Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is maddening and charming . |
| 2 | She creates a world where she is admired and rich . |
| 3 | So you 're , you 're both on the same bike , one , one of you is riding and one of you is riding pillion , is that right ? |
| 4 | Choose a special canine shampoo , and use this in accordance with the instructions , especially if it is medicated and active against parasites such as fleas , for example . |
| 5 | More and more sprays and chemicals have been used on the food we eat and the land on which it is grown and ingenious methods of preserving the appearance of freshness have been devised . |
| 6 | Only two outsiders are permitted to eat from the kitchen — the governor , who has to sample one meal every day to be able to answer any complaints the following day , and the doctor , who tastes the food two or three times a week to ensure that it is balanced and nutritious . |
| 7 | Notice how many people you speak with before bedtime ; how easy it is to relax and half listen ; how often conversation is tossed about with questions , laughter , interjections , interruptions and general verbal ping-pong . |
| 8 | Potential energy is one convenient way of parking energy until it is wanted and this energy can be followed through its various subsequent transformations by a sort of accounting procedure which can be very revealing . |
| 9 | ‘ … there is another park , ’ wrote Mr Hutton in By Thames and Cotswold at the beginning of this century , ‘ it is isolated and wild with a Jacobean hunting lodge worth all the great houses near it thrown together . ’ |
| 10 | For there is not much time left to pull the economy out of the slump into which it is hurtling and further delay will be fatal . |
| 11 | In reviewing recent empirical work on women 's consciousness , Beechey ( 1983 ) notes that : women 's class consciousness , because it is largely mediated through husbands ' employment , tends to be weaker than men 's ; many women , under the influence of capitalist and male-dominated ideology , remain unconscious of their gender-related disadvantages ; women 's consciousness probably varies over their life cycle ; and it is fractured and contradictory . |
| 12 | Thirdly , the obligation to pay loan interest on the due dates creates an immediate debt between the company and the loan stock holder for which he can sue , whereas a preference dividend does not become a debt until it is declared and due . |
| 13 | They give little attention not only to how it is understood and experienced but also to the relations between bureaucracies and elected politicians . |
| 14 | An order is not for ever : it is fulfilled and new orders have to be gained . |
| 15 | The system will be effective in deployment of resources , economical in the demands made on those to whom it is applied and free of practices or procedures which restrict access or opportunity . |
| 16 | A step up here , a step down there until perhaps you reach the door of the room from which , although it is locked and empty , you can hear shuffling footsteps . |
| 17 | It is demanding and monotonous work . |
| 18 | Again , we assert it since we accept ( i ) an independent nomic conditional roughly to the effect that in the world as it is , and within certain large limits as it might be , if it is raining and certain other things are the case , then the balcony is wet , and we also accept ( ii ) that those other things are the case . |
| 19 | What is the explanation of why I am right to conclude , as I am , that if it is raining and certain other things are true , the balcony is wet and , in brief , that it would be wet no matter what else were true ? |
| 20 | ON HANDMADE AND MOULD MADE SHEETS THE LOGO IS SEWN INTO THE MESH SO IT IS RAISED AND LESS PULP IS DEPOSITED ON IT . |
| 21 | On handmade and mould-made sheets the logo is sewn onto the mesh so it is raised and less pulp is deposited on it . |
| 22 | Most of it is preserved in some way ; it is transported and various methods are employed to change and enhance its appearance ; it may be prepared or pre-cooked for convenience and finally aesthetically packaged for maximum appeal . |
| 23 | It is frozen and passive . |
| 24 | It is , therefore , essential to calibrate the instrument each time it is used and this process will require a reasonably close-tolerance non-electrolytic capacitor of 1µF . |
| 25 | It is untrifling and serious , even open to the charge of blasphemy . |
| 26 | It is signed and dated 1633 , and is inscribed ‘ AET : 76 ’ . |
| 27 | The effectiveness of a GIS in assisting policy and investment decision-making is related to the accuracy of the accident data it is analysing and this is especially true for particular initiatives including Safe Travel to School and AIP work . |
| 28 | Perhaps some positive aspects are contained within fat 's designation as taboo ; for instance , some people find fat attractive because it is forbidden and marginal : ‘ It may be that the forbidden is exciting because it is forbidden . |
| 29 | First , the aim in which it is designed and manufactured ; second , the retail chain that distributes it ; and third , the households in which it is finally used . |
| 30 | Whether an item is libellous or whatever depends on where it is circulated and this is under the control of the publisher and not of the author . |