Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is wearing some beads now , hidden for the moment under her clothes . ) |
| 2 | I believe she is writing fewer poems . |
| 3 | It is emphasising these offerings rather than the connectivity software products for which it is traditionally known — what it now calls a secondary stream . |
| 4 | It 's all good-humoured teasing and winding up , and for my part I 've long since ceased to care whether or not anyone regards me as the worst climber in the world or some sort of antediluvian relic with no rights to any opinion on ‘ rock climbing as it is done these days . ’ |
| 5 | It is hoped these teachers will notify the Office or Adrienne Ring , who was in charge of the stand , of the action taken and any results . |
| 6 | Our accountant has been asked to attend and it is hoped any questions you may have can be answered by him or federation officers . |
| 7 | It 's not a question of how good it is to recycle several tons , it would be better still not to produce it . |
| 8 | The strength and potential of the modern concern for curriculum development lies in the fact that we now realise how important it is to undertake these processes , and in a logical sequence . |
| 9 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |
| 10 | It is to spend more resources on social and community facilities and to employ community liaison officers . |
| 11 | Each team is composed of a group of people from a particular ‘ faulty ’ area , whose task it is to resolve any problems once and for all . |
| 12 | It is believed both men were being held at the high-security Paddington Green police station last night . |
| 13 | It is suffering such fears which make them more powerful . ) |
| 14 | The point may be stressed , for experience has shown how important it is to have these volumes always on hand for cross-referencing with later works , or providing new ideas for lines of investigation . |
| 15 | The two were never in danger and were helped down the trail by the men whose job it is to protect all presidents and vice-presidents . |
| 16 | So clueless and misguided are these sorry types — so lacking in insight , intent and , bloody hell , a sense of humour — that if a great comedy show ever makes it to TV List magazine it can only be DESPITE the pony-tails whose job it is to shepherd these things to a laff-hungry public . |
| 17 | A failure to realise just how tough it is means such women are held back more by their own glass hat than any supposed glass ceiling . |
| 18 | The animal will be aware of its prey in that it consciously perceives , pursues , and devours it , but it will be unaware that it is doing these things for the sake of satisfying its wants . |
| 19 | The family is doing fewer things , but it is doing these things rather well . |
| 20 | Mr Taylor must ensure a sceptical public understand that it is to obtain these securities for their less fortunate brethren that the highly-paid Premier League players have been asked to express a willingness to strike . |
| 21 | It is investigating any barriers to this and ways to overcome them . |
| 22 | These models and requests can be communicated throughout the network to specialist nodes containing data and techniques whose purpose it is to establish those answers . |
| 23 | We must distinguish the belief that a speaker has about the words he is using from the belief that he is using those words to express . |
| 24 | This year he is revisiting those parts , and visiting some for the first time , for a series of regional bookselling reports for The Bookseller . |
| 25 | He is carrying some papers and is accompanied by two askaris with rifles , and an interpreter , dressed in khakis . |
| 26 | An indifferent speller will know that some words cause him difficulty , and will ask for them ; but he will also think he is spelling some words correctly that he is , in fact , getting wrong . |
| 27 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 28 | Watson says he is planning more acquisitions this year , probably in France and Germany . |