Example sentences of "[pron] is [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather , it is the share of temporary workers who work via and are paid by an agency which is many times higher than average . |
| 2 | When the winding is to be excited both transistors ( are switched on , so the voltage applied to the phase winding is equal to the sun , of the two supply voltages ( VL + VH ) , the diode D2 being reverse-biased by VH.There is no series resistance to limit the current , which therefore starts to rise towards a value which is many times the rated winding current . |
| 3 | But all the local ambulances were busy and we had to wait for one to come from Richmond , which is many miles away . |
| 4 | It can also print on A3 size paper , which is several inches wider than previous technologies allow , so enabling two cheques or slips to be printed side by side . |
| 5 | She is all things to all people because everyday folk easily identify with her . |
| 6 | I ca n't begin to tell you how beautiful she is these days . |
| 7 | planning for you but what I can show you is some sketches which the gentleman who bought the plot at Grey Lane brought to show me asked my opinion . |
| 8 | Some statuses are relatively fixed and there is little individuals can do to change their assignment to particular social positions . |
| 9 | Castle continues to value video copyrights on a historical cost basis because its catalogue has only been built up over the last two or three years and there is less earnings experience on which to base a valuation . |
| 10 | Lord you ca n't deal with that er at the snap of the fingers obviously , but I think you 'd agree that er going from the number three upwards that if there is any reports from management er and if the letters from the members of parliament still exist in your clients file , they would be disclosable |
| 11 | In some places like the Scottish library the subject and authors are listed in alphabetical system but places like the Edinburgh Room there is a class catalogue but all are easy to use and if there is any problems the library staff are always close at hand . |
| 12 | Next there is these theologians ' view of salvation . |
| 13 | The Stockholm Open would have a strong claim , but so too would Tokyo , not least for the enormous amount of Japanese funding there is these days for tennis . |
| 14 | But there was n't the , the erm ante natal care that there is these days , I mean there were no erm when you went round to se if you were a midwife and you went round to see the prospective mother you 'd say , now you are eating proper meals are n't you ? |
| 15 | Let's have a look and see if there is some fruits or one |
| 16 | Ooh , ooh , there is some maniacs driving , huh |
| 17 | Erm , one other thing that I want to make about erm , the victims , erm , I am very much er , involved with erm , victim support Wiltshire , and one of the problems with victim support Wiltshire is their work is increasing all the time because the crime rate goes up , and every time there is more crime there is more victims , but the , the Government has not yet said that they will put the money up that they erm , that they er , the grant up that they give to the victim support . |
| 18 | At the Tate Gallery there is another all-women decorative piece by Walker which deals quite specifically with a classical subject . |
| 19 | If there is another rights issue , a possible result may be that the major shareholders will decide to take out the minority interest . |
| 20 | Measuring 30 centimetres or so across , it is many times bigger than the largest known trilobite and its armour no longer shows any signs of segmentation . |
| 21 | It is many things — the lethargy of the travel , and all that space . |
| 22 | The entire loft is a matted tangle of sticks and twigs brought in by the jackdaws over God knows how many centuries ; in parts it is many metres deep . |
| 23 | ‘ It is — it is many months since my last situation , and … and I have had to eke out my remaining funds . |
| 24 | IT IS many years since I looked at Punch for anything except the advertisements . |
| 25 | It is many years since I last heard VW 's restless setting of words taken from Chapter I of Ezekiel , which in context form a strangely appropriate backdrop to the work 's actual inspiration , A Vision of Aeroplanes . |
| 26 | In fact , the United Kingdom has never had , in the course of this century , a simple two-party system and it is many years since the party eventually forming government secured a majority of primary votes cast , let alone the votes of a majority of electors . |
| 27 | It fills him with strange satisfaction to think that while the great illumination of the Market Square is quite invisible from this point , the little lamps of Iron Green can be seen glowing through a gap beyond Albert Road , It is many years now since he has visited the lower end of Odborough , for his legs will not carry him up and down the hill , and he growls like a dog if anyone suggests a car . |
| 28 | It is many years since the town last saw a train , but the group believes that for about £1m. the railway could once again link Guisborough with the rest of the country via the Esk Valley line from Middlesbrough to Whitby . |
| 29 | It is many years since my last confession and I confess in the face of God and in the hope of his divine mercy at the imminent approach of death . ’ |
| 30 | What 's left of it is many yards under water now . |