Example sentences of "he is [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Now the special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Jose-Maria Mendiluce , says he is revolted to hear those words from Mr Boban . |
2 | He is sure to take some beating with more enterprising tactics and can hand out a lesson in the New University Maiden . |
3 | As physician in charge of screening at Murrayfield Hospital , Dr Ayles is well versed in this particular area and stresses he is anxious to prevent unnecessary alarm . |
4 | He is due to arrive this morning at the Divulje barracks near Split on the Croatian coast and travel on , weather permitting , to a camp known as The Redoubt near Tomislavgrad in south-west Bosnia . |
5 | Gough could always write back to the Scottish League — as he is obliged to do this week in response to the management committee 's request for his views on United 's complaint over Ferguson — and point out that being forced to go to such lengths to contain his opponent proves he was correct to covet the forward for his team . |
6 | He is right to pursue this line . |
7 | Of course , in those situations where the buyer can and does accept part and reject part of the goods ( i.e. where section 30 applies or where the contract is severable , see paragraphs 11–07 and 11–08 above ) , he is entitled to recover any part of the price that he has paid in respect of the rejected part of the goods . |
8 | If a person is unlawfully restrained he is entitled to use reasonable force to effect his escape ( Kenlin v. Gardner ( H.C. , 1967 ) ) . |
9 | I disagree with his refusal , although I realise that he is entitled to take that position . |
10 | Thus , the use of the word " demise " will give rise to two implied covenants on the part of the landlord : namely , that he is entitled to grant some term in the demised property and that the tenant shall have quiet enjoyment of the demised property . |
11 | He is eager to cultivate such sales channels worldwide because he feels them to be an under-exploited source of revenue . |
12 | He is likely to serve six years in prison |
13 | The cricket chairman Brian Close is away on holiday but he is likely to face some testing questions on the 10th . |
14 | When , for instance , one official has to prepare proposals to harmonise VAT on second-hand goods ( which includes works of art ) he is likely to have little idea of the workings of an auction house . |
15 | I understand that he is likely to bring forward proposals in a ten-minute Bill in the not-too-distant future and I will listen to that debate with great interest . |
16 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
17 | Such an application can only be made with the leave of the court , and the court may only grant leave if it is satisfied , inter alia , that ‘ there is reasonable cause to believe that if the court 's inherent jurisdiction is not exercised with respect to the child he is likely to suffer significant harm : ’ see section 100(3) and ( 4 ) ( b ) . |
18 | The only rest he is likely to get this weekend is at Camp David . |
19 | This shows more inhumanity because he is willing to send another man to his death for no other reason that he is black and that he does not like him . |
20 | Group X managing director Chris Davies says he is reluctant to reveal further details about the campaign because of the ‘ hypercompetitive nature of the market ’ . |
21 | Although he mentions it to me , he finds he is unable to display this aspect to men . |
22 | Above this size he is unable to maintain this rate of involvement . |
23 | Nevertheless , in the absence of a reservation the landlord may find that he is unable to display advertisements on his adjoining property or that he is unable to redevelop adjoining property economically if those activities would involve a trespass to his tenant 's airspace ( Kelsen v Imperial Tobacco Co Ltd [ 1957 ] 2 QB 334 ; Woollerton & Wilson Ltd v Costain ( Richard ) Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 411 ) . |
24 | He submits that he can do this , seeing that , as is common ground , the money was originally paid into one of Glasgow 's bank accounts in London , but otherwise he is unable to produce any evidence in support of this contention . |
25 | They provided education , free education , free health services erm one of the modern communication system and ports erm and they ensure job for every Kuwaiti , so you will not find an unemployed Kuwaiti , as soon as he is able to do one job or another the Government provided the training for a large number of Kuwaiti to provide technical works . |
26 | He lives in a solo world where clearly he is able to build uninterrupted fantasies . |
27 | ‘ It is submitted : ( i ) the judge erred in law in his ruling on count 1 ; ( ii ) for an offence to be committed under section 1(1) of the Act there does not have to be the use by the offender of one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer ; ( iii ) there is no ambiguity in the wording of section 1(1) ( a ) of the Act which clearly refers to an intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer ; ( iv ) section 17(2) and ( 3 ) are applicable to the alleged actions of the respondent in this case ; ( v ) the Act has been drafted so as to deal with the person who misuses a computer to which he has direct ( but unauthorised ) access , as well as a computer into which he is able to secure indirect access by operating another computer . ’ |
28 | By doing this , he is able to show different sides of a thought or feeling , building up the sense-impressions that cluster around it . |
29 | Although he is free to use this vote in any way that he chooses , it is commonly accepted that he should vote to maintain the status quo . |
30 | Seymour Cray has been left holding the baby at his struggling Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp : Neil Davenport has resigned as president and chief executive , saying that Cray Computer had reached the point where it has appropriate resources to complete the Cray-3 so he is free to seek other opportunities — but the company is still seeking its first firm customer for the supercomputer . |