Example sentences of "he [is] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aah said as 'ow 'e 's only a poor little thing . ’ |
| 2 | Foucault is critical of such a theory not just because it is based on a science/non-science distinction which for him is simply the product of a particular discursive formation which claims access to the real , rather than involving any epistemological questions of truth or objectivity , but also because it produces the notion of ideology as a secondary mediation ( as in Althusser 's interpellation ) in an inside/outside structure between the determinants of power and the individual subject . |
| 3 | He is an accomplice , in the sense that everyone who joins another in decoding a linguistic sign co-operates with them in the establishment of its meaning ; but we can see that the sign Iago offers him is just the opposite of what Othello wants to believe , or has believed till now . |
| 4 | Because very often you , a father can be very keen on gardening and getting the children to help him is just the last thing . |
| 5 | The protest of the human individual against the massive forces which control him is indeed a theme which can be seen in contemporary art , literature , music and drama , in the struggles against racialism , poverty and war , in the popular movements of Western youth and in the renewed campaign for women 's emancipation ; so we can hardly be surprised if parents too begin to question the authority of the experts . |
| 6 | His attitude towards him is much the same as that of the ‘ poor white ’ to the ‘ niggers ’ in the former slave states of the U.S.A … . |
| 7 | He may be like a banana tree or a coconut tree , half human in appearance , revolting in every way , but caring for him is still a woman 's duty if he 's her husband . |
| 8 | Although he has lived in the UK since 1969 , Zarei was born in Iran and is often listed as Iranian , but he is officially a British athlete , and won an England vest when competing in the Milton Keynes 24-hour Championships in 1989 . |
| 9 | A happy , approachable Oliver Stone is a new phenomenon indeed — he is no a man known for his relaxed attitude on set , and the actors in Platoon especially were pushed to the limit . |
| 10 | Though he sits by the gate of Shiloh , in his blindness watching the road , he is nearly the last in the town to hear the news . |
| 11 | The Trader warrants that he is either the owner of the goods in any Consignment or is authorized by such owner to accept these Conditions on such owner 's behalf . |
| 12 | ‘ If a person is intelligent , then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist . |
| 13 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 14 | He is probably the most complete player I have ever seen and certainly the best front-row forward in the world . |
| 15 | I hope he will sign a new contract because I believe he is probably the best target man in Britain . |
| 16 | We have clear descriptions of Charles from his chroniclers and contemporaries ; he is probably the first powerful figure to emerge from the Dark Ages as a completely documented ruler . |
| 17 | He is probably the only adopted English child in these islands . |
| 18 | He is probably the best example of a belief often expressed about the presidency — that the man holding the office grows in stature to fit the highest position in the nation . |
| 19 | He is probably the John Archer who graduated MA from Magdalene College , Cambridge , in 1626 . |
| 20 | He is probably the namesake ‘ of the king 's household ’ who entered Lincoln 's Inn in 1475 . |
| 21 | And watching Gordon Wilson 's maiden speech to the Dublin Senate , one reflected that he is probably the only man in Ulster who is able to announce his intention to talk to the IRA and who no-one would dare to denounce . |
| 22 | His lawyer reckons he is probably the youngest person on Death Row in the world . |
| 23 | Gilels has intelligence and fantasy in abundance ; yet without aiming at an Arrau-massiveness he is ultimately a more powerful protagonist than Brendel . |
| 24 | So he is already a celebrity in island cricket . |
| 25 | He lives only for the moment , and he is already a changed man . |
| 26 | Of all the contenders Armiger is certainly best placed to impress , as he is already a Group One winner and was among the favourites for the Derby until injury forced him out of the Epsom showpiece . |
| 27 | He is already a member of the British junior team , having been chosen two years earlier than most of the others . |
| 28 | But since he is dead the thought of it keeps coming back . ’ |
| 29 | It could be said as brusquely of Iago that he is just a wrecker . |
| 30 | Sometimes he is just a secondary figure floating in the novel 's bloodstream , as at the fête where he has got roped in with a few other young men to be a marshal and make sure everything goes smoothly . |