Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] is [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Steven it is a second marriage . |
| 2 | From Bethlehem at the beginning of his Gospel to Rome at the end of Acts it is the one Spirit active throughout : first showing us the nature of that messianic salvation brought by Jesus , and then showing us how it was spread . |
| 3 | ( a ) There is usually no real way to be sure that the piece of equipment devised is adequate for the purpose unless of course it is a straight copy of an existing commercial model . |
| 4 | Of course it is a claimant-based system — no one has ever hidden that fact . |
| 5 | Oh , yes , yes of course it is a Scottish place |
| 6 | And of course it is the whole modernity of the image which strikes us as revealing , and reflects the fluidity in Rey suggested above by ‘ G … ’ in the Courrier des spectacles ( 1800 ) : he ‘ hardly any longer lets us perceive that he holds a baton ’ . |
| 7 | If the embryos have taken so much trouble to have so well-defined patterns of cleavage it is a reasonable expectation that the cleavage pattern may be involved in specifying cell fate . |
| 8 | In the View of Ireland it is the Old English beyond the Pale , at the end of Faerie Queene Book V , it is the spectacle of the feminine Envy and Detraction pursuing Artegall into the realm of the Faerie Queene . |
| 9 | As the Count of Middenland he is a fervent devotee of the Cult of Ulric whose chief temple is situated in Middenheim . |
| 10 | For the vast majority of Tanzanians it is a second language , being the mother tongue of relatively few . |
| 11 | Along with Jack Charlton of Eire he is the only manager to survive from the 24 involved in the Italy World Cup finals just two years ago . |
| 12 | And if I fall into the pulse at the start of a piece of music it is a physical joy . |
| 13 | As in all classes of insurance it is the common law duty of all Policyholders to act as would a prudent uninsured following a casualty . |
| 14 | ( Peirce remarks that unless logic deals with a fact of psychology it is a mathematical game ! |
| 15 | Desirable , that is , only to seekers after adventure ; to the majority of others it is the last place on earth deserving a visit . |
| 16 | As ever , the hon. Gentleman takes a great interest in hon. Members this side of the House , but I suppose that from his point of view it is a receding problem . |
| 17 | Even more than this , from the palaeontological point of view it is the major cause of small mammal bone accumulations , particularly in caves . |
| 18 | We go so far as to say that in choice of partner it is a wise unconscious that falls in love with and marries its own unrecognized problem and then in marriage recreates the problematic situation . |
| 19 | As for Aegon , believes that : ‘ From a strategic point of view , for Aegon it is a good deal , though in the short term , the shareholders of Aegon are paying price . ’ |
| 20 | But it can also be a foreign world to us , and to those whose faces are set against God it is a closed world . |
| 21 | Like Piquet he is an outstanding talent with the desire and ability to win . |
| 22 | For surrealism it is the Freudian unconscious . |
| 23 | So here is a contrast : whereas for Rochlin homosexuality is an opting out of masculine competition , for X it is a direct expression of it ; or , more exactly , homosexual desire is inseparable from and dependent upon mimetic rivalry between males . |
| 24 | ( Interestingly , in the car industry , although Ford has never belonged to an association in Britain nevertheless in Germany it is an active member of the metalworking employers ' association and follows the terms of its negotiated agreements . ) |
| 25 | If in Cosi it is the women who are put upon , then in L'Italiana in Algeri it is the eponymous heroine who wears the trousers — or so , at least , it ought to be . |
| 26 | In addition he is a great client of Jewish merchants . |
| 27 | In essence it is an internal management tool to identify potential liabilities , to highlight whether environmental performance can be improved and to indicate where financial savings can be made . |
| 28 | The species will take the usual foods but bear in mind it is a robust fish and needs an appropriate diet — earthworms , beef heart , mussels , prawns and bits of chicken are ideal . |
| 29 | In effect he is a treated as an integral part of the Steam Tank . |
| 30 | He says in effect it is a new machine — the parts are the latest available , and the original machine they were going to buy is now obsolete . |