Example sentences of "is [pron] [prep] [pron] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those statements may be true or false , but there is nothing in their form to exclude them at the outset from consideration . |
| 2 | The Poles did not look much of a side at all when they lost 3-0 at Wembley in June and , although they have improved since under new management , there is nothing in their results to suggest that they have recovered the standard of the team that put Sir Alf Ramsey 's England out of the World Cup in 1973 . |
| 3 | Responding to such an equation of the spirit with femaleness , Norris points out that Gregory of Nyssa ( one of the Cappadocians ) does indeed speak of Christ as casting out demons by the power of the Spirit , but that there is nothing in his language to imply a subordination of the Spirit to Christ ! |
| 4 | This is something for which teachers need preparation . |
| 5 | At such times it may be easier to achieve flexibility in a contractual relationship with another SBU in the same corporate group , but there is something in what Porter says . |
| 6 | Because the practice is something in which people share , there are behavioural criteria for saying that someone has cottoned on to the use of an expression . |
| 7 | Those interested in an authoritative and detailed account are referred to the books cited , but are also advised that the whole issue is one on which sides have been taken , and disinterested views are rare . |
| 8 | However good its intentions , a revenue-starved government is one with its hands tied firmly behind its back , able only to gaze into the whirlpool of poverty in which most of its country 's people flounder . |
| 9 | This is the oldest type of mental functioning for individuals and for mankind as a whole , and it is one to which neurotics return when they find parts , or the whole , of external reality too painful . |
| 10 | However , his , his explanation for Alex 's and Katherine 's point about anxiety dreams would be that the , the anxiety dream is , is one in which dreams fail in their function . |
| 11 | The associated form of action here is one in which actors work jointly to understand each other , and to influence each other purely by the force of argument . |
| 12 | The best tax regime is one in which firms behave exactly as they would if there were no tax . |
| 13 | The art that comes of them is one in which imagination takes power , the power to distort and exaggerate , in which difference of person is suspended , in which the experience of time is as it is in dreams . |
| 14 | Qaddafi is convinced that nature is better than art ; that society based on natural givens is not only more comfortable and just than one based on acts of will and rational choice , but more likely to survive : ‘ A flourishing garden or field is one in which plants grow , flower , are pollinated and root themselves naturally . |
| 15 | Probably the most likely outcome is one in which McAlpine seeks a Judicial Review . |
| 16 | The third , comparatively new , market segment , is one in which BP has become increasingly prominent over the past couple of years . |
| 17 | Hence the project of ‘ destabilising theory ’ is one in which feminists have been enthusiastic to participate . |
| 18 | Is it in your power to put a newsagent er any business . |
| 19 | Is it within your power to draw the Prime Minister 's attention to the fact that his first responsibility is to the House of Commons , that there is a Prime Minister 's Question Time every Tuesday and Thursday and that we have a Foreign Secretary and a Secretary of State for Defence who are quite able to deal with international and defence commitments overseas ? |
| 20 | ‘ You 're forever creeping up on me — is it against your religion to knock on doors ? ’ |
| 21 | Ha , is anyone in your year doing the parrot sketch for the entertainment . |