Example sentences of "is [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is during gastrulation that the cells leave the outer surface and move inside the region where they will form the gut . |
2 | It is during gastrulation that the main body plan is laid down ( Chapter 2 ) . |
3 | Prove to yourself how enjoyable mineral water is during business lunches . |
4 | The first is during the initial design phase , and the second is during design change . |
5 | His latest series , Walk on the Wild Side , is about animal behaviour , and will be shown on BBC1 in the spring . |
6 | The second petition is about nursery classes at first school . |
7 | ‘ The hunt is about fun , and not conservation or pest control , ’ it says . |
8 | It is about morality , and morality can not be judged according to the quality of our intentions , or according to whether a practice is socially sanctioned . |
9 | Insofar as soul is about sex , one result can be a musical hypersexuality , where the signs of passion are learnt , exaggerated , Inflated and unmoored from the ‘ real thing ’ . |
10 | This is about maths so we 'll have a look in that for punctuation . |
11 | For beyond biological virginity and motherhood lie the metaphor of virginity , which is about separation , and the metaphor of motherhood , which is about integration . |
12 | Aromatherapy , as it is more usually practised , is about prevention of major illness and the symptomatic treatment of minor ailments . |
13 | Remember that the NCT is about parenting and we 'd be delighted to hear from any fathers who 'd like to give us another viewpoint of parenthood ? |
14 | It is about building relationships . |
15 | The Bovril Babe is about style , not fashion slavery |
16 | The Bovril Babe is about style , not fashion slavery . |
17 | Essential to the label 's enduring appeal is that CD menswear is about style rather than fashion . |
18 | Local authorities will need to become more ‘ customer sensitive ’ and return to a culture where local government is about service to the public . |
19 | ‘ This record is about spirituality , it 's about finding your identity . |
20 | ‘ His work is about narcissism , but not the way we normally use that term , which is when someone is narcissistic , it means they 're self-involved . |
21 | It is about self appointed ‘ policing ’ of the world , restoring ‘ stability ’ and ‘ order ’ according to the standards of the US , Britain and other major political and military imperialist powers . |
22 | Leslie Dick 's second novel , Kicking , is about self-absorption and courage ; about withdrawing from junk or breast-milk . |
23 | This 10th anniversary production is about Love , merely a madness , but a madness in which a beautiful young man is a beautiful young woman who is a … beautiful young man … who is … |
24 | After a year investigating archival material in Europe and the United States , ‘ I discovered that my instinct was right — the theme of the movement is about love , not sadness or death : it symbolized Mahler 's love for Alma Schindler , whom he had recently met . ’ |
25 | Herringbroom is not concerned with conquering a technique , however , or showing an impressive facility ; it is about approach , about an attitude that allows the student to evolve , to move forward within his or her own work . |
26 | It would seem that if the real complaint is about shoddiness or unsuitability of the goods , the course of action is still by reference to the implied terms under the SGA 1979 , SGSA 1982 and SOGIT 1973 . |
27 | Although this book is about marriage , this chapter needs to take the reader back into history because therein lie our roots and forgotten history has a tendency to be relived . |
28 | Knowing that a conflict is about nationalism tells one very little — whether Ukrainian peasants face Polish landlords , French grape growers Algerian wine exporters , Chinese workers British employers . |
29 | This book is about childhood , a time when only the surroundings show , and nothing is explained . |
30 | For instance , " Who can be the first to tell me which chapter is about dinosaur eggs ? " and so on . |