Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [is] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refer to the lively campaign being waged in the United States which is affecting many of their best-known golf clubs . |
| 2 | The international landscape with which we began 1989 — the old , familiar structures of the two alliances , the Anglo-American special relationship , the European Community 's halting progress toward greater unity , and the newer but also beginning to be familiar element of reform in the Soviet Union — is being transformed , and it is Germany which is leading that transformation . |
| 3 | It was approached by the UAE which is offering tax-free salaries of up to £80,000 and free accommodation . |
| 4 | The man given the task of bringing the legend to life is Chelmsford-born Alex Bourne who is relishing this unabashed , foot-stomping , hand-clapping piece of rock and roll history . |
| 5 | Then there is Test no.8 Tim Gavin who is making slow progress after being ruled out of last year 's World Cup because of damaged knee ligaments . |
| 6 | " What if I 'd told him that the Avignon was carrying a young man named Charles Sherman who 's destined one day maybe to become the President of the United States ? " |
| 7 | Nineteenth-century specialist François Perreau-Saussine of Galerie du Carrousel has dropped in , together with Nicolas Joly from Galerie Yves Mikaeloff who is presenting ten pre-cubist and cubist drawings by Andre Mare alongside seventeenth- and eighteenth-century works , including an early La Hyre and one of the few Nicolas Mignards still to be found outside the Louvre . |
| 8 | In ‘ Crumble Hall ’ Urs'la addresses Roger who is sprawled unconscious across the servants ' table in a speech reminiscent of Gay 's ‘ Tuesday ’ eclogue : |
| 9 | Given the comments of the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , when he was Secretary of State for the Environment , that national parks were the jewels in the crown , does the Minister not think it fair that that should apply to the entire United Kingdom , not least to my constituency which contains Loch Lomond which is facing ecological disaster as a result of the political intransigence of the blockheads in the Scottish Office in Edinburgh ? |
| 10 | It 's not a new idea , but there 's a , a electronics engineer and computer er enthusiast called Dermott Dobson who 's brainchild this particular technology is , and he basically put it together in his back room . |
| 11 | Right at the heart of God 's choice of Israel it is made plain that God has a missionary purpose . |
| 12 | I mean they really think I mean it 's like Lee he 's doing this work experience an yes it 's great an it 's a bit boring , mum and Dave said Lee , you know wake up ! |
| 13 | But thank God someone 's doing some classy work in this crumby country , eh ? ’ |
| 14 | A political storm has blown up over public grants to American firm Conner Peripherals in Irvine which is ending Scottish production . |
| 15 | Barrie Lamb stated that the job would have been completed earlier had DRPS not been diverted into rescuing additional rolling stock such as their current working steam loco , a Peckett 0-4-0 ST which is undergoing extensive winter repairs . |
| 16 | But the family moved out in 1949 to be replaced by caretaker Albert Edwards who 's seen many residents . |
| 17 | Almost all Cologne galleries have put on new shows for the Premierentage Festival that began 30 April , including Gisela Capitain who is showing new works on paper by Richard Artschwager ( until 29 May ) . |
| 18 | As with the rest of Corfu it 's getting better and better each year , but that does n't mean you should wait to come ! |
| 19 | Perhaps the most significant lexicon under development is that of the EDR project in Japan which is developing bilingual resources for Japanese and English ( Uchida , 1990 ) . |
| 20 | I look sideways at Nathan who is lying motionless in a bag covered by an inch of snow . |
| 21 | I 'm quite sure she did n't believe a word of this , but in Oxford it is considered good manners to take an adversarial position so as to generate an interesting conversation and allow both parties to display their intelligence , knowledge and eloquence . |
| 22 | The conversion , down to Lynagh who 's scored more points than anyone else in International Rugby . |
| 23 | It 's Larry who 's doing this . |
| 24 | However , despite the run-making of the likes of Uel Graham and Neil Doak who is approaching 600 for the season , they wo n't find Downpatrick in any mood for generosity . |
| 25 | CLAUDIUS : Thanks , Rosencrantz ( Turning to ROS who is caught unprepared , while GUIL bows ) and gentle Guildenstern ( Turning to GUIL who is bent double ) . |
| 26 | During its time in Oxfordshire it 's seen active duty most recently in the Gulf War . |