Example sentences of "[is] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing at all about Rocky … except he s in the 17 man squad ( which we already knew ) . |
| 2 | This , by the way , erm , it it is applied with this study , and that is during the thirties , particularly on the , well it it actually carried on into the forties , but but the , there was a almost a character in many plays , where one one character was , in effect , the family black sheep . |
| 3 | 1980 ) and onset is during the second half of the first year of life . |
| 4 | It is during the latter part of this century , however , that historic barns and other traditional rural buildings have faced their greatest threat . |
| 5 | The critical time for an adverse effect on language development is during the first three years of life ( Sak and Ruben 1981 ; Zinkus et al . |
| 6 | It is during the first few months in particular that these sorts of activities can affect the developing foetus , producing babies that may be premature , and with a low birth weight . |
| 7 | The survival curve for the study shows that the highest mortality is during the first four years after diagnosis . |
| 8 | Long coach travel is during the cool early morning |
| 9 | In his opening speech , Ralph Ellis thanked all those who had contributed to the success of the company , emphasising ‘ that it is during the tough times when such experience counts . ’ |
| 10 | The most basic level of interpreting archaeological remains is during the post-excavation work , when the contexts are analysed and , where possible , dated and fitted together . |
| 11 | The time is during the later 1970s ( so it is reasonable to expect that they will speak modern English , with Scottish accents ) . |
| 12 | The first is during the initial design phase , and the second is during design change . |
| 13 | The physical act of training breaks down part of the muscle exercised , and it is during the next 24–72 hours that the muscles recover and begin to grow . |
| 14 | And you actually find the lump sum is times the annual pension . |
| 15 | Yes , you are saying it 's worth the strong view . |
| 16 | Cos that 's during the First World War , you see , and erm , he did and so he said goodbye to us all and he said I 'm going up now to say goodbye to your mother and he ran up the street here to say goodbye to my mother . |
| 17 | SINGER Gemma Wilson from Newcastle has a lovely , easy voice , not unlike Debbie Harry 's during the gentler moments of Parallel Lines . |
| 18 | The year 's biggest Americana sales were held at Christie 's and Sotheby 's during the last week of January , coinciding with the Winter Antiques show in New York . |
| 19 | PR , she said , is about the entire communication of your business internally to employees and externally to customers . |
| 20 | The views are still tremendous in the Lakes , but sitting down to be surrounded by two or three belligerent sheep whose main occupation in life is to steal my cheese and pickle sandwich is about the best way of spoiling a good day out . |
| 21 | A few practice swings with the trusty old battle axe later ( I swung Whiplash around by the ears ! ) and their verdict was soon forthcoming : MicroProse 's Project Stealth Fighter is about the best the C64 has to offer on the flight sim front . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that most sensible people in Britain recognise that expenditure on our nuclear deterrent is about the best and safest investment that we can make , especially in view of the alarming situation in Russia and the break-up of the former Soviet Union ? |
| 23 | This is about the fifth meal you 've made ! |
| 24 | I would n't use RAMdrive on a machine with less than 8MB of RAM , though , since 4MB is about the absolute minimum you need to run Windows successfully , and the smartdrv and RAMdrive allocations have to be taken away from the overall amount . |
| 25 | The bill is about the future government and democracy of Europe and the United Kingdom . |
| 26 | Er it is about the future provision of section eleven which appears in the main report , you will no doubt appear as part of the budget debate . |
| 27 | It can also be taken seriously as part of an education which is about the real world . |
| 28 | ‘ No , ’ she said , ‘ your self-respect is about the only thing that nobody can take away . |
| 29 | ‘ I like the cobbling , that and driving the van is about the only work I 'm fit for , having very little brains for the counting and stock taking . ’ |
| 30 | A sudden dedication to a foreign influence like Hegel or Derrida , brief but intense , is about the only thing there is that can cause the British to lose a sense of humour or a sense of proportion , and during the first London production of Waiting for Godot in 1955 I was reproached by strangers seated around me for laughing , though I still think it a funny play . |