Example sentences of "is [prep] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless it is worth citing some instances where the continual use of one or a very few gestures can fully describe the feelings of some characters and convey their reactions to the circumstances of the plot or theme . |
| 2 | It is worth identifying those cities that appear to reflect most clearly those processes of economic decline , social deprivation and physical dereliction that epitomize the ‘ inner city ’ . |
| 3 | One reason why it is worth asking such questions is that ready answers may be found . |
| 4 | Safety in abseiling is a key feature of the BAA 's raison d'etre , with a comprehensive set of abseiling rules issued to all active members ; it is worth reproducing these regulations here as wider circulation could reduce the already alarming incident rate in abseiling ( many potentially fatal incidents end up as ‘ near misses ’ and fail to be recorded . |
| 5 | ‘ The only way most clubs aim to boost revenue is through playing more matches or increasing its merchandising activities . |
| 6 | For the first time in its history the 1935 Annual Conference of the ILP was attended by a fraternal delegate from the Communist Party , Harry Pollitt , who put forward the policy of " organizational unity " , that is of merging both Parties , now equal in membership , into a single unit . |
| 7 | The greater the salesperson 's understanding of the needs of the buyer and the more capable he is of satisfying those needs , the stronger will be his bargaining position . |
| 8 | As has been said above , the Prime Minister seldom worries if the Opposition is opposing — his fear is of losing those voters who usually support his party . |
| 9 | Differentiating modes of access seems relevant only because of the covert assumption that different ways of knowing feel different — that is , what it is like to have those experiences is different . |
| 10 | Like Russian Formalism , Richards 's early work turns its back on positivistic scholarship , and calls for a criticism that deals directly with the distinctive properties of literature ; where he differs from the Formalists , however , is in defining these properties in terms of human experience and human value . |
| 11 | Er , and the courts by and large agree to erm , give us the seventy pounds out ev every time , but even so , even if we get the award of the costs , then the difficulty is , is , is in getting those costs in . |
| 12 | But it is in encountering such difficulties , being puzzled , and arriving at resolutions , that children become increasingly aware of the nature of language and thought . |
| 13 | It is in examining these questions that we need to separate out fact from speculation . |
| 14 | There is little excuse for allowing these situations to drift ; and it is in preventing such situations that professional practice based on research parts company from common sense and rules of thumb or the use of ‘ hunches ’ . |
| 15 | yo you 're suggesting is what is happening now and so many of us he no he not just here but in population generally belong to all sorts of pressure groups erm whatever they may be like Greenpeace and many others erm really it 's , it 's a jolly hard slog , the point is that erm it the lid is on the kettle the whole time and it 's only , the only way that people can get anything done is by joining these organizations erm but it 's a very slow business erm but there 's no other way of doing anything because you ca n't change what happens at the top . |
| 16 | According to Broadbent , it is no longer desirable to " ignore the resources of experience that students bring to higher education … it is by activating those resources in the academic arena that we might respond creatively to protest . " |