Example sentences of "[prep] is [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I 'm afraid of is that price liberalisation could enable producers of coal , steel and other raw materials to dictate high prices because of their monopoly position . |
| 2 | An important point to be aware of is that insurance and other financial companies may give illustrative projections of their investment performance . |
| 3 | Now one thing the Elliott household is not short of is oily fish . |
| 4 | What there is a shortage of is good propositions which are realistically priced and properly thought through and presented . |
| 5 | It is what , in Mixed Life he would call the " sparcle of is blissid fier , is him silf " ( 39.450 – 1 ) . |
| 6 | A total of is 463 quintals [ 2546 tonnes ] of grain was distributed , and 15 229 items of clothing given away . ’ |
| 7 | The essence of is copper alloy , it 's got more than fifty percent copper in it . |
| 8 | One turns out to be the Greek Revival Sheriff Courthouse ( 1841 ) in the centre of Glasgow , which is an unprecedented gesture on the part of this Edinburgh-based institution towards is traditional rival , Glasgow , the rough-tough merchant city which has so improved its image over the last ten years through an enlightened cultural policy . |
| 9 | Or could it be ? is with him at the end of the day only evidence against is weak identification evidence then the case would have been thrown out . |
| 10 | The jealousy swept through Mr Trotter 's head as he idolized this person for his looks , popularity , he had got everything just right , whereas he was living in a poky little cottage , with is protective wife and his asthma . |
| 11 | In particular one thing I 'm dealing with is black women going out with white men , which is a big issue now . |
| 12 | You can do without carpet but you 've got to have somewhere to sit and the least you can make do with is one sofa or two good chairs . |
| 13 | What we are constantly being fed with is that unemployment figures have been falling , that a successful economic miracle has taken place , that unemployment is a thing of the past . |
| 14 | Ann was her usual quiet self ; Harry was a little less wild ; Sam was obviously head over heels in love with is new bride , and Martha was clearly content . |
| 15 | The group 's publicity suggests that the issue being dealt with is mental illness , which led a therapist in the audience to say that none of the characters seemed to him to be mentally ill . |
| 16 | But having prepared the tank to ensure the best possible water quality and filters that have a head start , the maximum stock to begin with is two fish ( though arguably this could mean two 3″ Barbs or a shoal of six 1″ Tetras . |
| 17 | It was demolished in 1971 but is to be re-erected opposite the Royal Victoria Hotel thus symbolically reuniting Albert the Good with is dear wife . |
| 18 | The small alpine town , with is medieval fortress and museum , is built on a rock 150 metres above a glittering lake of the same name . |
| 19 | You 'll what you 'll end up with is different organisations managing houses scattered all over the city . |
| 20 | Clearly impressed with is new-found walking advertisement , he finds Madonna ‘ very easy to get along with . |
| 21 | Take those away and all you 're left with is psychological value judgements . |
| 22 | Where Raw Stylus are coming from is that area where much of the best British music is currently being produced : the vibrant vibrazone where jazz and soul tunes collide with a hard hip hop feel . |
| 23 | at the moment the only source it 's come from is directed projects . |
| 24 | Putting data into a spreadsheet is simplicity itself , but remembering where that data came from is another matter . |
| 25 | Doing all that TV stuff made me realise that , no , what I 'm interested in is pure movement . |
| 26 | What I am interested in is good scripts . |
| 27 | This very selectivity of what the scientist chooses to notice and work upon is another reason for saying that science is to some extent subjective . |
| 28 | What I am referring to is elementary structural-functionalist sociology , in which modernization is seen as a process of structural differentiation ( Ausdifferenzierung ) . |
| 29 | Crash-cutting the best of the sight gags to a bass-heavy mix of Tone Loc 's ‘ Wild Thing ’ , editing the pedestrian plot down to is essential equation ( relaxed grown-up sorts out uptight kid note the difference to the standard Hughes formula : relaxed kids sort out uptight grown-up ) , it 's three minutes of pure cinematic bliss . |
| 30 | The one you 're talking to is all tolerance and forbearance . |