Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to avoid loading a title with a chain of such covenants , it is perhaps better draftsmanship , when first imposing restrictions , to provide that the owner for the time being shall be responsible only for breaches committed whilst he or she is such owner . |
| 2 | ( c ) External wall In the case of a demise of one floor of a building , or of a room on any floor that is bounded or enclosed on one or more sides by an outside wall , unless the outside wall is excepted or reserved , or there is some context which leads to the contrary conclusion , prima facie the premises demised comprise both sides of the outside wall ( Hope Brothers Ltd v Cowan [ 1913 ] 2 Ch 312 per Joyce ; Goldfoot v Welch [ 1914 ] 1 Ch 213 ; Sturge v Hackett [ 1962 ] 3 All ER 166 ) . |
| 3 | Or there is some connection between the two incidents . |
| 4 | ‘ Good afternoon , Katie , ’ she said to me but she frowned at Frankie and said , ‘ And who is this boy ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And who is this person ? ’ she enquired innocently . |
| 6 | ‘ Sit down , ’ Lewis said , ‘ and who is this lad , then ? ’ |
| 7 | The justification for the possession offence is preventive , and there is little difficulty in holding that a person caught in possession of explosives with intent to endanger life has sufficiently crossed the threshold of criminality to justify punishment . |
| 8 | In political systems heavily dependent on trading and dealing , matters of principle get short shrift , long-standing problems are not faced and there is little scope for more than modest incremental change . |
| 9 | The publisher might refuse and there is little IRS can do to force that publisher to help the band . |
| 10 | Clearly it is now almost impossible to proceed without the DUP , as some had hoped , and there is little enthusiasm in the UUP for full-scale inter-party talks . |
| 11 | On the other hand , male sterilizations are rare and there is little promotion of the operation . |
| 12 | The most popular use for the vehicles today is wedding carriage hire , and there is little call for items like the Fire Engine except occasional film work . |
| 13 | There are many ways of surviving to produce offspring , and there is little consensus between organisms about what counts as evolutionary ‘ success ’ in this sense . |
| 14 | As a hotel increases in size , however , the tasks have to be subdivided into separate areas of work and supervised by section heads ; and in a very large hotel ( Fig. 1.2 ) the volume of work is such that under departmental heads staff specialise in one aspect of the work only and there is little opportunity to relate their individual efforts to the whole operation . |
| 15 | Surely the proof of any pudding , however , is in the eating and there is little doubt that acupuncture has gained credence and acceptance in the past decade or so . |
| 16 | No one expected to reverse the pull of 14 years of refugee resettlement overnight , and there is little doubt that voluntary repatriation would pick up speed if the Hong Kong authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick . |
| 17 | Beaker pottery is very widespread in Europe and there is little doubt that the style was initially introduced to Britain from the Continent . |
| 18 | This created the conditions which were to set the pattern of religious justification for strife for centuries to come , and there is little doubt that nearly all , if not all wars in historic time have had some kind of religion or ‘ god ’ put forward as requiring the human race , or parts of it to engage in bloodshed and misery . |
| 19 | It is easy to imagine how the early inhabitants of the Middle Fast , and in particular the ancient Egyptians , could have converted this African race into a domestic partner and there is little doubt that this is what occurred , with the more northerly European form being left out of the story altogether in the initial stages . |
| 20 | The whole Gdynia venture was only possible because of massive government preference , and there is little doubt that the port could not have been run indefinitely at such favourable rates . |
| 21 | You pick your best players and there is little doubt on current form that Beardsley is one of England 's finest forwards . |
| 22 | We do not know whether she was embarrassed at being named — probably not in this case , one suspects — and there is little doubt that her views of this behaviour came over more vividly without the cloak of anonymity . |
| 23 | Outstanding incompatibilities not resolved by the ABI — and there is little doubt that different look and feels will still prevail — are to be addressed by a streamlined porting environment that can be whittled down over time as more features are incorporated into the ABI . |
| 24 | Children are remarkably resilient in this respect and there is little doubt that the fuss which is made about certain minor offences has more adverse effect on the child than the act itself . |
| 25 | And there is little doubt that the run-down of whole sectors of UK industry has been associated with it , but the interpretation given by world-system theories is a particular one . |
| 26 | It is clear from unofficial remarks by Sony that they see the initial market in ‘ interactive music ’ applications and there is little doubt that the hi-fi stereo music capabilities of the player will be one of the keys to early mass market success . |
| 27 | It was at least a quarter of a minute before anyone looked up , and there is little doubt that the word " elephant " appeared on the pages of these so-called notes . |
| 28 | Taking advantage of the disordered and uncertain state of things it is not surprising that some mineral " owners " felt they ought to have reward for the working of minerals on their land , and there is little doubt that legal issues could and did arise where such " illegal " mining was detected . |
| 29 | But of course they are , and there is little doubt that neither Joyce nor myself could ever have achieved a tenth of the success we have without the help and support , not to mention the sheer selflessness and lack of ego , of the men who chose to love us . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the value of MRI in other areas of oncology , is beginning to be recognised and there is little doubt that further advances in technology and in the development of new contrast agents will carry MRI into a new era . |