Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I am beginning to be very much afraid of what Raynor is taking me to . |
| 2 | DON T BE MISLED , whether Socialists run in their true colours , or in an underhand way as ‘ Labour ’ or ‘ Cooperative ’ , they are out for the same end , and your only remedy is to VOTE THEM DOWN . |
| 3 | Where more than one remedy is required they can be given in sequence , one at a time , a certain length of time apart — one every ten minutes , for example , or one every half hour . |
| 4 | Since then , Nuclear Electric is achieving them . |
| 5 | Hodson-Smith has sent papers detailing his fears to the three stations involved and Nuclear Electric is studying them , although it emphasises that the software has not yet been fully integrated into the control system for the reactors . |
| 6 | When a functional association is declared it has then to be checked and maintained . |
| 7 | At the same time , the Association is finding it increasingly difficult to meet the requirements of all those who need our assistance . |
| 8 | The smell of booze is making me nauseous . |
| 9 | As mentioned above , a comprehensive programme should be prepared for the whole job , but when the contractor is appointed he will prepare his own contract programme and there will inevitably be a need to adjust the surveyor 's programme in order to harmonise with the activities of the contractor . |
| 10 | Since in some building projects it is impossible to define the extent of the work in advance , a number of forms of agreement are available where the contractor is reimbursed his costs for carrying out the work . |
| 11 | The housebuilder and Channel tunnel contractor is making its decision on the dividend in the face of a dismal trading outlook in Britain . |
| 12 | If the cost is less than the target figure the contractor is paid his costs , plus his target profit , plus a proportion of the cost saving . |
| 13 | Well unfortunately my girlfriend is dragging me off to Rhodes for a week so I 'll miss the Norwich , Scouse and Oldham game . |
| 14 | This is particularly important if your girlfriend is having her period or bleeding in any way . |
| 15 | If a guest history card is kept it will brought up to date ( Fig. 3.35 ) . |
| 16 | And when the deal is completed it will send Souness 's spending on players in seven years as a manager through the £30m mark to an incredible £31.5m . |
| 17 | Tell you the truth , Johnny , this deal is getting me down . |
| 18 | Unless a deal is done which reduces subsidies and makes agricultural trade subject to normal GATT rules , they say they will block progress on freeing trade in services and rewriting international rules governing intellectual property . |
| 19 | But Mr Hooke says until the deal is closed he will continue to try to put his bid before BAe 's board . |
| 20 | But Mr Hooke says until the deal is closed he will continue to try to put his bid before BAe 's board . |
| 21 | One of the crucial rules about doing an experiment is to report it fully , so that it can be repeated if necessary . |
| 22 | An experiment is reported which investigates the impact of two variables on the likelihood of obtaining plural pronoun anaphors in a continuation task . |
| 23 | The point of this simple experiment is to show you that although there are only 168 hours in a week there is ample time for private study provided you are prepared to organise your life . |
| 24 | Given that ‘ knowledge ’ is the perception of connections between ideas , and that where this perception is lacking we have only ‘ belief ’ or ‘ opinion ’ , it is Locke 's view that geometry , unlike natural philosophy , constitutes a ‘ science ’ , a body of ‘ knowledge ’ . |
| 25 | The purpose of perception is to arrange our choices so that the right one will be made emotionally . |
| 26 | The isolation is getting me down a bit — I have had to seek to be pretty resilient spiritually with George in , and so the extra resources are pretty deplete because of that . |
| 27 | So perhaps to imagine the postman 's work in isolation is to imagine him walking down a street posting letters , or at least sealed envelopes , but imagining the houses as mere facades , with no rooms or people behind . |
| 28 | To discuss these , or any other religious forces , in isolation is to misunderstand them . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) The purpose of the subsection is to make it clear that the extension of the permitted hours only applies to the part of the premises set apart for the consumption of main meals by a person having a table meal there . |
| 30 | Country Manor is expanding its Grange Road showrooms in Darlington , to install and sell furniture from two manufactures Sie Matic from Germany and the Traditional Furniture Company , of England . |