Example sentences of "[pron] is [verb] [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is ‘ unity of command ’ which is to say that each member of the organisation only has one direct supervisor . |
| 2 | Ackroyd pastiches Dickens in form rather than style — which is to say that this book is very long , Dickensianly long ( the main text signs off at page 1084 , where it gives way to a fat coda of source notes , bibliography and index ) . |
| 3 | Accurate reports of certain public occasions are " privileged " — which is to say that any defamatory statements arising from them can not be made the subject of a successful libel action . |
| 4 | We suppose that the nucleic acid molecule which survives and replicates best ( i.e. the ‘ fittest ’ ) carries a message which is represented as THIS IS THE BEST MESSAGE . |
| 5 | Economists frequently complain that such calculations reveal very different implicit marginal benefits across activities , which is unsurprising when those responsible for safety standards in building , motoring , medicine , and other areas make no attempt to reach a common view of the marginal social benefit from saving life . |
| 6 | The intelligentsia — which is defined as those engaged in ‘ intellectual labour ’ — do not themselves form a distinct class . |
| 7 | Each node has a flag which is set if that letter is an end of word ( see figure 3.3 ) . |
| 8 | The European programme is , like the US Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile ( GOSIP ) effort , mandatory , and its is expected that most government buyers will follow the guidelines because they will have to give and explain reasons for non-standard purchases . |
| 9 | Nicola from Chartbury in Oxfordshire is very worried about her younger son , and she is hoping that some of you may be able to help . |
| 10 | She fancies her handsome American lodger like mad and , as he seems equally keen , she is devastated when another woman starts creeping into his room late at night . |
| 11 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 12 | To the insensitive , theological talk seems as redundant as a prescription to a man who thinks he is well or a recipe to a man who is overfed or another cheque to a billionaire . |
| 13 | ‘ Stress related injuries caused by the nature of the league programme are a new phenomenon and who is to say that all of those who have had to call off from this match will not still be in the same position when we go to play Portugal in our next World Cup qualifying tie ? ’ said Roxburgh . |
| 14 | Two of the expressions cited , however , are more problematic : ‘ I wish my estate to be Titius ' ’ , no doubt on the ground that it contains no words of transfer such as restituere ; scio , because it is not a request to pass on property , but an assertion of a conviction ( and who is to say whether that is justified ? ) . |
| 15 | The museum visitor who is told that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height simply has no idea where to go from that point onwards . |
| 16 | For example the land at Skelton Hall could be regarded as open land but no one is suggesting that that should be part of the greenbelt . |
| 17 | While no one is suggesting that any health risks attach to Quorn , it need only take one popular comedian cracking jokes at Quorn 's expense to generate major marketing problems . |
| 18 | Though one is lost and another damaged , the survivor is sent off into space with the forest when the scientist destroys himself with his ship to conceal the fact that the forest still exists . |
| 19 | One is to conclude that all is well . |
| 20 | When we turn from the Rock-Drill cantos to the Classic Anthology , something is lost but much is gained . |
| 21 | What little evidence there is suggests that these dispositions were interpreted as trusts . |
| 22 | It is compounded when several people are involved in the aggravated taking of a vehicle — my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden ( Mr. Mills ) said that such people were not content with being in a car but wanted to be in the boot as well — and by the speed and lethal power of the Cosworths and other vehicles which they steal . |
| 23 | ‘ It is fitting that these important landscape features should be given priority and where possible repaired or rebuilt , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 24 | ‘ Aurigny ’ is the old French name for the island of Alderney , and it is fitting that this should have been chosen as the airline 's title , since in many ways that rocky islet is the heart of the organisation . |
| 25 | It is disputed whether these onion domes were a development indigenous to the area or whether the idea came from further east , but the former seems more likely on the weight of evidence ; they were being built by the mid-twelfth century here and were designed in a great variety of shapes and in large numbers . . |
| 26 | I do not believe it is disputed that this factor has been powerfully in operation recently . |
| 27 | It is hypothesised that many children do not assimilate the link between the pre-requisite experiences and the generalisation which follows , as for example in the finding of the area of a rectangle by counting squares and the presentation of a formula which generalises the results . |
| 28 | It is hypothesised that most existing studies of adoption are not sufficiently long term to , demonstrate these effects . |
| 29 | 5.3 Electricity gas and other services consumed To pay to the suppliers and to indemnify the Landlord against all charges for electricity gas and other services consumed or used at or in relation to the Premises ( including meter rents ) In a footnote to the precedent it is stated that this clause is possibly superfluous in the case of a separate building as the tenant would make arrangements for a separate supply to be provided to the premises , but there is no objection to its inclusion . |
| 30 | Looking for sherds that will join together is a very time-consuming process , and is only usually done thoroughly if it is suspected that such joins exist and will add significantly to the evidence . |