Example sentences of "is [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , however , it should be recognised that some writing is about communicating with the outside world and having a say in that world . |
| 2 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 3 | White Lies … in contrast , is about lying in the daylight . |
| 4 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
| 5 | In particular , it is worth experimenting with the direction of both the roll and the stall turn to see if any improvement can be found . |
| 6 | When Neill and Buchanan challenge what is many boxing fans ' most cherished theory , it is worth delving into the social backgrounds of all the world champions and many leading contenders . |
| 7 | It is worth looking at the way the Soviet leader 's behaviour changed in the course of the crisis . |
| 8 | For examples of carefully worded questions in public opinion polls it is worth looking at the newspapers to see how very carefully the professional market research firms word their questions when they are asking ordinary people for their current political views . |
| 9 | For evidence of this , as well as of his continuing interest in the outcast and distressed , it is worth looking at the Postscript to Yarrow Revisited and Other Poems ( 1835 ) . |
| 10 | It is worth looking at the Delta-Epsilon pair , close to Gamma . |
| 11 | Before getting to grips with the corporatism as such , it is worth looking at the idea of the local state . |
| 12 | If , however , this investment of time and effort for training and research into the market is beyond the reach of your dealership , there are , after all , only so many things that can be tackled in a day , it is worth looking at the alternatives . |
| 13 | To give an idea of the syllabus for an LLB student it is worth looking at the typical curriculum in individual years . |
| 14 | Most of these are well beyond binocular range , but it is worth looking for the ‘ Black-Eye ’ galaxy M64 , which is within a degree of the star 35 Comæ , not far from Alpha . |
| 15 | It is worth knowing about the following aspects of your teenager 's life : |
| 16 | The powerful combination of Richard Hannon and Pat Eddery is worth supporting in the Swan Handicap , where Hopeful Bid attempts to supplement a recent victory at Yarmouth . |
| 17 | Now whether we would find in our strate if we were to have a strategic sites policy erm whether there 's an issue there that it might let in as it were too much of that kind of land use and not enough of the manufacturing or proper office kind I think is worth kicking around the table . |
| 18 | It is worth distinguishing between the management power structure and the general production structure , because what we have got increasingly are quite a lot of women at the professional level , working in individual production teams , as producers and directors of individual series or individual programmes . |
| 19 | Whether the case is worth taking to the Commissioners is doubtful , bearing in mind the costs involved for one business . |
| 20 | The question , however , is whether that risk is worth taking in the interests of preserving the prospect of an informed decision when the question arises for mature consideration . |
| 21 | Though margins on top-notch corporate loans have nearly doubled in the American market to about 50 basis points ( hundredths of one percent ) , they must widen further before it is worth lending in the midst of a recession . |
| 22 | The connection between modern architecture and tyranny awaits its historian , but it is worth reflecting on the mentality of Le Corbusier and his acolytes before being too harsh on the servile Romanian architects who competed for Ceauşescu 's favour so that they could take charge of the vast projects he had in mind . |
| 23 | It is worth reflecting on the difference in approach on this question between Callenbach and FAST . |
| 24 | Before looking at one-to-one and group direction it is worth thinking about the place and content of reflection in our lives . |
| 25 | Whatever hardware you choose , it is essential that it is securely fixed , and it is worth thinking about the actual fixing point at your initial planning stage . |
| 26 | It is worth skipping through the rest just to read them , but their bearing on the story proper — Belbo is a man who missed his moment , and conspiracy theory is the refuge of the disappointed — is specious . |
| 27 | It is worth going through the list to see how great the disjunction is . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the topic is undeniably an important one and it is worth sketching in the legal rules . |
| 29 | To follow this argument in more detail , it is worth turning to the product which is most intimately associated with the earliest period of the industrial revolution , that is cotton cloth . |
| 30 | For a good lively read it is worth dipping into The Whitbread Rugby World ‘ 90 . |