Example sentences of "is [prep] [adj] [noun] " 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 first is about general provision in any one institution . |
| 7 | This chapter is about possible ways in which amplified vibration ( vibro-tactile aids ) may help people with profound hearing loss . |
| 8 | For example Shaw ( 1980 ) reports that the minimum efficient scale of an ammonium nitrate plant is about 300,000–450,000 tonnes per annum , which approximates to a quarter of total UK consumption of nitrogenous fertilizers . |
| 9 | It is about young love in the 50 ’ s and has a universal appeal . |
| 10 | The war , the president insists , is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground . |
| 11 | If Chapter 9 is about medium-term strategies of social transformation , Chapter 10 is about short-term tactics of mobilization , and in particular about being ‘ in and against the state ’ . |
| 12 | His book is about ancestral worship in West Town which is presented as prototypical of that which prevails in Chinese culture as a whole . |
| 13 | This is because , as already mentioned , ergonomics is about efficient use of people . |
| 14 | The new campus novel is about such people , and by them : not just about dons but by dons . |
| 15 | This book is about such events : a cultural catastrophe which has gathered pace and which , if not addressed by those in power , could do irreparable damage to our nation 's literary heritage . |
| 16 | ‘ A lot of the record , ’ Rowland sighs , ‘ is about other people 's perceptions of you and how if enough people treat you in a certain way that 's what you become after a while . |
| 17 | There is no more agreement about what is a good lecture than there is about good music . |
| 18 | Continuous play is about one hour per side . |
| 19 | And th and and what I did is , all Roger 's got so far is about one sheet of A four typed up or something like |
| 20 | In Rufforth Village , follow Bradley Lane ( signposted to Askham Richard ) , Bradley Grange is about one mile on your right . |
| 21 | The distance is about one mile . |
| 22 | The distance is about one mile . |
| 23 | In many cases , this delayed start will not be noticeable , especially if there is no important action right at the beginning ; the only real effect is that the shot is about one second shorter than you intended , and you will soon learn to allow for this by adding a second or so to the time before you press the button to end the shot . |
| 24 | The mean delay between thesis completion and first publication is about one year . |
| 25 | a part payment of money , which is made so that the seller will not sell the goods to anyone else : You must pay a deposit to the hotel if you want them to keep a room free for you compare earnest(1) 3 an act or action of depositing : The rate of the river 's deposit of mud is about one inch a year deposit account n. a bank account which earns interest and usu. from which money can be taken out only if advance notice is given . |
| 26 | When prey is about one metre away , the fish 's aim is almost perfect . |
| 27 | Shropshire is about one quarter of the land mass of the west midlands and it is the most rapidly growing county in that area . |
| 28 | Sorry , twenty four percent , twenty four percent body weight erm about a quarter in other words when , when a young woman 's body is about one quarter fat , she can start menstruating for obvious reasons . |
| 29 | ‘ It is about one nation . ’ |
| 30 | The Kuwaiti population is about one point seven million erm about six to seven hundred thousand of them are the Kuwaiti nationals . |