Example sentences of "[is] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it is only for one moment that a spasm in your face draws my attention to the intensity of your pain , a glimpse from which I flinch back into insensibility , it is during that moment that a choice between my conflicting pulls to help and to ignore will be made in fullest awareness . |
| 2 | It is during this period that various decrees and opinions of church leaders advise women to abstain from the Eucharist and even to refrain from entering the church altogether when they are menstruating . |
| 3 | It is during this period that any further investigation which is necessary should be carried out , both into new allegations in the Summons/Initial Writ and any further points which are raised by the solicitor following consideration of the insurers ' file . |
| 4 | It is during this time that torture most commonly occurs . |
| 5 | Since rainfall controls plant growth , and plants are the base of the food pyramid , deserts typically have only a short period when food is abundant ; it is during this time that the creatures of the desert must complete their breeding cycle . |
| 6 | My advice is to remember that the short story is about one thing and one thing only , which often reveals itself in a single situation . |
| 7 | grandson is about that age and very sympathetic she is erm I said er Mary Ann says she does n't know what the point is , you do n't really want to do it he said , she 's right , I do n't he said , in a way I do , in another way I do n't , I said |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder , sometimes , what it is about that woman that haunts both you and me ? ’ |
| 9 | Liquid air , liquid nitrogen is , is about that temperature and , and it 's |
| 10 | In the first few years of marriage , before the decision to have a baby is made , reparative work is about intimate pairing and what was felt to have been betrayed in the first partnership of life with the main attachment figure . |
| 11 | Success is not about money or position — it is about personal satisfaction and self-esteem . |
| 12 | The drinkwise message is about sensible drinking and not about abstaining . |
| 13 | The machine is aimed squarely at Filofax 's market , is about same size and weighs only 14oz . |
| 14 | This book is about social change and its impact on a place . |
| 15 | In Theory and Methods of Social Research Johan Galtung makes a useful distinction between a ‘ substantive ’ hypothesis ‘ which is about social reality and to be tested by means of the data ’ and a ‘ generalization ’ hypothesis ‘ which is about the data ’ . |
| 16 | Will the Secretary of State accept that there are those of us who have never made the point that trust status is about opting out of the national health service , but have said that it is about local accountability and the views of local people ? |
| 17 | It 's for that reason that I still support the original line which was to merge the centres with a common management structure headed by a single head of the project . |
| 18 | Whether it 's for fresh juice or making coffee in the microwave , the versatile Microbist jug is a must for the modern kitchen . |
| 19 | It 's for this reason that shareware has n't to be confused with public domain ( PD ) software . |
| 20 | It 's for this reason that the setting up of a risk management group is considered the essential feature in the first step to control : identifying the risks relevant to a specific organisation . |
| 21 | It 's for this reason that many of the shop stewards ' conferences that we 've convened in the last year have been pressing a policy of consolidating bonus pay into the basic rates and we 've achieved some small success in this in building brick and in one or two other industries . |
| 22 | JE : Presumably it 's for this reason that he asked Plomer to collaborate on Gloriana instead . |
| 23 | The FTSE 100 shares index closed down 25.27 at 2,052.5 and the pound is worth one dollar and seventy cents . |
| 24 | And the FTSE 100 shares index is down 4.6 at 2,078.2 and the pound is worth 1 dollar and 70 cents . |
| 25 | The FTSE 100 shares index closed down 6.8 at 2,045.7 and the pound is worth 1 dollar and 69 cents . |
| 26 | One recruit of the period is worth special mention as he was regarded by many as a genius . |
| 27 | It echoes Gassendi 's distinction between knowledge of natures and necessary causes , on the one hand , and the experience- and observation-based knowledge of appearances , on the other ; it echoes Hobbes 's between philosophical knowledge or knowledge based on ‘ true ratiocination ’ , and what he calls ‘ experience ’ . |
| 28 | It is for that reason that I include it on the shortlist for the Worst Building in the World title . |
| 29 | Perhaps it is for that reason that Britain will find greater interest in discussing the problems of the former Soviet Union and in establishing the rouble stabilisation fund — even though it will mean us pledging about $600m to help keep the Reds out of the red . |
| 30 | It is for that reason that a degree of expertise is required in hand strikes and blocking techniques before a student is taught kicks . |