Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that to know ‘ I ’ by description is to know it not as ‘ that which is aware of something ’ or which has a mental state ’ but as , in Hume 's words ' ‘ a bundle or collection of different perceptions ’ . |
| 2 | Some computers have a variation on the multiply instruction which delivers an n-bit result for operands limited in size , or which rounds a 2n-bit result to n bits . |
| 3 | This does not mean that the interviewer becomes a cold clinical robot , but it does mean that he or she uses a particular instrument in the way that it is designed to be used — for objective study . |
| 4 | An individual 's attitude to the question of the political context in which the legal system operates will depend on whether he or she takes a supportive attitude to the political status quo or wishes to challenge it . |
| 5 | As such he or she establishes a close working relationship with the chief executive officer . |
| 6 | To do this , they need to work out what their partner is doing , when for example , he or she lifts an empty cup to their lips , or tilts an empty teapot above the cup . |
| 7 | Your plugger should contact all the DJs with whom he or she has a good relationship , trying to persuade them to play your record . |
| 8 | The second must be that he or she has a long life . |
| 9 | If the researcher is interested in discussions of government finance in the Treasury , he or she has a potential problem of informational over-kill . |
| 10 | Under the established system for electing members to the House of Commons , each elector has only one vote in a general election ; each constituency returns only one Member of Parliament ; and Members of the House of Commons are elected on a first-past-the-post ( winner takes all ) system whereby the candidate with the most votes wins the seat whether or not he or she has an overall majority of all the votes cast in the constituency . |
| 11 | Dealings with clients ' money — a solicitor must keep a careful and separate account of any money of yours that he handles and must account to you for deposit interest if he or she holds a significant amount of your money for a significant length of time . |
| 12 | This prepares the horse 's neck muscles so its response to the needle is decreased ; and it relaxes the vet 's hand and arm muscles so that he or she makes a better job of it ! |
| 13 | ( it could be misshelved ) or who has a particular title . |
| 14 | In sign , it can be seen in the learner 's apparent acknowledgement of comprehension of a statement by the deaf person which the hearing learner in fact has not understood , or it involves an immediate switch of topic by the hearing learner to something in which he feels more competent , without answering the deaf person 's query . |
| 15 | They either indicate where the grave is without strings attached , or it becomes a shoddy exercise which should be refused . |
| 16 | This will have two effects : either the rider gets angry or he suffers an immediate confidence failure . |
| 17 | ‘ It is a mixed community and everyone takes a great pride in the village . |
| 18 | The top five men and women will win vouchers , the top 100 finishers a T-shirt and everyone receives a commemorative mug and certificate . |
| 19 | They get top coaching and everyone has a great time . ’ |
| 20 | The system was carefully designed for confidentiality , and everyone has a separate ID for the survey . |
| 21 | And everyone heaves a massive sigh of relief . |
| 22 | Changes in media personnel are fairly frequent and nothing gives a worse impression of the PR executive the continual receipt of material with a predecessor 's name or even their predecessor 's predecessor 's name on it . |
| 23 | reservoir , and someone puts a little pipe on as well . |
| 24 | It was not natural in Shakespeare 's day for parents to kneel to their offspring so when his children try to gain authority over him Lear is so enraged he goes mad and the outer conflict between Regan , Goneril and himself becomes an inner struggle for his sanity . |
| 25 | We are also developing a common funding formula for self- governing schools which is fair , both to the schools themselves and to the local education authorities which is transparent and which offers a reasonable prospect of stability of funding . |
| 26 | Previously when bottlenecks arose in the benefit delivery system regional or local decisions had to be made that might affect implementation , now there is a central ‘ directorate ’ which is likely to be involved in the examination of policy feasibility and which plays an important part in determining how policy is implemented . |
| 27 | A second element of the state system which requires investigation is the administrative one , which now extends far beyond the traditional bureaucracy of the state , and which encompasses a large variety of bodies , often related to particular ministerial departments , or enjoying a greater or lesser degree of autonomy public corporations , central banks , regulatory commissions , etc. and concerned with the management of the economic , social , cultural and other activities in which the state is now directly or indirectly involved . |
| 28 | Such old people customarily exhibit behaviour which is extraordinarily difficult to tolerate and which raises a high level of anxiety . |
| 29 | Mysticism is a particularly interesting example of the attempt to interpret the faith in a new way and which discovers a new richness that was there in embryo waiting to be developed . |
| 30 | A simple savings account that lets each person choose their own level of saving and which pays an attractive rate of interest free of all income tax . |