Example sentences of "is [pron] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 2 | In such circumstances , there is nothing that the directors can do to prevent shareholders selling a controlling interest if they so wish . |
| 3 | There is nothing that the dog could do that could express the difference between the two thoughts : ‘ My master is at the door ’ and ‘ I am thinking that my master is at the door ’ . |
| 4 | There is nothing that the disease likes more than a circuitous argument in search of absolute proof on precise definitions of addiction . |
| 5 | If the electorate were even moderately sophisticated there would be no point in contriving in the course of an election campaign all those gimmicky photo opportunities for leading politicians in which the issue is nothing and the image is everything . |
| 6 | ‘ America is all fucked up , ’ is his and the film 's opening line , which he utters in a sardonic drawl before indulging in a spot of simulated masturbation . |
| 7 | Whereas the idea is theirs and the producer is working in an advisory capacity , he or she almost certainly has greater technical knowledge and experience than the creative team and may well have to point out sequences which wo n't work and suggest modifications or changes . |
| 8 | It was Paine 's belief that England lacked a constitution , as he stated at p. 370 that ‘ the continual use of the word ‘ constitution ’ in the English parliament shows there is none and the whole is merely a form of government without a constitution , and constituting itself with what power it pleases ’ . |
| 9 | Jimmy Connors after being knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round I 'VE spent time with her and she is everything that a man could want . |
| 10 | Irigaray ( 1985 ) rejects Lacan 's relational account of sexual difference , in which femininity is everything that the Name of the Father , and language itself , does not express . |
| 11 | Again a legal liberty ( that is something that a man may do with legal justification ) may form the basis of blackmail . |
| 12 | I have come to suspect that the underlying motive to help younger people grow up to be confident , competent adults , and to derive pleasure from doing so , is something that a person can bury , ignore or conceal , but not amputate . |
| 13 | And the last part is something that a number of you had for your objectives is and evaluation monitoring and evaluating training . |
| 14 | For all the rejection of what was sometimes called ‘ woman garbage ’ by American feminists , the issue of appearance is something that no woman can wholly avoid . |
| 15 | We must not lose sight of the fact that such decay contributes to crime , and that is something that the Government acknowledge . |
| 16 | So clearly that is something that er er e i i is a matter for the accountancy profession in some way er but of course we 've got the problem as well then that er er Price Waterhouse operating in the United States presumably er comes within the jurisdiction of Price Wate the accountancy profession in the United States and it is something that the government is going to have address itself to . |
| 17 | It is something that the government needs to look at and indeed it goes hand in hand er with the need to overall the whole regulatory system er which is something that I 've referred to often enough before er and I have no hesitation in repeating it again . |
| 18 | But the underlying purpose , that of reducing unnecessary bureaucracy , stripping away the red tape which hinders enterprise and good er governance in this country , is something that the government is very committed to and we intend to promulgate that doctrine throughout all the areas and that of course is being taken forward in legislation . |
| 19 | Erm we believe that this is something that the panel should pay particular regard to , bearing in mind the government 's advice to reduce the need for for travel . |
| 20 | The first level is something that the climbers can do something about , and that is removing their rubbish . |
| 21 | ‘ Many people believe that depression is something that the sufferer brings on themselves and all they have to do is pull themselves together , ’ explained Sean O'Reilly of Aware . |
| 22 | Clearly this is something that the Princess also wanted to do . |
| 23 | This is something that the G M B have been campaigning for since nineteen ninety . |
| 24 | A united partnership of opposition to such developments is something that the MEG warmly welcomes ’ , Mr Hopkins told a local paper . |
| 25 | Hatred of Jews is something that the Fascist is especially prone to , but it is n't a necessary consequence of his Fascism , and in any case it 's only a symptom , certainly not the root cause of his disease . |
| 26 | The personality with which Braque invests his jug is something that the jug possesses in its own right . |
| 27 | Er and I think that is something that the Department of the Environment in particular on the Stansted Airport have deserved , so I fully support Terry in which this er report has been written . |
| 28 | Perhaps in response to this call for negotiations ( though that is something that the administration would not admit ) , Mr Baker is set to make another tour of allied capitals in Europe and the Middle East , during which he would , at the very least , be available for a meeting in Baghdad . |
| 29 | In the words of the Brundtland Report , Our Common Future : ‘ The earth is one but the world is not . |
| 30 | Odette Smith 's long and sometimes painful struggle to reach the weight she wanted is one that a lot of women ( and men ) will sympathise with . |