Example sentences of "it is in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in the last hundred years or so that theories have been advanced to justify critical or art historical practice , the creation of such theories being made more urgent in the last fifty years by a struggle to establish and then uphold the status of art history as an academic discipline . |
| 2 | However , the reputation of the cataloguer may be in some instances considered decisive ; the picture is by Van Gogh if it is in the book by de la faille ; a painting by Berthe Morisot needs to be approved by Bataille and Wildenstein ; an authentic work by Picasso will be found in Zervos . |
| 3 | Peter Ackroyd is all of the formidable pasticheur that he is praised for being , and Dyer 's tale , which affects to be that of someone who lived in the eighteenth century , and in which the element of imitation , present in writing of every kind , is more obtrusive than it is in the other tale , is the livelier of the two . |
| 4 | Once again , a sufferer is seen to be mad , and his fearful sense of what he is up to can be seen to dominate the book in which it is in the end defeated or controverted . |
| 5 | And Harsnet : We do not ‘ waste time ’ ; it is in the nature of time to be wasted . |
| 6 | We do not take ‘ wrong turnings ’ ; it is in the nature of turnings to be wrong . |
| 7 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 8 | It is not formally structured as it is in the ballets of other countries where choreographers are more likely to present the traditional dance itself , slightly adapted for the stage with the footwork more complicated . |
| 9 | It is in the pub cellar that the beers reaches maturity . |
| 10 | They have to be poured with caution and skill to keep the slight yeast sediment out of the glass and the publican has to rotate his stock carefully to make sure the beer is served when it is in the peak of condition . |
| 11 | Significantly , most of them are by Americans , for it is in the American academy that the pressure for change , for constantly new forms of newness , is greatest . |
| 12 | Judgements made in the course of a lecture will be taken down in notes as if they were facts , whereas it is in the nature of critical judgements that they can not be taken over by others ; it is on this dilemma , I believe , that Leavisism ultimately foundered . |
| 13 | It is in the battle scenes that the new film differs most from Olivier 's prototype , and Branagh can fairly claim to have stripped the veneer of jingoism from the play , by showing war in its true horror . |
| 14 | ‘ It is in the House of Commons that governments must build their majorities . |
| 15 | It is in the public interest for challenges to the exercise of public powers to be made promptly , so that the administration and citizens alike know what the law is . |
| 16 | If he sees a gleam of light , it is in the clubs — some of them anyway — who tackle the tourists before they play Wales . |
| 17 | The Chancellor should be wary of the argument that the deficit does not matter because it is in the private sector . |
| 18 | It is in the second half , when Helena becomes a quasi-symbolic force for life and renewal that Patricia Kerrigan 's performance comes into its own . |
| 19 | Besides building an 18-hole golf course , and charging trainers to exercise their horses on the track , he is instigating another new concept in this country by constructing American-style barns so that training can be done at the track as it is in the United States . |
| 20 | It is in the initial anticipation that the middle class will show respect that the bias lies , for where this deference is lacking , even from someone who appears middle class , a variant of the gouger typification comes into force . |
| 21 | Having signed an artist , it is in the music publishing company 's best interests to help this act win a recording contract . |
| 22 | Sontag 's article at least has the virtue of tentativeness ; it is in the form of notes ( dedicated to Oscar Wilde ) , and acknowledges the difficulty of defining a sensibility , especially one as ‘ fugitive ’ as this ( ‘ Notes on Camp ’ , 277 ) . |
| 23 | It is in the light of these publications and the furore caused by Darwinian evolutionary theories in general that Marx 's and Engels 's historical work on pre-capitalist societies must be seen . |
| 24 | Because the State represents the essence of the community , in people 's minds , it is in the interests of the State to maintain the communities , and not to destroy them , as is the case in the feudal system . |
| 25 | Gentlemanly distaste for ‘ trade ’ is as out of place in sport as it is in the Conservative Party of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 26 | It is in the admiring , almost disbelieving , words of parents and friends , however , that the real achievement of training can be noted . |
| 27 | But it is in the city , on the west bank of the River F ore , that we shall concentrate , with the officers and men of B Company . |
| 28 | This is the main highway from Istanbul , which lies about 100 miles to the east , to the Greek border , some 100 miles to the west , and although in most parts it has a good tarmac surface it is in the main single carriageway . |
| 29 | It is in the heart of Manchester , but for many years industry and commerce have been moving away from the city centre , increasing the risk that only a lifeless core will be left . |
| 30 | It is in the small area of our own conscience and our own personal behaviour that the good angels and the bad angels are wrestling over our souls , an idea which is both stupendous and slightly comic . |