Example sentences of "[adj] is [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is relativity with a vengeance , and many of us have felt than in a case like this the scales that Eliot measures by are not so much sliding as slithering . |
| 2 | I start off with a Bloody Mary as this is breakfast in a sense , then cleanse the palate with a bottle of Pils . |
| 3 | There is yet another area of intellectual activity that is supported by reading , and this is speculation of the ‘ what if … ? ’ kind , found in science fiction ( SF ) . |
| 4 | His idea wo n't work , says Beowulf , for the pressure on heroes to take blood-revenge is too strong — it seems , though this is speculation from other sources , that Ingeld 's father Fróda was killed by the Danish king who now wants to make alliance with his son . |
| 5 | Therefore this is evidence for the view that whereas certain volatiles such as the inert gases were acquired during accretion , others such as carbon and nitrogen ( and hydrogen ) were acquired subsequently . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the relative dispersion of the unemployment percentages ( as measured by the coefficient of variation ) was lower in 1985 than in 1975 : this is evidence of a narrowing of the differentials between the regions , possibly a result of recent regional economic policy initiatives . |
| 7 | This is evidence of continuing support from the family in weathering the changes . |
| 8 | This is evidence of both extreme and young source enrichments in U and Th relative to Pb ( ref. 7 ) . |
| 9 | This is evidence against there being two types of crust on Venus . |
| 10 | This is back of the stage . |
| 11 | This is support to which the family might seem peculiarly suited , since it is concerned with personal anxieties and fears , the realm of the intimate . |
| 12 | it is rather difficult to know whether this is support for Krashen 's proposal or not , but it certainly implies the separation of the process of meaning construction from the determination of final output form . |
| 13 | So I thought , this is money for old rope , you know . |
| 14 | The prosecution claims this is money from the post office robbery . |
| 15 | This is settlement by contra . |
| 16 | Coming from the face-fungus-clad Mr Bushell , this is bit like Grace And Favour 's Mr Humphries complaining that Frank Bruno is a bit of a weed . |
| 17 | An example of this is tuberculosis of the lung ( pulmonary TB ) . |
| 18 | As sure as I have tusks , this is ontology on the hoof . |
| 19 | This is suspect for precisely the same reasons we considered when discussing option two . |
| 20 | On the other hand , this is anathema to many accountants , particularly those involved in business , because they are used to seeing a single set of financial statements . |
| 21 | An example of this is variation between low and mid-front realizations of /a/ before velar consonants in words of the type rag , pack , bang , which show only slight differences in terms of age and sex within inner-city Belfast . |
| 22 | This is poetry to , for , and about the Friend , and the Poet is merely vox . |
| 23 | However , this is water under the bridge . |
| 24 | This is radicalism at its most aristocratic . |
| 25 | This is profit before extraordinary items but after preference dividends . |
| 26 | This is peace with God and joy in believing . |
| 27 | We were talking about that today , because you know the bit where , this is Ghost by the way , you know the bit where the man jumps inside Whoopie Goldberg ? |
| 28 | This is part of the Catering & Allied philosophy of ‘ link manning ’ — people need to be able to pick up their colleagues ' responsibilities if necessary , so knowledge gets passed on . |
| 29 | This is part of the ideological pedagogy which the institution uses to create and maintain defensive boundaries against the outsider or those who might produce a critical analysis of its systems ; it is one major strength of the organization . |
| 30 | But this is part of the witness he bears ; celebrating love and sex and intimacy . |