Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone 's put all the wrong lids on . |
| 2 | The European rabbit is also important in the diet of the feral mink , which is given little credit for culling this acknowledged pest . |
| 3 | This summer brought a welcome return to music with his soundtrack to Jarmusch 's Night on Earth , which is followed this month by Bone Machine , his first studio album for more than five years . |
| 4 | Yes , the fire pumps can , can raise water up to thirty feet from the ground , erm and they , they can pick up water of course from fire hydrants , which is situated all , all , in most streets anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ Life on the wild side with David Bowie ’ , which is hardbacked this January and has a major serialisation deal with the Sunday Mirror . |
| 6 | Somewhat later came the present owner , John Matta , who now takes great pleasure in greeting Citalia guests and welcomes them on arrival with a gift of the wonderful Chianti Classico from his excellent cellars and offers them a typical Tuscan dinner at a reasonable price , which is taken most weeks in the castle 's impressive banqueting hall . |
| 7 | We get a certificate which is updated each year , showing what we 've actually achieved . |
| 8 | James II was defeated at the Battle of the River Boyne , a victory which is celebrated each July , even now , by the various Orange Orders around the world . |
| 9 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
| 10 | At Nightingale House , the pack leads off with a copy of the Annual Review , which is published each year . |
| 11 | For a complete up-to-date list of what 's on in Zurich , pick up a copy of Zurich News which is published each week . |
| 12 | Details of all these concerts appear in the brochure ‘ Edinburgh University Concerts ’ which is published each year in September and December . |
| 13 | G00D news in the areas of environmental discharges and exposure to radiation is announced in BNFL 's annual Health Safety and Environmental Report for 1991 which is published this month . |
| 14 | A series which is broadcast each week has a number of features designed into it to help viewers recognise " their " programme and encourage them to watch it at the same time every week . |
| 15 | Whilst this might be true , for some years now invertebrate neurophysiologists ( by which is meant those who study invertebrates , not a special group of researchers without backbones ! ) , who used to speak of their pet organisms as having simple nervous systems , have rephrased their claim , and refer instead to them as having ‘ simple ’ nervous systems , the inverted commas being deliberately added as a recognition that the complexity of these systems is still many orders of magnitude higher than in the genuinely simple wiring that one might expect of a mere computer . |
| 16 | Except , that is , in solidarity circles — by which is meant those people active in supporting the various struggles of people from El Salvador to Chile against oppressive regimes . |
| 17 | The basic unit is a text , by which is meant any single document , or any stretch of natural language regarded as a self-contained unit for processing purposes . |
| 18 | Rovaniemi edges a river which is frozen most of the year making a thoroughfare for sledges , jeeps and skiers . |
| 19 | She has built a reputation for herself as a specialist in the area and is not involved as photographic director for Al-Wasat , a magazine based in London , which is launched this month for distribution throughout the Arab world . |
| 20 | On my visit to Wenceslas Square the evening before , I had seen no sign of the corso , that ritual evening promenade which is found all through the Mediterranean world and up into Northern Italy and Central Yugoslavia . |
| 21 | Any deposits received in advance are entered in the cash book and posted to a composite account in the ledger in which is entered all deposits received . |
| 22 | Once back in their units , if selected for promotion to sergeant , they attend the production supervisor course which is angled much more towards management . ’ |
| 23 | Nobody 's done this before . |
| 24 | Nobody 's asked any nasty questions , not even the cops . |
| 25 | Sue says she 's beaten all the players above her in the world rankings and will have to work harder to make up the difference . |
| 26 | Well today 's healthy lifestyle volunteer believes she 's beaten this weighty problem . |
| 27 | She 's placed another advertisement in this week 's local newspaper , under an assumed name — one of around 20 she 's thought to use . |
| 28 | ‘ She 's ruined this company ! |
| 29 | Awards are nice for the day , and they glitter — my mother has got all mine and she polishes them within an inch of their lives , she 's polished all the gold glitter away and it 's base metal underneath , and I think that 's a fairly apt analogy of what a prize is . |
| 30 | You know how superstitious she is , touching wood and not walking under ladders and throwing salt over her shoulder when she 's spilled some . |