Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If that gelding of yours is any good , I 'll put my hand in my pocket for him for Dolly . |
| 2 | The superficial Limeños who think beyond Lima is Miami and Europe , who talk of the ‘ Indian stain departments ’ and do n't know a campesino is starving — theirs is another unreality . |
| 3 | Though they inhabit the same city as the great mass of the Cairene poor , theirs is another world entirely . |
| 4 | She is all style , all form , all impeccably dressed dandy and wit , with never a tear out of place . |
| 5 | She is all things to all people because everyday folk easily identify with her . |
| 6 | But she is all wickedness ! |
| 7 | Eliot does so much , she is all game for it herself . |
| 8 | But to avoid loading a title with a chain of such covenants , it is perhaps better draftsmanship , when first imposing restrictions , to provide that the owner for the time being shall be responsible only for breaches committed whilst he or she is such owner . |
| 9 | She is another child , an ordinary human being over whose appearance Wordsworth has thrown a ‘ supernatural charm ’ ( see previous poem for the purpose of the Lyrical Ballads ) . |
| 10 | I ca n't begin to tell you how beautiful she is these days . |
| 11 | Mr Blair-Gould said : ‘ The prosecution clearly suggest … that she is some kind of dreadful rebel on a crusade against censorship . ’ |
| 12 | I think erm what she 's really saying to you is that writing 's not an art , writing is a science , bloody hard work . |
| 13 | What they all tell you is that doing business and controlling credit overseas is much the same as it is at home except that it is more complicated and expensive . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | No one wants to feel owned by another person , and perhaps what Matthew needs from you is some breathing space , some freedom , a demonstration of trust in him . ’ |
| 16 | As I said , I love the work , but working with you is another matter . |
| 17 | But it has been held that although all statements must be reviewed at least once a year , a LEA is not obliged to re-assess a statemented child 's special educational needs before s/he is that age unless the parents so request . |
| 18 | That is , we initially categorise them as this or that type of person and interpret or distort subsequent information to confirm that s/he is this type of person . |
| 19 | The only thing I can put on him is some talcum powder . |
| 20 | It is little compensation to know that no fewer than six earned themselves the VC ; myth has it that they were all won before breakfast . |
| 21 | It is little wonder , therefore , that during those parts of the year which were spent at Saint Cloud , Compiègne or Fontainebleau the emphasis should have been placed on greater informality . |
| 22 | It is little wonder , therefore , that Carmarthen retains so much of its countryside influences . |
| 23 | It is little wonder , then , that they preferred to look elsewhere for employment . |
| 24 | It is little wonder , then , that ostracism and gossip were such powerful ways of enforcing the values and standards of village life , nor that the criteria of status and prestige in the community also tended to be derived from the world of work . |
| 25 | It is little wonder , then , that until quite recently the Ministry of Agriculture , mindful of its responsibility to increase the production of as much cheap food as possible , gave grants to farmers for hedgerow removal . |
| 26 | It is little surprise that they are saying that for the time being they will give Mrs Cresson the ‘ benefit of the doubt ’ . |
| 27 | It is little surprise to read that : — |
| 28 | While this may be acquired partly through acquiring delegated tasks it is little use choosing someone who feels totally inadequate when faced with new responsibilities . |
| 29 | It is little use allowing conditions to deteriorate for three months and then to conduct a total clean-out of the filter and a 100% water change . |
| 30 | At this point a word of warning should be included : it is little use spending days/weeks describing and analysing one thin section if you are not sure whether this section is representative of the sedimentary sequence you are evaluating . |