Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [is] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does n't seem to be so at some stages it is a little difficult getting it over as a as a a retired person talking to someone who is facing redundancy about retirement . |
| 2 | But of course the minute you put a , slap a cover on this information , it begins to , to change and people die and new governments are elected and whatever , er so yes , we are , we have in our employ someone who 's sole job it is to read all the newspapers , er watch the T V , all the media and keep all the information up to date , so the , that 's a full time job really and they 're working on the data base day and night |
| 3 | Oh , I there 's one thing |
| 4 | But if the idea of some indefinable menace frees your imagination , then there is nothing to stop you producing a suspense novel every bit as twanging with tension as a story in which someone is left hanging by one finger over a depthless gorge . |
| 5 | And anyway , how can you commit criminal damage against a thing which itself is criminal damage ? ’ |
| 6 | If a middle-aged housewife is incapable of managing her home-life because of perpetual problems with her " nerves " for which she is-on medicinal treatment from her doctor , she may well be chemically dependant on alcohol or prescription drugs or both . |
| 7 | This is one art at which she 's undisputed family champion . |
| 8 | Now he heads an organization of which she is honorary president . |
| 9 | The idealism which inspired this Act of Parliament was eloquently expressed in the House of Commons by Alfred Morris , MP for Manchester , Wythenshawe who had originally introduced this measure as a Private Member 's Bill : If we could bequeath one precious gift to posterity , I would choose a society in which there is genuine compassion for the chronically sick and disabled ; where understanding is unostentatious and sincere ; where needs come before means ; where if years can not be added to their lives , at least life can be added to their years ; … where the disabled have a fundamental right to participate in industry and society according to ability ; where socially preventable distress is unknown ; and where none has cause to be ill at ease because of disability . |
| 10 | Sitting here as a British judge it is my duty to tell you that this is not a country in which there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . |
| 11 | It is one in which a repertory with a large a cappella element is cultivated on a daily basis by men and ( usually ) boys , all of them relatively young , who hold positions in a cathedral or chapel ( often for a relatively short time ) for which there is much competition . |
| 12 | Positive decisions can be taken from January onwards but , especially for fields for which there is much pressure to enter , decisions are commonly held over until July when the student 's whole Stage I record is known . |
| 13 | The breadth of study is maintained in the second year when Chemistry is taken with two other subjects for which there is wide choice including Astronomy , Business Studies , Chemical Pharmacology , Computer Science , Economics , Geology , Industrial Management , Maths , Physics and many others . |
| 14 | It is true that during the passage of the Bill , section 10 was explained as being intended to reflect the position at common law , in which there is respectable authority for the proposition that the client 's legal privilege can not attach to communications made with criminal intent . |
| 15 | Whatever their state of readiness and interest , each lesson is a constant stream of decision-making , and of matters of judgement , both large and small , about situations that are unprecedented , and for which there is insufficient time and usually not enough available information to be sure of getting it right . |
| 16 | Whether the Minister likes it or not , we must be prepared to face such competition , because major European contractors are already in Britain , winning contracts and using skilled labour from their own countries in which there is better investment . |
| 17 | Consciousness in other people is a hypothesis for which there is circumstantial evidence in their verbal reports which match , by-and-large , our verbal reports of our own experiences . |
| 18 | Presumably it could exist without that , but if you pare away everything which there is equal reason to pare away , you are left with something very strange . |
| 19 | Act 1974 for which there is ample evidence as shown by Lord Cullen 's report . |
| 20 | The court ruling in a suit brought by the Fund for Animals and other groups against the Interior Department means that the department 's Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed by September 1996 to propose for listing 400 species for which there is substantial evidence of the need for protection . |
| 21 | For the sake of completeness , we will give an example of melody in which there is neither repetition , of however small a component , nor evidence of any constructive factor . |
| 22 | Etzioni formulates a hypothesis about organizations seeking to be effective : that they will shift their compliance structure towards one in which there is greater congruence between power and involvement , either by changing the nature of the power employed ( e.g. from sanctions to ‘ leadership ’ ) or the participants involved ( e.g. by recruitment methods ) ( Etzioni 1961 ) . |
| 23 | The events of crystallisation , on which there is general agreement , are ( i ) the making of a winding up order , ( ii ) the appointment of an administrative receiver , ( iii ) the company 's ceasing to carry on business , ( iv ) the taking of possession by the debentureholder and ( v ) the happening of an event expressly provided for in the debenture , often referred to as ‘ automatic crystallisation . ’ |
| 24 | In Latvia , a rigid system prevails with the court sending a prisoner to one of four different types of regime , from which there is little chance of being moved . |
| 25 | For systems in which there is little variation of both load torque and distance of travel it may be appropriate to operate with a fixed switching angle , so as to minimise the controller costs . |
| 26 | Neumann 's hanging on to a limited and personalized notion of what constitutes an Allegretto leads him to assume many things for which there is little foundation . |
| 27 | For many years there have been worries over the increasing monopolisation of British industry , as evidenced by increased levels of both aggregate and market concentration , and for which there is little doubt that merger activity has , at times , been a major causal factor ( see e.g. HMSO 1978 , Hughes 1989 ) . |
| 28 | Durkheim distinguishes between simple , pre-industrial societies in which there is little division of labour ( sometimes referred to as Gemeinschaft societies ) and more advanced ( Gesellschaft ) societies in which people perform specialized jobs . |
| 29 | In view of this , it is prepared , on occasions , to buy particular stocks for which there is little demand otherwise ; for instance , the Bank was a net purchaser of index-linked stocks during certain periods in 1990 when demand for these stocks was low . |
| 30 | The justification for an involvement in partnership can readily be found on philosophical grounds about which there is little dispute . |