Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His is a 5 inch French link with rubber reins on the peg to the left of the door . ’
2 His is a wilder , less contained or civilized view of Chopin 's nationalism than Artur Rubinstein 's in his rightly celebrated and most aristocratic 1966 RCA account ( 12/86 ) .
3 Elmer , David McKee 's patchwork elephant , also likes jokes and tricks but his is a subtler and more attractive humour .
4 An early masterpiece of his is a lovely cup-tondo ( fig. 98 ) with the boy These us in Amphitrite 's underwater palace , Athena assisting .
5 In that his is a daily paper , and that Fiji is quite close to the Date Line , probably he is technically correct .
6 His is a forlorn campaign , however , and he has little hope of success .
7 His is a Christian vision ( he converted to Catholicism in his teens ) , and his poetry is a continuous celebration of the world in all its multifariousness .
8 God is infinitely potential : his is a dynamic power , from which an infinite set of new and different values can always arise .
9 T his is a true waste of resources .
10 Yours is a better likeness , ’ he said to the DI , a smile flickering on his lips .
11 For instance , if yours is a worldwide practice , and the person leaving has contacts with clients in many countries , it may be reasonable for the clause to extend throughout the world .
12 Yours is a low band ,
13 Yeah but I mean yours is a big school now is n't it ?
14 Yeah , cos yours is a smaller one in n it ?
15 You may not believe it , but yours is a privileged generation , For your grandparents , sex was a taboo subject , enclosed by walls of " Thou shall nots ' and compounded by ignorance .
16 But whether yours is a local area network or a global one , your problem is the same .
17 This is an especially good way to work if yours is a basic machine without a ribber and you have decided to work the ribs by hand .
18 'E 's a terrible racking cough . ’
19 Now Sidney , 'er 'usband , 'e 's a decent bloke , but 'e 's no oil paintin' . ’
20 She could do a lot worse — 'e 's a good , steady man and 'e 's not given ti strong drink . ’
21 'E 's a good pair o' lungs , ’ she smiled , ‘ but 'e 's not very big . ’
22 'E 's a good sort , is Alf , ’ said Dolly , nodding gravely .
23 ‘ Since 'e 's bin in wiv that crowd from the Tunnel , though , 'e 's a changed boy .
24 'E 's a spry ole thing , but he 's as soft as butter , ent you , ole boy ? ’ and he knelt down and ruffled his fur .
25 The midwife laid the little scrap in Tamar 's arms and said , ‘ 'E 's a lovely lad , Lady Lassiter. 'E 's not big , but 'e 's all the world ti grow in . ’
26 'E 's a fine specimen and good stock-getter and he 's unrelated ti these two . ’
27 I knew 'e would like you , because you are a wonderful girl , and 'e is a wonderful man .
28 Theirs is a nice little empire …
29 Theirs is a cynical creed ; a creed which spells destruction , division and disunity .
30 But they are all old men , and theirs is a dying profession .
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