Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [Wh adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DUCK HOOK : This is when a ball is mishit and flies very low and fast while veering rapidly to the left , usually landing the unfortunate player in terrible trouble . |
| 2 | This is when a phrase finishes on the second ( or weak ) and not on the first or third beat of a final bar . |
| 3 | So it 's all part of this , but this training session , this is when the management and the senior associates within your branch give up their own time , to develop your business for you . |
| 4 | This is when the hair loss results . |
| 5 | This is when the labyrinth is developing and the young babies , which are about 1cm long by this time , are taking their first of air . |
| 6 | This is when the rootstock is simply planted into the vineyard in the autumn and , in the following March , the scion is grafted on to those vines which have taken . |
| 7 | Modern English may be pensive about their comeback but they 're certainly not paranoid or precious about a few meagre errors , and this is when the fun really starts . |
| 8 | This is when the lorry comes round the corner , and immediately you 've got to respond . |
| 9 | This is when the pattern-cutting started and Amy produced the first calico toile . |
| 10 | This is when the pupil is still coming to terms with using a low vision aid and is not yet skilful in its use , but needs to read text and notes that are too advanced in content to be available in the large print of junior and early reading books . |
| 11 | This is when the woman can make the very best of what she has , and what she is . |
| 12 | The burial of Jesus had to be completed by 6.00 pm since this is when the Sabbath began and it was forbidden to bury on the Sabbath . |
| 13 | On the back label we state that the product should be drunk within one year of purchase as this is when the product will be at its best . |
| 14 | If you and your wife or husband between you are worth more than a hundred and fifty thousand pounds this is where a bit of estate planning can come into effect in your will . |
| 15 | This is where a building society comes in . |
| 16 | The only exception to this is where a child is incapable of understanding even a simple explanation of the grounds because it may be too young , or suffer from mental handicap . |
| 17 | This is where a solicitor can be of service : |
| 18 | But the problems which follow may not only be emotional ones , and this is where a solicitor can help . |
| 19 | Let's let's get rid of this is this is where a lot of the confusion is |
| 20 | Of course this is where a mountain bike could come in handy , but you 'd have to put up with walkers pointing at you and shouting ‘ tosser ’ , and landowners chasing after you with a stick as another slice of expensive path slides into the burn after being cut neatly away by fat tyres . |
| 21 | Those ‘ nasty ’ questions concern sex or money and this is where a biographer treads on delicate ground . |
| 22 | This is where a group of neighbours , living on an estate in Guildford , Surrey , come in . |
| 23 | This is where a phase book is most important . |
| 24 | ‘ This is where a package like Scala excels , ’ he says . |
| 25 | ‘ This is where a fox would lose them , ’ Allen said . |
| 26 | I shall concentrate upon deprivation among black people because this is where the government 's policies have been most damaging . |
| 27 | This is where the government makes a net issue of bonds to the ( non-bank ) private sector in excess of the total PSBR . |
| 28 | This is where the government increases the ratio of bonds to bills . |
| 29 | This is where the work of the OMG comes in . ’ |
| 30 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |