Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone 's made a right pig 's ear of them , and that 's a fact . |
| 2 | ‘ Someone 's triggered the alarm . |
| 3 | SOMEONE 'S SUGGESTED a clever little wrinkle that a buyer of Mirror Group Newspapers might be able to employ , were the purchaser to have a pension fund with a substantial surplus . |
| 4 | And someone 's switched the reels . |
| 5 | Someone 's left a cup and saucer on the table , and when someone comes round , I pretend I 'm drinking just in case they ask what I 'm doing . |
| 6 | When someone is asked a question , it is likely that before answering he will direct his gaze away from the questioner 's eyes ( Argyle and Cook , 1976 ) particularly if the question requires some thought . |
| 7 | If someone is asked a question and replies yes or no it will be understood that the question is now answered and that there is nothing more to be said . |
| 8 | Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university . |
| 9 | ‘ I think 'e 's owed that , ’ said Sprott , ‘ I think 'e 's owed a generous tribute . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 'E 's taken a fancy to you , John mate . |
| 11 | When 'e 's backed the lorry in the yard we close the gates like I said . |
| 12 | PLANS to turn the site of a former explosives factory at Annan , Dumfriesshire , into Scotland 's top rallying centre were put forward yesterday by the 300-strong Wigton Motor Club which is based a few miles over the Border in Cumbria . |
| 13 | The kit comes complete in its cardboard case , which is given a fabric texture and embellished with gold lettering . |
| 14 | PU-coated leather : a cheaper , lightweight leather which is given a polyurethane coating to make it more waterproof . |
| 15 | Thus , they are all particularly clearly in play at moments like ‘ heart has wings ’ ( bar 5 ) , where a rhythmic stretching-out makes the voice try to fly , while at the same time it is poignantly connected to earth by a descending glissando on the last note ; and the ‘ how the ghost of you clings ’ phrase , which is given a strikingly tremulous ‘ clings ’ . |
| 16 | While it is a sociological question to ask about the way this came about , the image itself played an important role , one which is given an excellent analysis here . |
| 17 | The polishing machine consists of a simple rotary polishing lap running at up to 30 rpm , on which is placed a precision lapping chuck ( Fig. 4.7a ) with several slides held by vacuum suction ( Fig. 4.7b ) . |
| 18 | Cut to blank screen onto which is projected an expensive jacket . |
| 19 | And in all of them homosexuality echoes Augustinian privation — the more pernicious for being deeply , inherently inadequate , a kind of non-being and inauthenticity : an inimical absence which provokes paranoia and on to which is projected the fear of difference inherent within sexual difference . |
| 20 | Edward Spelman , the translator of Dionysius of Halicarnassus , was apparently the author of the pamphlet published anonymously in 1743 with the title " A fragment of the sixth book of Polybius … to which is prefixed a preface , wherein the system of Polybius is applied to the government of England . " |
| 21 | The children sit in a circle holding a long piece of string , on which is tied a ring . |
| 22 | It is also the obvious masterpiece of its Dorset architect , Francis Cartwright , on whose monument in Blandford St Mary Church are carved a T-square , dividers , a rule and a scroll on which is incised an elevation of Came House . |
| 23 | It is covered with gold leaf into which is etched a pattern of oak and bay leaves — and a medieval North Italian inscription , the surviving words of which suggest that it said : ‘ In this little goblet one often acquires happiness ’ . |
| 24 | A semiconductor product is defined as : an article the purpose , or one of the purposes , of which is the performance of an electronic function and which consists of two or more layers , at least one of which is composed of semiconducting material and in or upon one or more of which is fixed a pattern appertaining to that or another function . |
| 25 | The lease contained the normal covenants for the payment of rent , full repairing covenants , a user covenant confined to the business of ‘ home improvement contractors , ’ and the usual qualified covenant against assignment , to which is appended the following proviso : |
| 26 | Legislative authority is shared between the RCC and the 250-member National Assembly , which is elected every four years by universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation . |
| 27 | A Cabinet led by a Prime Minister is responsible to a unicameral parliament ( Riksdag ) which is elected every three years . |
| 28 | A Cabinet led by a Prime Minister is responsible to a unicameral parliament ( Riksdag ) which is elected every three years . |
| 29 | It is a rolling assessment , which is recosted every year in the late summer so that the effects of financial targets set by the Treasury for the coming year can be fully assessed before the Cabinet starts its Public Expenditure Review in the autumn . |
| 30 | TMO says the survey is based on information from a study called ‘ Observatoire Permanent des Etablissements , ’ which is conducted every two years among 7,000 enterprises , and from annual surveys of its large and medium-sized accounts and of computer distributors . |