Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An individual 's entitlement to social security benefit , including whether or not he or she receives benefit , is confidential information . |
| 2 | I would therefore vote for a Labour candidate only if he or she guarantees opposition to the party manifesto 's support for abortion to the extent of denying the Whip . |
| 3 | A bad interviewer can give a potentially excellent employee such a negative impression that he or she loses interest in the job . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , this rarely happens : the child keeps screaming until he or she gets attention . |
| 5 | The Patois index therefore tells us everything and nothing about an individual speaker : it tells us whether that person uses many or few Patois features overall in their talk , but nothing about how he or she uses Patois and English as part of a communicative strategy . |
| 6 | The sufferer may say that he or she uses alcohol or drugs for social reasons but is often just as comfortable , if not more so , using alone . |
| 7 | The Spirit of Romance is undertaken on the principle that Pound never ceased to hammer home , notably in How To Read and The ABC of Reading : the principle that no one can understand the history of poetry in English unless he or she takes note of poetry in , or responsibly translated out of , other languages than English . |
| 8 | erm sequences such as what happened yesterday , what happened today , what 's going to happen tomorrow — dyslexic people very often have great difficulty with this and transferring from the two dimensional to the three dimensional , like you might say to a dyslexic adult when he or she asks directions , ‘ Oh , well , it 's first right , second left and then there 's a tower on your right and you 've got to turn to the left after the tree ’ and so on , and a dyslexic person ca n't remember any of that at all , or transfer it from the map to the reality . |
| 9 | Whilst standardised scales have the advantage of producing data in a form which simplifies the process of analysis and facilitates comparisons with other studies , they can not take into account the whole range of factors which may influence an elderly person 's mental state at any one time , or the way in which he or she answers questions . |
| 10 | If the criterion of a good comedian is whether or not he or she confronts prejudices rather than strokes them , Ben Elton looks as impressive as ever . |
| 11 | Once awakened , as in religious conversion or falling in love , the nationalist finds a new family from which he or she derives pride , dignity , the opportunity for unimagined courage , contact with a supposed eternity , and ‘ humanity ’ ( as opposed to the mechanical arrangements of an alien bureaucracy and the market ) . |
| 12 | He argues that , by contrast with urban-industrial areas where occupation structures a person 's place in society , it is the ownership of land that shapes the rural social structure : the crucial consideration determining someone 's place in rural society is whether he or she owns land , or rents land , or works for someone who owns or rents land . |
| 13 | For example , the plaintiff asserts that he or she owns Blackacre and the defendant denies it ; or the plaintiff asserts that he or she is entitled to compensation from the defendant and the latter denies it . |
| 14 | When you warn your child that you will withdraw a privilege if he or she does X , Y or Z , make sure it is a threat that you can deliver . |
| 15 | And it should be noted that a farmer is entitled to shoot a dog if he or she thinks harm is going to be caused to livestock . |
| 16 | She 's got to get in , or she throws Cyprus away . ’ |
| 17 | With NVQs a trainee can trigger a demand for assessment whenever he or she reaches competence . |
| 18 | In order to sell the merchandise , he or she invites friends and neighbours to a party . |
| 19 | Travel changes perspectives , it gives the traveller a new set of horizons and a chance to even up the sense of proportion with which he or she views life . |
| 20 | OLDER TEENS AND STUDENTS : First establish whether he or she prefers Indie or dance . |
| 21 | In response to a request from a member we ask a named practitioner ( medical or alternative ) if he or she has evidence of efficacy that meets these criteria and , if not , if he or she is obtaining such evidence . |
| 22 | The report in the Scottish Law Times does not refer to any evidence to support the view that the maintenance of contact between a child and a birth relative to whom he or she has attachments would cause harm to the child 's developing personality . |
| 23 | If he or she has difficulty in speaking , moistening the tongue and lips can be helpful . |
| 24 | A buyer will be concerned to know details about whether gas is connected ; whether he or she has responsibility for all or any fences or ditches ; whether the property has mains drainage ; whether there is liability to maintain a road at the front of the property ; or whether application for planning permission has been refused in the past . |
| 25 | At times the question may arise as to the precise capacity in which a solicitor is in practice overseas , more especially where he or she has qualifications in two or more jurisdictions . |
| 26 | A person who listens shows that he or she has time for others . |
| 27 | Then at some time during the day , he or she has cause to turn their head sharply to the left , or attempt to take off the jacket . |
| 28 | You need to know whether your potential accountant could undertake royalty examinations , and if he or she has colleagues in other countries to assist with international tax problems at very short notice . |
| 29 | Your child may need to know because you or someone else in the family is ill , or because he or she has HIV or AIDS . |
| 30 | A person should be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of knowing if he or she has HIV infection , and make the decision depending on their personality and circumstances . |