Example sentences of "[pron] is [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | When someone is doing this it is very difficult to gain commitment . |
| 2 | An RAF station which is to close this year has said farewell to its last jet fighter . |
| 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 | And anyway , it could also be argued that it is the accounting system which is allowing this manipulation ( perhaps even inducing it ) and therefore the accounting system should be modified to prevent it . |
| 5 | Mr Ingermalls added : ‘ Perhaps it 's some underwater current that we are unaware of which is causing this unusual phenomenon . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Life on the wild side with David Bowie ’ , which is hardbacked this January and has a major serialisation deal with the Sunday Mirror . |
| 7 | Basically we 're sponsoring a new event which is starting this summer . |
| 8 | MacDonald 's hostess Angela Donalis from the city 's Lord Street premises is stocking up for the huge demand which is expected this weekend . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The teachers ' place at the centre near Dunoon would be taken by staff from the Faskally outdoor education centre in Perthshire , which is closing this summer . |
| 12 | As far as we are aware , nobody is suggesting this . |
| 13 | So one is forced to conclude that the reason hundreds of dismayed tourists and walkers are stranded on stations up and down the length of the West Highland line at the height of the season , unable to squeeze into an already packed ‘ Sprinter ’ , if it arrives at all , is that somebody is doing this on purpose . |
| 14 | ‘ The lady prefers not to have us reveal any details , only to say that she is doing this out of love for her late husband , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The difficulties which arise from this structure are familiar from the debates in feminism , where , woman , seems to be offered an alternative of either being the ‘ other ’ as constituted by man , that is , conforming to the stereotypes of patriarchy , or , if she is to avoid this , of being an absolute ‘ other ’ outside knowledge , necessarily confined to inarticulate expressions of mysticism or jouissance . |
| 16 | Psychology 's theoretical uncertainties are expressed , not just in the difficulty of getting objective knowledge of subjectivity , but also in the precarious power of the psychologist who is pursuing this knowledge : |
| 17 | The pronoun I would thus be rendered " the person who is experiencing this " ( for severe difficulties with such a view , see Gale , 1968 ) . |
| 18 | Given that there is no universal consensus on the ideal police-community relationship , what sort of policing policies does a community need , and who is to decide this ? |
| 19 | I am besides about to be deserted by my husband , who is to go this next week to Rome to prepare the way for the Brownings . |
| 20 | Reichenbach argued , also in support of ( a ) and with an ultimate view to ( b ) , that all indexicals involve an element of token-reflexivity , i.e. refer to themselves , so that , for example , I means " the person who is uttering this token of the word I " . |
| 21 | Thus for policeman kanimai means to tie up and the suffix -njit indicates someone who is doing this . |
| 22 | ‘ They all know who is doing this but they just do n't want to get involved . ’ |
| 23 | But who is to provide this training and of what should it consist ? |
| 24 | None of the changes made to SERPS affects anybody who is retiring this century . |
| 25 | But everyone knows who is pulling this country down . |
| 26 | The man given the task of bringing the legend to life is Chelmsford-born Alex Bourne who is relishing this unabashed , foot-stomping , hand-clapping piece of rock and roll history . |
| 27 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour , which is Christ the Lord . |
| 28 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord . ’ |
| 29 | No one is to leave this office before a quarter to five . |
| 30 | ‘ No one is to enter this church until I say . ’ |