | Though crops can be raised for local consumption in favoured areas of Alaska and Siberia , efficient horticulture is possible only under glass and with considerable inputs of energy ; it is generally cheaper and more reliable to bring in produce by road or air from the south . |
| 27 | May I assure my right hon. Friend that , in my judgment , it is both correct and entirely characteristic that he should offer his resignation ? |
| 28 | It is both clearer and faster than the question and answer technique which many systems employ , and should be determined by the operation number entered . |
| 29 | Such brief ‘ thumb-nail ’ sketches do give some indication of the essence of sociology , but ultimately it is both necessary and perhaps more fruitful to emphasise that the most important and distinctive feature of sociology is not so much what is studied but how it is studied , i.e. it is important to indicate what is the particular perspective of sociology , its distinct way of looking at the individual and society . |
| 30 | In this context , it is both welcome and yet depressing to see the major essay , ‘ object into Subject ’ , by American writer Michelle Cliff , republished again here . |