Example sentences of "he is [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is noted in Treasury records from 1671 as a member of a number of official commissions , notably as a commissioner for appeals in excise . |
| 2 | A person who has been admitted as a solicitor and whose name is on the roll shall , if he would not otherwise be taken to be acting as a solicitor , be taken for the purposes of this Act to be so acting [ and therefore being required to hold a practising certificate ] if he is employed in connection with the provision of any legal services ( a ) by any person who is qualified to act as a solicitor ; ( b ) by any partnership at least one member of which is so qualified ; or ( c ) by a body recognised by the Council of the Law Society under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 ( incorporated practices ) . |
| 3 | Among Herak 's alleged victims were eight Muslim women who he is charged with raping and murdering . |
| 4 | When she attends for the first time , she assesses the patient : if he is out of bed and eating his breakfast , for instance , she observes whether he can feed himself , or whether he needs help ; whether he has perceptual problems ; how good his balance is while he is sitting ; whether he is limited by spasticity ; what his posture is like ; and then whether he is capable of standing and walking . |
| 5 | Thus a believer begins to ‘ keep God 's word ’ or ‘ walk as Christ walked ’ ( 2:5,6 ) : ‘ he does not go on sinning , because God 's seed remains in him , and he can not go on sinning , because he is born of God ’ ( 3:9 ) . |
| 6 | Here , in Mixed Life , he relates that individual experience of Christ in every man to the Christ who transcends individual limitations and is expressed by the whole body of those in whom he is born in time through their knowing and doing : It is precisely because of these " sundri wirchynges " in the lives of individuals dictated by their particular talents and circumstances that discussion of active and contemplative life tends to polarise life-styles which are then also subject to evaluation in which contemplation is more highly esteemed simply because it relates to a greater state of spiritual awareness . |
| 7 | He also operates popular self-defence classes for women at Larchfield Sports Centre , where he is assisted by Debbie Harris , former English women 's karate champion . |
| 8 | He is assisted by R.V. Sabido , Text Processing Manager , Information Systems Division . |
| 9 | He is answered by Joseph who proudly unzips a handsomely bound , black leather , loose-leaf portfolio featuring photos ( taken by his friends on the scheme and selected , developed and printed by Joseph ) , text and cartoons all illustrating Joseph working , playing and learning . |
| 10 | He is condemned by God to end his reign in gore and destruction . |
| 11 | Cam is denied the colour and glamour of Barbados as he is kept at work on a tally of the cargo as it is landed : later , a talk with the captain helps him to see this and other causes for resentment in a different light . |
| 12 | By 1917 his paintings were to fetch the highest prices during his lifetime and in that year he is credited with painting one hundred and twenty-five canvases , a painting every three days . |
| 13 | Despite unease over his campaign performance , he is credited by Mr Major with wrong-footing Labour on tax . |
| 14 | The appeals court ruling greatly reduces the chances that Peter McMullen , who claims he will be killed by the IRA if he is deported to Britain , will be allowed to stay in the United States . |
| 15 | Perhaps this is because his problem is not a sociological one ; he is engaged in polemic rather than social theory and his work is built around an apocalyptic vision of the future of capitalism rather than a series of questions about social phenomena . |
| 16 | He is engaged in conversation by McKendrick , another participant in the Colloquium , but does not reveal to him that what attracts him to the conference is the opportunity it affords him to go to the World Cup qualifying match between England and Czechoslovakia ( scene one ) . |
| 17 | He is bowed in light , winged in a blaze of ghost : |
| 18 | Another man snatches bread from the table of hundreds of widows and orphans and similar credulous souls who do not know the ways of company promoters ; and , as likely as not , he is run into Parliament . ’ |
| 19 | But that approach does not apply in the case of badgers , it seems , and he is baffled by people 's emotive concern for the animals , which are not an endangered species . |
| 20 | After the interval he is joined by Kenneth White ( featured in the book ) to discuss the new language of the Arts as a reflection of the archetypal spirit of the visionaries of old . |
| 21 | He is joined by Peter Fairbairn , 54 , who has been appointed an external information technology consultant . |
| 22 | HE IS JOINED BY TOMMY MCLEAN & BILLY DICKSON OF KILMARNOCK & THE EVERGREEN WILLIE JOHNSON |
| 23 | He is joined by Richard Brown who will work in the company 's commercial property department in development practice . |
| 24 | [ He is joined by MR . |
| 25 | He is separated from wife Becky and their baby son . |
| 26 | He is followed by Coombs , who has 41 . |
| 27 | He is followed by Mr John MacGregor , the Education Secretary , whose thoughts cost the taxpayer £4.19 a document . |
| 28 | A good performer on the Flat , Vintage Crop won the Cesarewitch at Newmarket last October on his previous trip over from Ireland , but he is bedevilled by muscle problems in his back and has very limited hurdling experience . |
| 29 | PECKINPAH 'S LAST masterpiece , with James Coburn gloomily remembering , as he is shot to death , how he betrayed his values by tracking down free spirit Kris Kristofferson . |
| 30 | Because of this , he is shot by George . |