Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is either Joan of Arc or the She-Devil . |
| 2 | c ) At 5 pm. she is again 30km from home . |
| 3 | She is also authoress of the National Geographic book , Exploring the Deep Frontier . |
| 4 | Joanna Lumley may be better known for her recent performance in ‘ Absolutely Fabulous , ’ but she is also president of Farms for City Children . |
| 5 | Until tragedy and fate catch up with her she is always mistress of the situation , coolly self-possessed . |
| 6 | The pianist Valerie Tryon , was of course well-known to English audiences before her emigration in 1971 to Canada , where she is now Artist-in-Residence at McMaster University . |
| 7 | She is now Head of Modern Languages at Queen Elizabeth 's School , Faversham , Kent , where she went after taking her P. G. C. E. at Hull . |
| 8 | She is now patron of a long list of local charities and bears the grand title of Divisional President of the St John Ambulance Brigade , Tuckswood Division . |
| 9 | It is worth noting , however , that Richards 's concept of poetry is similar to that which we have encountered in the previous two chapters , in that poetry for him is simply shorthand for literature that has aesthetic value ; his belief was that the value of literature as a whole lay entirely in its use of the emotive function of language . |
| 10 | They do not see falling over as ‘ failure ’ ; it is simply part of the process of learning . |
| 11 | It is both sides of the equation . |
| 12 | It is thus part of the red-pied lowland group of northwest European cattle which also includes the Belgian Red Pied ( or Campine ) and the Polish Red-and-White Lowland . |
| 13 | But even though the category is entirely hypothetical , it is nevertheless part of the ‘ table of literature 's possibilities ’ which it is the business of poetics to construct . |
| 14 | A hyper-sensitive fellow , such things cause him great and needless upset but to the rest of the band , it is largely water off a duck 's back , and they are dutifully protective of their singer , as are many of the people working around the band . |
| 15 | It is largely thanks to this one moment of history that there currently exists an unbroken line of Spanish-speaking nations through 90° of latitude from Tijuana in northern Mexico to Punta Arenas in southern Chile . |
| 16 | It is largely thanks to the perseverance of a former CO of the RAF Institute of Aviation Pathology , Group Captain Mason ( now Professor of Forensic Pathology at Edinburgh University ) , that there is international recognition of the contribution of the aviation pathologist in aircraft accident investigation by way of a specification recommending their positive involvement in formal investigations written into Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps … yes , it is most kind of you . ’ |
| 18 | It is surely part of the ambiguity of his person , as well as of his work , whether ‘ priestly ’ or ‘ prophetic ’ . |
| 19 | It is decidedly Army in shape . |
| 20 | Mind you , I am under few illusions : it is probably boredom in the short-term few months job I have found , and worry as it is , in real terms , a lot less than half my old salary . |
| 21 | Interviewed on BBC Radio Four 's Today programme , Swales said : ‘ I would love to keep going , but I realise it is probably time for someone else to have a go . |
| 22 | In the real world , it is unlikely that a product has clear advantages over its competition on all points , and it is clearly part of the selling function for the salesperson to emphasise those superior features and benefits which his product possesses . |
| 23 | It is also part of a growing trend . |
| 24 | But it is also part of that long revolt in more liberal climes against the dominance of the ‘ providing state ’ , along with the rise of the individual citizen consumer — Galbraith 's ‘ politics of comfort ’ . |
| 25 | The transfiguration ( Matthew 17 ) , recorded here in 2 Peter 1 : 16–18 , is of course a unique event , but it is also part of a pattern for Peter 's life which shows he was a man who was close to God . |
| 26 | It is also part of two people who love each other and is ultimately something they have been able to create together . |
| 27 | When the Greeks begin to use it , it is also part of their interest in mastering the appearance of nature , and leads on to perspective and chiaroscuro , to European painting . |
| 28 | It is also part of the process of learning because it again concentrates their mind on what they need to do better fine . |
| 29 | Not only is that generally helpful in being a recently approved structure plan that 's been through the Secretary of State 's hands , but of course it is also part of this region . |
| 30 | It is also proof of the high regard that the right hon. Member for Finchley had for the right hon. Gentleman and his presence in her Cabinet . |