Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] is [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each novel presents a main character in a situation in which he or she is in some way alienated . |
| 2 | or she is in some way masculinized : |
| 3 | To take the case of religious education first : in a society that is increasingly mixed in terms of religion and culture and which is in any case predominantly secular , compulsory RE seems an anachronism . |
| 4 | And there is without any exception , everything in the Christian life is a gift . |
| 5 | He recognised that human society is characterised by extraordinarily complex and rich forms of communication , and it is through such communication that the individual 's self is constructed and the larger group is constructed . |
| 6 | However , in the latter , pathways may operate which are not present in the host and it is at this level that some antiparasitic drugs operate . |
| 7 | There is always a point at which the limitation of science , albeit forever progressing , introduces the need to make an unproved assumption about the mystery of life , and it is at this point that a religion becomes a necessity and must take over . |
| 8 | And it is at this point that we can see the way in which secularisation feeds and nurtures the philosophies of secularism . |
| 9 | In Vietnam the loss of a small intelligence network to the Japanese had made it essential for operational purposes that it should be replaced and it is at this point that Ho Chi Minh and the American OSS found each other . |
| 10 | This is where the skills of skimming a text to gain a general impression , and scanning to glean specific points , are very useful , and it is at this point within the process of finding information that they would perhaps most effectively be taught . |
| 11 | It was safer to hire soldiers as well and it is at this time that we first come across the name Mercadier , a name that from now on was to be closely linked with Richard 's . |
| 12 | Late morulae are generally regarded as 16- to 32-cell embryos which have not cavitated and it is at this stage ( -84 h post-hCG ) that they pass through the uterotubal junction from the oviduct into the uterus . |
| 13 | The datafile is able to deal with up to four hundred records at any one time and it is at this stage that the school librarian has to decide on the number of data disks which will be needed . |
| 14 | The police discretion and powers under the legislation already referred to will , as usual , bring industrial protesters and pickets into a relationship with the police and it is on that relationship that the quality of freedom to protest and its scope will be worked out . |
| 15 | It is a crucial part of their economic regeneration , and it is on that basis that other services can follow . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , I believe that the CA approach can get us further with the study of code switching than other approaches tried so far , and it is on that basis that I have chosen to use it in this book . |
| 17 | I am glad we have that partnership with all of you here and it is on that note , on behalf of the government , that I wish you every possible success as you embark upon your seventy fifth year . |
| 18 | What the system does do is to provide a continuous flow of information to the selector about the type of books required by the library and the number of books of each type , and it is on this information that the bibliographical decisions are based . |
| 19 | This degree of self-consciousness is rare in literature , but it is nevertheless based on the opposition between fabula and ryuzhet , and it is on this opposition that the literariness of all prose narrative rests . |
| 20 | And it is on this basis alone that they support the change . |
| 21 | The report of Domingue and Ingram ( 1978 ) , for the USA , indicates the emergence of the profession both in terms of status and in concerns for interpreter efficiency , and it is on this basis that we begin to look at the processes involved , comparing signed with spoken interpretation . |
| 22 | Erm simply to remind you of the position of of Selby District in in that our interest in a new settlement emerged out of concern for the quality of life in existing villages in in Selby district , and concerns for the impact of future peripheral development in those villages , and not just peripheral development on the edge of York , although of course we acknowledge that as an important consideration and it is for that reason that we fully supported the County Council 's proposals in relation to greenbelt , erm you asked the question earlier in relation to the P P G advice and and the six criteria , erm in fact I 've already rehearsed that argument in my submission so I wo n't repeat it now , erm the fact that you chose to phrase the question that way I 'll take as a good omen as to the way I presented my submission , but it it it 's there for you to read again , the the the main point that I want to address is something that was raised by Mr Wincup yesterday , and that was the difference or not as between Selby district and Hambledon district , er M Mr Jewitt 's made reference earlier to his opposition to the new settlement , and in doing so he he he mentioned the settlement pattern in Hambledon district , he 'll correct me if I 'm wrong , but one of small dispersed villages , well in Selby district we do have villages of that nature , but the Northern part of of Selby district is significantly deferent to Hambledon , it 's characterized by much larger villages , and in fact the establishment of a new settlement would n't conflict with with the settlement pattern at all . |
| 23 | The important debate in my opinion that we shall have this Committee stage and it is for that reason and also because for four-and-a-half years which I think is regarded as a very long time , I was answerable for police affairs er with the Home Secretary in another place , as the Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan will remember , many years ago , it goes back to January nineteen fifty-eight when I became Under Secretary and he was political advisor to the Police Federation and we very rarely disagreed I 'm happy to say . |
| 24 | More recently , they have contributed towards the services of a much needed nurse , and it is for this cause that they continue to donate a set sum each week together with raffle sales and other activities from which they will soon reach their target of another £600 , the same sum that was given earlier this year . |
| 25 | Shakespeare is the most widely known and read of the classical playwrights and it is for this reason that a piece from one of his plays is nearly always obligatory at a drama school audition . |
| 26 | In ‘ The Visit ’ , Leapor 's upset is caused by comments on her appearance , and it is for this reason that she needs shelter : |
| 27 | We English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler , he is bound , almost by definition , to be an Englishman . |
| 28 | It is as if riches are an intolerable burden to the truly free spirit , and it is for this reason that many men have voluntarily thrown away then money . |
| 29 | All told , the ambitious predictions made for the Orbital have been substantially realised , and it is for this reason that the two-stroke Fiesta prototype won the approbation of our judges . |
| 30 | The conscious and preconscious systems may not be able to influence the unconscious system at all , and it is for this reason that the notion of the unconscious has important implications for sociological understanding of human action . |