Example sentences of "is [prep] [adj] [noun] [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 | The war , the president insists , is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ I wonder , sometimes , what it is about that woman that haunts both you and me ? ’ |
| 10 | Liquid air , liquid nitrogen is , is about that temperature and , and it 's |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ( Often refers to persons in the age group between puberty and young adulthood , that is about 14–17 years or some similar period in the teens ; the limits of which depend on the timing of puberty and adulthood in a particular population ) . |
| 13 | The thickness of the Stinkdolomit in areas where it has been affected by late leaching is about 40–60 m and of this , about 10–20 m might be expected to constitute potential net pay . |
| 14 | Success is not about money or position — it is about personal satisfaction and self-esteem . |
| 15 | The Certificate is about basic concepts and covers some seven subjects . |
| 16 | It is not always clear , though , what it is about some events that leads to severe and prolonged distress . |
| 17 | The drinkwise message is about sensible drinking and not about abstaining . |
| 18 | The machine is aimed squarely at Filofax 's market , is about same size and weighs only 14oz . |
| 19 | This leaflet is about German Measles or , as the doctors call it , Rubella . |
| 20 | This leaflet is about German Measles or , as the doctor calls it , Rubella . |
| 21 | Most of the information I 've got is about residential homes and that is because Social Work Services Group is an awful lot better at pulling together statistics and putting them out again than the Scottish Home and Health Department . |
| 22 | This book is about social change and its impact on a place . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | The view is still quite widespread that local government is about local issues and that party politics should not intrude . |
| 26 | The necklace is worth 100 GCs if this is recognised , but only 10 GCs otherwise . |
| 27 | The FTSE 100 shares index closed down 25.27 at 2,052.5 and the pound is worth one dollar and seventy cents . |
| 28 | And the FTSE 100 shares index is down 4.6 at 2,078.2 and the pound is worth 1 dollar and 70 cents . |
| 29 | The FTSE 100 shares index closed down 6.8 at 2,045.7 and the pound is worth 1 dollar and 69 cents . |
| 30 | And erm I always think it 's a bit funny about pass marks because I do n't think you know , this is worth fifty percent and then I think what 's a , now what 's the pass mer mark ? |