Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he discounts other people 's slivers , he can give only his limited view and the true proportions of the 3-dimensional many coloured " whites " and yolks may be grossly misrepresented . |
| 2 | ‘ An individual shall be entitled ( a ) at reasonable intervals and without undue delay or expense ( i ) to be informed by any data user whether he holds personal data of which that individual is subject , and ( ii ) to access to any such data held by a data user ; and ( b ) where appropriate to have such data corrected or erased . ’ |
| 3 | At secluded Pill Creek , near Feock on the Fal estuary , he has two sales now under way and three more properties to choose from . |
| 4 | But he has private means , you know . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Gavron cheerfully admits that he has more staff than he needs to handle the currently depressed workload . |
| 6 | He has never really taken off , but keep with him , he has steady sales . |
| 7 | He has independent means , and we 're going to enjoy every minute of our lives together . ’ |
| 8 | But it seems to me that he needs other people to bounce off , even though he can do it all himself . |
| 9 | Instead , he drops heavy hints.Jeffrey Archer drops names like some people drop their aitches . |
| 10 | And as to dictatorships — in which he says two people in every 100 are interested in politics as opposed to three in a hundred in a democracy — you could argue that some dictatorships succeeded because they appealed to primitive instincts in people who were not interested in politics . |
| 11 | He says many people in the village have grown up with the noise of the jets . |
| 12 | He says elderly people are not attacked in their homes very often , but the fear of attack is great and the campaign will help to play down those fears . |
| 13 | He says local people put forward put forward very striongly their viewpoints but I do n't think the inspector upheld their views . |
| 14 | He says some people have n't got the cover they 've paid for . |
| 15 | He says most people have some qualms . |
| 16 | Today he says British people are under surveillance from Cheltenham … particularly charity workers with access to governments in unstable countries |
| 17 | A trade union or union official calling its members out on strike is therefore protected but it has been said to be arguable that an individual striker has no protection against a claim that he uses unlawful means when he withdraws his labour because this situation does not appear to fall within section 13(1) . |
| 18 | If he includes other people 's slivers , he may well perpetuate damaging myths about that person . |
| 19 | He chooses these people carefully and objectively , always with an eye on potential success . |
| 20 | Moreover , he assesses such people ( in his book The Nightmare , 1985 ) as being ‘ markedly open and defenceless , not having developed the psychological protection most people have … they have thin boundaries ( between conscious and unconscious states ) and let things through . ’ |
| 21 | He cites some statistics from two recent reports to support his argument : |
| 22 | He avoids these people ( who seem to constitute most of the people he knows ! ) and often seeks the company of children instead of adults . |
| 23 | Mr Lawson responded pleasantly : ‘ I am glad that my honourable friend raised that issue because , although it is an absurdity , it is believed by many people other than my honourable friend , who understandably picks up things that he hears other people say . ’ |
| 24 | Well today it I may be wrong , I hope I am , but it seems to me , everybody is out , you know , oh he gets five bob I want seven and six , he get 's seven and six , I want ten . |
| 25 | This in complete contrast to Holden who , although he criticises other people 's behaviour , does not describe them as individuals ; consequently in ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ , there is no serious development of any character except the central figure , whereas in ‘ Villette ’ , several characters are developed . |
| 26 | He compares these people with the more conservative of our piscatorial ancestors who , a billion years ago , resisted the temptation to clamber on to dry land and decided to stay where they were . |
| 27 | He feels most people , given the correct materials and tools , can build their own all glass aquarium following his plan . |
| 28 | With an unbeaten 75 off 38 balls in a Sunday League win over Warwicks at Leek in the same week , Adams revealed himself as one of the game 's most destructive young batsmen , and he hopes these innings will earn him consideration for the England ‘ A ’ tour . |
| 29 | And show him subtraction by counting off , erm you buy something for thirty seven P , and he gives fifty pence . |
| 30 | ‘ They know as he does that 75pc of the cigarettes manufactured in Darlington go abroad . |