Example sentences of "[Wh pn] is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Smith , who is generally regarded as the clear favourite for the leadership , suggested that the ‘ misrepresentation ’ of Labour 's tax policy might well have caused some people not to support it . |
| 2 | ‘ As a driver who is generally considered as being more level-headed than most , I want to know whether there is any danger of me being banned for two months if I have an accident here at Phoenix . |
| 3 | Particularly conspicuous by his absence is that verse-translator of Virgil who is generally held ( in my view , rightly ) to have set a standard that no other can equal , except momentarily ; that is , Dryden . |
| 4 | It is this sort of person who is always allowed the best seat on coaches , is given cigarettes , whose suggestions concerning strategies in conflict situations are always most heeded , and who is generally held in the highest esteem . |
| 5 | It may be advisable to speak to your local pharmacist who is professionally qualified to offer advice on how to cope with the symptoms of flu . |
| 6 | It may be advisable to speak to your local pharmacist who is professionally qualified to offer advice on how to cope with the symptoms of flu . |
| 7 | Patrick is still having difficulties with girls : the married man keeps going to bed with them , not liking it very much and not liking the distress it brings to a wife whom he does like and who is carefully crafted to be likeable . |
| 8 | ‘ Not much to joke about when you 're Dean of sweet FA , ’ he continues to Bob Busby , who is carefully combing his hair in the mirror . |
| 9 | Apart from the issues that affect Mr. Thorpe personally , questions are raised by this form of treatment that affect any national health service patient who is similarly afflicted . |
| 10 | In a Court of Appeal decision , reported in the same volume as the case from which the passage above is taken , Lord Denning thought that there was a breach of the peace ‘ whenever a person who is lawfully carrying out his work is unlawfully and physically prevented by another from doing it ’ . |
| 11 | There is a breach of the peace whenever a person who is lawfully carrying out his work is unlawfully and physically prevented by another from doing it . ’ |
| 12 | Charles du Bos , the literary critic , another figure who is scarcely known to the younger generation even in his own country , was equally devoted to Eliot . |
| 13 | Copies of optometry feedback are sent to the patient 's general practitioner , who is thereby kept informed of eye assessments . |
| 14 | Thus an English solicitor or barrister who is dually qualified can not apply to become an RFL . |
| 15 | To the medieval historian who is invariably left with just the concluding record of administration procedure , this discussion on documenting the provenance of data generation may smack a little of over spoon-feeding the historian of the future . |
| 16 | But it also sustains an idea of the feminist , not just as an individual , autonomous subject , but also as a subject defined by her relationship to others , who is differently defined in different contexts , and who has no fixed boundaries . |
| 17 | In other words , the rational being who is autonomously evaluating the most appropriate courses of action for him/herself must consider the wants , needs and interests of others . |
| 18 | The lion mauls the warrior , who is desperately trying to fend him off with his knees and shield . |
| 19 | A person who is partially sighted may not be able to see whether you are smiling or looking bored . |
| 20 | It has also been long known that a child who is shortly followed by another sibling also suffers the consequences of short spacing . |
| 21 | Assistant Chief Constable David Mellor , aged 52 , who is shortly to take up a post as deputy chief constable of South Wales , had just gone to bed when a device planted below the window of a living room exploded at 1.20am . |
| 22 | Elsewhere Genet writes of a 19-year-old , washing the clothes of his friend who is shortly to go and fight , declaring that he loves the revolution and all the fedayeen , but his friend especially : ‘ Yes . |
| 23 | Your thoughts , understandably , are with the young man who is shortly returning from America . |
| 24 | ‘ And he would n't like a privileged and good-looking young man like you , who is clearly slumming it among the ranks of the caddies , to be on his territory . ’ |
| 25 | The only climber I know who goes there regularly at times like this is that perverse little bugger Joe Brown , who is clearly captivated by the magic of the place , though he 'd never let you know as much in words . |
| 26 | On page 23 too there is a picture of Carol McMahon who is generously giving hours of her time patiently illuminating a new Book of Remembrance for Eccleston Square . |
| 27 | Corley says a ‘ base level of services may continue for a long time ’ although 88open 's staff has shrunk to four persons , five if you count European director Steve Heath , who is reportedly employed directly by Motorola . |
| 28 | But constitutional expert Michael Nash , who is soon to bring out a book , A Royal Divorce , about the history of the British monarchy , said last night : ‘ The best thing to happen would be for William to become the next in line to the throne . |
| 29 | You may be one of those people who is easily swayed by a superficially attractive candidate with a strong personality , or you may be someone who is most influenced by the person you last spoke to . |
| 30 | For in our national tradition , in the arts as until recently in sports , it is the amateur who is most admired ; and Auden 's charming joker by the Christmas hearth is only a particular version of the amateur . |