Example sentences of "it is an [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an mark of quality , which is vital in today 's highly competitive market . |
| 2 | It is an equivalent of Alcoholics Anonymous , that is , those who were trying to escape from frightening fundamentalism which had destroyed their lives . |
| 3 | In the mid-range , its key products are derivative , coming from its ICL Plc affiliate and Sun Microsystems Inc , while in personal computers it is an also-ran in Japan , not visible in the US , and only a significant player in Europe by proxy via ICL . |
| 4 | It is an independence of mind reflected in her choice of films as well . |
| 5 | But the other evil part of the government 's attack on public services is that it is an attack upon democracy . |
| 6 | This is not an assertion of ‘ culture of poverty ’ — it is an identification of difference . |
| 7 | Let me quote a stern rebuke one of my own books once received from an American academic , one Thomas Ozro MacAdoo : " It is an axiom of detective fiction that each stage of the detective 's investigation must produce enough information to allow the reader to indulge in some tentative speculation as to the ultimate outcome . " |
| 8 | Even so-called ‘ fundamentalists ’ usually insist that although it is an axiom of faith that God really created the world , he did not necessarily do so in a literal six days of twenty-four hours each . |
| 9 | Although the call to the Bar is an exercise of power by the individual Inn it is an exercise of power permitted by the judges and exercised under their supervision . |
| 10 | IT IS an exercise in blinkmanship . |
| 11 | It is an act of love to roll the toothpaste tube if we know that squeezing it in the middle irritates our partner . |
| 12 | It is an act of faith of most brain scientists , including , as must be obvious by now , this one , that an understanding of the brain will lead to an understanding of behaviour and of the processes that control and underpin behaviour , some of which are conscious and some unconscious , but which taken together correspond to the folk-psychological term ‘ mind ’ . |
| 13 | It Is an act of courage for a fat woman to even go out in public . |
| 14 | It is an act of lunacy . |
| 15 | It is a breaking in of something wholly new : it is an act of creation which parallels the story of creation in Genesis 1 . |
| 16 | It is this conflict which leads increasingly to the urge to treat people as groups rather than as individuals — but it is an abnegation of responsibility on the part of the leaders and for the future it will not do . |
| 17 | When the baby is born it is an occasion of joy for the whole family . |
| 18 | Yet , considering the sordid life to which the modern underclass is committed , and especially when their life is compared with that of the contented majority , it is an occasion for wonder that the discontent and its more violent and aggressive manifestations are not greater than they are . |
| 19 | It is an assemblage of books of a diversity and fascination almost as great as its maker , and a memorial to his Greatness . |
| 20 | ‘ It is an invitation to asset stripping . ’ |
| 21 | It is an invitation to thieves . ’ |
| 22 | It is still an important component of marriage settlements , and it is an element of prestige : it can give independence of employers and it is a security for a man attempting upward social mobility . |
| 23 | It is an approach to management training and development that has certainly helped McDonald 's become a global success story . |
| 24 | Obviously it is an incitement to refusal , and an indictment of alienated labour . |
| 25 | It is an offence for companies to recruit a non-disabled worker when they are below the quota . |
| 26 | It is an offence under bylaw 17(4) of bylaw 2 of the British Railway Board Bye Laws to molest or wilfully to interfere with the comfort or convenience of other passengers . |
| 27 | Though suicide is not a crime , it is an offence under section 2 to aid , abet , counsel , or procure the suicide of another . |
| 28 | ( It is an offence under section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to be in possession of cannabis . ) |
| 29 | It is an offence under Section 47(1) of the FSA if a person ( including as an adviser ) : |
| 30 | It is an offence under Section 47(2) to do any act or engage in any course of conduct which creates a false or misleading impression as to the market price or value of any investments if the purpose is to create that impression and thereby induce another person to acquire , dispose of , subscribe for or underwrite those investments or to refrain from doing so or to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights conferred by those investments . |