Example sentences of "he is [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must remember that he is waging a dirty war . |
| 2 | He is wearing a blue tunic and around his shoulders is a fur cloak made of the skins of the hyrax . |
| 3 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 4 | Around the inner compound of his ranch house , Goldsmith has built a moat in which he is sheltering a large number of crocodiles — a notoriously threatened species . |
| 5 | He is using a human child as research material , removing him from what everybody — our readers — must regard as a normal human life . |
| 6 | We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits . |
| 7 | In The Prelude we can easily detect a similar pattern imposed upon experience , though Wordsworth is describing a poetic rather than a Christian vocation ; and though he may appear to use religious vocabulary ( see again the discussion on pages 89–91 ) , he is expounding a secular philosophy . |
| 8 | He is to table a new series of questions in the Commons today which ask for details of the proposed package . |
| 9 | In this latter event , unless he is to receive a reasonable rate of interest on the monies outstanding , the monies received on repayment of the charge could be worth very little in purchasing power by the time they are received . |
| 10 | The official said : ‘ He is taking a 10 day holiday with his family in Italy . |
| 11 | Although he is taking a positive attitude , it is clear that George 's self-image has been shaken . |
| 12 | Wearing aviator sunglasses and a wet T-shirt , he is smoking a dry cigarette . |
| 13 | He is hoping a local farm owner will rent him space to run a boarding kennels and rescue side by side — one supporting the other . |
| 14 | Secondly , the court may order him to forfeit his office if he is convicted for corruption under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 , and if he is convicted a second time under that Act he may be adjudged incapable for ever of holding a public office . |
| 15 | Will they think that he is getting a massive discount , as he will have to pay only a small amount ? |
| 16 | Or even that he is conducting a stealthy operation to ensure the BBC 's survival that depends on elaborate deception . |
| 17 | He is conducting a low profile marketing campaign with Lane Fox at a general price level of £1.25 million , depending on how much land the buyer wants with it . |
| 18 | Now the challenge is complete , he is considering a close shave , probably in the name of charity . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend will realise that his statement on corporation tax for small companies needs slight adjustment and I am sure that he is considering a major adjustment on capital gains , which I understand is one of the taxes where the cost of collection exceeds the revenue . |
| 20 | Orlando Azcué Rodriguez : a 33-year-old cigar factory technician , he is serving a three-year sentence for advocating free elections . |
| 21 | Mohammadreza Nezameddin Mohaved : a 74-year-old retired civil servant' he is serving a three-year sentence for ‘ criticizing the president . ’ |
| 22 | SUH KYUNG-WON : a 55-year-old parliamentarian , he is serving a 10-year prison sentence for making an unauthorized visit to North Korea and meeting North Korean officials . |
| 23 | He is serving a 10-year jail sentence . |
| 24 | Nijazi Beqa : an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo , aged 29 , he is serving a four-year prison sentence in Dubrav prison near Istok . |
| 25 | Mohamed Abbad : a 37-year-old student and ex-president of the Union Nationale des Etudiants Marocains ( UNEM ) , National Union of Moroccan Students , he is serving a 15-year prison sentence in Safi Prison . |
| 26 | He is serving a 20-year sentence imposed in 1988 by a military court which found him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government . |
| 27 | DR AHMAD OSMAN SIRAJ : a 46-year-old senior lecturer at the University of Khartoum 's medical school , he is serving a 15 year sentence for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the military government of General Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir . |
| 28 | If that is true , he is waving a magic wand with a sledgehammer on the end . |
| 29 | The narrative base to this section ( Sukenick 's visit to Israel ) represents a journey to a country of spiritual origins as if he is seeking a lost unity antecedent to the modern state of division . |
| 30 | That , and the need to earn a living , are the reasons behind his desire to stay in the US where he is seeking a green card as a full-time athlete having graduated from Stanford University last year . |