Example sentences of "he [is] [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No examiner who has a pile of scripts in front of him is likely to spend much time trying to decipher an unreadable word or sentence . |
| 2 | Now the special envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Jose-Maria Mendiluce , says he is revolted to hear those words from Mr Boban . |
| 3 | He is sure to take some beating with more enterprising tactics and can hand out a lesson in the New University Maiden . |
| 4 | As physician in charge of screening at Murrayfield Hospital , Dr Ayles is well versed in this particular area and stresses he is anxious to prevent unnecessary alarm . |
| 5 | But it is unlikely that Althusser would welcome such an option because , as we saw , he is anxious to reject this very distinction . |
| 6 | He is due to arrive this morning at the Divulje barracks near Split on the Croatian coast and travel on , weather permitting , to a camp known as The Redoubt near Tomislavgrad in south-west Bosnia . |
| 7 | He is content to believe this , the implication being that he is invulnerable except to anyone who is alive , who has been born . |
| 8 | Gough could always write back to the Scottish League — as he is obliged to do this week in response to the management committee 's request for his views on United 's complaint over Ferguson — and point out that being forced to go to such lengths to contain his opponent proves he was correct to covet the forward for his team . |
| 9 | While I think he is right to criticise those who propounded a social gospel earlier in the century he does so for the wrong reason . |
| 10 | The right hon. Gentleman said that the self-government of this country is in peril and , while I disagree with his domestic politics , he is right to point that out . |
| 11 | He is right to pursue this line . |
| 12 | If a person is faced with prosecution , he is entitled to remain silent and to avoid cross-examination . |
| 13 | Of course , in those situations where the buyer can and does accept part and reject part of the goods ( i.e. where section 30 applies or where the contract is severable , see paragraphs 11–07 and 11–08 above ) , he is entitled to recover any part of the price that he has paid in respect of the rejected part of the goods . |
| 14 | The Parish Council have asked me to find out if he is entitled to do this and , if there are any planning or highway restraints on what he may do . |
| 15 | If a person is unlawfully restrained he is entitled to use reasonable force to effect his escape ( Kenlin v. Gardner ( H.C. , 1967 ) ) . |
| 16 | I disagree with his refusal , although I realise that he is entitled to take that position . |
| 17 | Section 36 of the Partnership Act assists in this connection : ( 1 ) Where a person deals with a firm after a change in its constitution he is entitled to treat all apparent members of the old firm as still being members of the firm until he has notice of the change . |
| 18 | Thus , the use of the word " demise " will give rise to two implied covenants on the part of the landlord : namely , that he is entitled to grant some term in the demised property and that the tenant shall have quiet enjoyment of the demised property . |
| 19 | He is entitled to protect both of these : see Morris ( Herbert ) and Attwood v Lamont [ 1920 ] 3 KB 571. 3.1 The employer 's special trade connections The employer is entitled only to protect his business against use of his special trade connections by others but not to protection from competition from his former employee : see the Morris ( Herbert ) case . |
| 20 | He is eager to cultivate such sales channels worldwide because he feels them to be an under-exploited source of revenue . |
| 21 | He is likely to serve six years in prison |
| 22 | This means that if a person is threatening another 's property in such a way that he is likely to cause another to act in self defence , he commits no offence . |
| 23 | If a Chancellor has decided that certain conduct in one case is against conscience , he is likely to decide that similar conduct is against conscience in another : the chances are that another Chancellor will decide the same . |
| 24 | Therefore , he is likely to nominate those whose views seem most in line with his own , although there is no way a president can guarantee the direction of a justice 's decision and it is estimated that the President 's choices have backfired in a quarter of appointments . |
| 25 | The cricket chairman Brian Close is away on holiday but he is likely to face some testing questions on the 10th . |
| 26 | Although probably not suffering from a serious psychiatric illness , he is likely to feel confused , angry , and ( above all else ) hopeless . |
| 27 | When , for instance , one official has to prepare proposals to harmonise VAT on second-hand goods ( which includes works of art ) he is likely to have little idea of the workings of an auction house . |
| 28 | I understand that he is likely to bring forward proposals in a ten-minute Bill in the not-too-distant future and I will listen to that debate with great interest . |
| 29 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 30 | Such an application can only be made with the leave of the court , and the court may only grant leave if it is satisfied , inter alia , that ‘ there is reasonable cause to believe that if the court 's inherent jurisdiction is not exercised with respect to the child he is likely to suffer significant harm : ’ see section 100(3) and ( 4 ) ( b ) . |