Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] is [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | T his is a true waste of resources . |
| 2 | If she is not data she is an intervening variable to be eliminated . |
| 3 | To my jaded ears it is a stupendous musical achievement . |
| 4 | In herbivores it is the larvated egg which is passed out in the faeces but in other animals it is the hatched L1 . |
| 5 | The next time I open my eyes it is the following day . |
| 6 | If we are above government guidelines it is the labour party 's fault and if indeed we are penalised in the future it is the labour party 's fault , none other and to the extent that you run the risk now by having this excess eleven percent budget over the er standing expenditure assessment er will once again unfortunately find you guilty in that regard . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Eryngium alpinum I have saved almost to the last , not because it is common , which it is , but rather that to my mind it is the loveliest representative of the Umbelliferae family ( which includes , strange though it may seem , the carrot ) . |
| 9 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 10 | If we are above government guidelines it is the labour party 's fault and if indeed we are penalised in the future it is the labour party 's fault , none other and to the extent that you run the risk now by having this excess eleven percent budget over the er standing expenditure assessment er will once again unfortunately find you guilty in that regard . |
| 11 | But Major makes a point of not being grand , and with Sir David it is the other way about . |
| 12 | Similarly , remind yourself that even if the worst comes to the worst and you need to go in the middle of the interview it is no big deal although it feels like a disaster to you . |
| 13 | When you take notes during the interview it is a good idea to do so a short while after the relevant moment has passed so that the candidate is not aware of what prompted you to write . |
| 14 | In other words it is a selfish conception and it is based on the individual 's own experience . |
| 15 | In other words it is a self-protection racket at which the American legal profession conspires . |
| 16 | This consists , basically , of , in other words it is a linear long-chain molecule much like Figure 7 . |
| 17 | For Steven it is a second marriage . |
| 18 | In effect he is a treated as an integral part of the Steam Tank . |
| 19 | For additional effect it is a good idea to have a large pair of sunglasses and a summer type holiday hat . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | When using very light yarns and particularly if working on a Passap/Pfaff. it is a good idea to knit eight or ten centimetres of waste yarn first , as this gives a little extra stability to the beginning of your skirt . |
| 22 | Teaching does indeed take time , but in the long term it is a great time saver . |
| 23 | But to Cécile it is the indelible moment of first love , impossible and undeclared . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Given the delicate access positions at other sandstone crags it is an inept and unhelpful piece of privateering . |
| 26 | But in his tax speeches he is the earnest bank manager , unable to speak succinctly and dramatically , to grip people who do not have his bean-counter Treasury mind . |
| 27 | But for those who have no alternative it is the only choice . |
| 28 | The main reason for fishing the middle line of the river today is that with a head wind it is the safest distance for me to be able to loosefeed easily . |
| 29 | On the economic side it is a fair bet that there will be a public spending squeeze ( sooner rather than later ) , with defence and social security reviews ( though neither will be given such titles ) . |
| 30 | 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 . |