Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that . |
| 2 | He is advising on a draft bill for a new law to protect Britain 's archaeological heritage better , but he is the kind of academic to whom the government turns for advice on all kinds of matters , not just his own specialisations : last year , for example , he was responsible for the Report on the National Curriculum in art education in schools . |
| 3 | He is served by a lovely cast who lift a gossamer-thin veil to show the misunderstandings and subtle warrings which make up human relations in all their glory . |
| 4 | He is employed as a Graduate Trainee in Production Planning . |
| 5 | He is employed as an assistant to the Production Director and is attending a SCOTVEC day release course in Business Studies . |
| 6 | He is employed by a Sett of Noble Men ( by my recommendation ) to collect seeds and specimens of rare plants ’ . |
| 7 | Where he is employed by the society , that will be indicated below the signature . |
| 8 | He is charged with the murder of all three women , his wife , daughter and mother-in-law sometime between the 14th and 20th of August . |
| 9 | Instead , he is limited to a sum which reflects the difference between what he actually paid for the property , and what the Court thinks he would have paid had he known of the defect at the time he bought it . |
| 10 | In praising the Nun 's Priest , however , he is limited to a motif of sexual worth that inescapably recalls the fabliau : which is what he had imagined of the Monk ( VII : 1945 ) . |
| 11 | I drew him that , I gave him one of those [ pointing to the jumper he is wearing in the picture ] . |
| 12 | He is referring to a study published last year in the British Medical Journal in which the complementary therapy of chiropractic was compared with conventional physiotherapy in the treatment of low back pain . |
| 13 | When he says that ‘ English ’ relates to such cultural characteristics as ‘ objectivity ’ in specific ways , he is referring to a language-system , not to English in the loose everyday sense . |
| 14 | When he talks of the ‘ metal landscape ’ he is referring to the world of the train and not to the one of green landscapes which we would expect . |
| 15 | He is referring to the fact that people are prepared to compromise and will accept half-measures . |
| 16 | As we have seen , Gandhi recognizes that no single religion can embody the whole truth , and that all particular religions contain errors since they are human constructs or formulations , but does it follow necessarily that when he speaks of Religion underlying all human constructs , or at the heart of all religions , he is referring to an ‘ essence ’ of an ‘ entity ’ or a ‘ primordial form ’ of religion after the fashion of Schleiermacher ? |
| 17 | How , for example , can a man be a British citizen when he is born in a foreign country of foreign parents and has never been naturalised ? |
| 18 | He is assisted by a network of regional chairmen . |
| 19 | He is assisted by a technical director , Allan Cook , formerly head of accounting research at Shell , and seven other members . |
| 20 | Executive power is vested in the President , elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage : he is assisted by a Council of Ministers . |
| 21 | When acting in a judicial capacity he is thrown back on his own resources , whereas in his ministerial capacity he is assisted by the staff of a major department of state . |
| 22 | Indeed , when Bernard Bergonzi complains of the uniformity of the novels he is obliged as a reviewer to read , he gives as a sample situation a scenario that could well be based on The Languages of Love : ‘ a very sensitive , rather neurotic girl , living in an Earls Court bedsitter and having sexual difficulties ’ ( 1979:24 ) . |
| 23 | He is flanked by the Angels |
| 24 | Nevertheless , one reason why Mr Hammer 's message has been received so eagerly is that , to a large extent , he is preaching to the converted . |
| 25 | And he is blessed with a beautiful , evenly produced , voice . |
| 26 | His real crime is that he is suspected by the Radical Party and militant members of the ruling Socialists ( ex-communists ) of plotting with the army , of which he was the nominal head , to stage a coup . |
| 27 | If someone has promised that he will prevent the promisee suffering any loss , and he does cause that no such loss arises from that matter , he does what he promised ; but if he does not , because he does not do what he promised , he is condemned in a sum of money , as happens in all obligations for performance . |
| 28 | What we are reading may invite reaction : Shirley Hughes expects us to react to Dave 's loss of Dogger and to be concerned about the problem of Alfie when he is locked inside the house . |
| 29 | People who will say to other people I know Jesus I know that he loves us , I know that he forgives us , I know that he is risen from the dead , and that the good news is that we will also rise from our own deaths . |
| 30 | • The identity of the Second Channel has been given as Ali Hashemi Bahranani , Rafsanjani 's nephew , He is kept as the Second Channel here , for simplicity 's sake . |