Example sentences of "[is] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is during this time that torture most commonly occurs . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is during this fifth stage that we dream . |
| 5 | It is during this subsequent period that many problems arise , such as relationships with parents and living at home . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She says that 's it , forget it , nothing 's worth this , I 'm going home . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The Mercy Seat is about this person in solitary confinement , becoming more sensitive to inanimate objects , and as he sits thinking about human and Divine Justice , finding himself judging these things as Good or Evil . ’ |
| 9 | Much of ecology is about this process : finding energy ; putting it to use . |
| 10 | Secondary school is , after all , nearer to life after school , and it is about this that schools are increasingly urged to think . |
| 11 | Jean-Luc Godard 's film ‘ Alphaville ’ , is about this . |
| 12 | It is about this time of year that life at the headquarters of the Women Professional Golfers ' European Tour gets a little hectic for Membership Secretary Marion Davies . |
| 13 | And you can imagine the conrod in your car is about this size . |
| 14 | It is about this time each day that the boy goes by . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't know what it is about this study … sort of phoney . |
| 16 | You say , you know , this play is about this . |
| 17 | Oh yeah , the dish right , the dish is about this this long , this wide |
| 18 | Their justification for doing it is that it 's for this thing , this painting or whatever , and I always wonder if it could n't be more without all that . ’ |
| 19 | It 's for this time . |
| 20 | It 's for this latter meaning I chose it as the name of my new holiday company . |
| 21 | ‘ THIS is an ideas battle … not every one of these things can be distilled into politics — you know , who 's for this and who 's for that , and if this person is for this , somebody else has to be for that . |
| 22 | That 's for this ? |
| 23 | That 's for this , yes . |
| 24 | It 's for this reason that shareware has n't to be confused with public domain ( PD ) software . |
| 25 | It 's for this reason I 've gone against my initial instinct not to blow our own trumpet on this at the risk of provoking more ‘ bad loser ’ comments from certain people ( and let me stress I do n't mean the runners-up ) communicated to me . |
| 26 | It 's for this reason that the setting up of a risk management group is considered the essential feature in the first step to control : identifying the risks relevant to a specific organisation . |
| 27 | It 's for this reason that many of the shop stewards ' conferences that we 've convened in the last year have been pressing a policy of consolidating bonus pay into the basic rates and we 've achieved some small success in this in building brick and in one or two other industries . |
| 28 | Similarly , the projects schemes that elect a member , it 's Councillor , who 's also willing to continue , and that 's for this period of time . |
| 29 | JE : Presumably it 's for this reason that he asked Plomer to collaborate on Gloriana instead . |
| 30 | Tilson , who 's married and used to be a school cleaner , has n't been seen since the attack 3 weeks ago , and it 's for this reason , police have taken the unsual step of naming him as a suspect . |