Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be stressed that they should carry on normally during the observation period ; it is simply the time when the specified behaviours are recorded . |
| 2 | It is not the purpose here to explain exactly how an optical fibre works in terms of total internal reflection . |
| 3 | For moaning is not describing , hence it is not the description either of behaviour or of feeling . |
| 4 | It is the ideal of what has been called ‘ the democratic intellect ’ ; and it is not the intellect alone that we are concerned with , but morality , judgement , and taste . |
| 5 | In that process it is not the style as much as the consistency of those managers which is significant . |
| 6 | It is not the intention here to go into great detail on the subject of nutrition , but rather to give a simple guide that may be useful to those who want to make sure that the elderly parent in their care is being properly nourished . |
| 7 | It is not the intention here to discuss the controversies or to review the literature . |
| 8 | It is not the intention here to detail a course blueprint , partly because such prescriptiveness would stand in contradiction to the learner-centred tenet of primary practice , and partly because stimulating and informed models have been presented elsewhere for discussion ( Bullock , 1975 ; Hawkins , 1984 ; Sinclair , 1982 ) . |
| 9 | Whilst this is undoubtably true — men , even when they 're in the minority , take up proportionally more space and time and attention than in equity they are entitled to — but it is not the reason why radical feminists argue for their exclusion . |
| 10 | IT IS again the week when the world 's finance ministers and central bankers flock to Washington for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 11 | Anyone who has been walking across grassland and has nearly trodden on a hare , will know what a shock it is when the animal suddenly leaps up and darts off . |
| 12 | Ellen 's is a true story ; perhaps it is even the reason why I am telling you Flaubert 's story instead . |
| 13 | It is probably the method most associated with the idea of social research constituting the source of much if not most of social science data . |
| 14 | But it is clearly the way forward . |
| 15 | On the other hand , it is n't the teetotaller either . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that because it is n't the issue here . |
| 17 | ‘ It is n't the rain here that counts , it 's the rain up on the hills where the river starts . |
| 18 | But it is also the year when the US and Soviet Union hold vital arms reduction talks in Geneva . |
| 19 | It is also the year when Jim Bob Morrison will apologetically say : ‘ We 're only doing this because we thought it would be funny … once ! |
| 20 | It is also the factor most likely to be remediable by practitioners . |
| 21 | Preparation room — the first room ( or space ) in which we gather and in which we do our quietening activities : it is also the place where we conclude our session round the table , preparing to go forward |
| 22 | This is the kind of action , he maintains , that results from devotion to Truth , but it is also the means whereby one is enabled to see Truth more clearly . |
| 23 | It is also the reason why he could lay claim to a rich blend of cultures , having an excellent grasp of the European legal system and Arabic poetry and customs . |
| 24 | Curiously , it is also the reason why those who are ‘ soft ’ on doubt and those who are ‘ hard ’ on doubt can both find biblical support for their views . |
| 25 | It is also the area where you will often see the men smoking the handsome lendauerli , the pipe whose wooden stem is engraved with white metal figures , with the bowl similarly decorated , and an ornate lid . |
| 26 | It is also the area where you have the most , the best transport choice of the practical corridors . |
| 27 | It is also the period when poverty in old age was identified as a major social problem and much surveyed ; and when geriatric medicine first became firmly established . |
| 28 | It is certainly the time when the bereaved person begins to think about forming new attachments in various ways . |
| 29 | It is still the case today , though , that P Notes are used to settle about 20 per cent of business transactions . |
| 30 | Personally , I find that hard to believe , but if it is truly the case then perhaps he might consider the following : |