Example sentences of "[adj] is [noun] [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This is evidence that subjects who knew the route well performed no differently in the recognition task from those subjects who knew the route less well .
2 The reason is that this is cash that banks are likely to need anyway , and which can not therefore be used to meet an increase in demand for cash . )
3 But this is Canada and wars happen elsewhere .
4 Erm it 's erm this is people or stories but a based again I 'm sure when y as you read through you 'll probably find quite a lot of the erm little things that they 're giving you here you could relate to in your own life , either for yourself or for other people that you know .
5 How much is fish and chips Clay ?
6 A second major subgroup for which plural anaphora may be appropriate is collections or sets introduced through descriptions which , in fact , identify the individual elements out of which the sets are formed .
7 The first is change that individuals would like to see , whether in their own teaching or in the running of their school .
8 Norms are enforced by ‘ positive ’ and ‘ negative sanctions ’ , that is rewards and punishments .
9 A number of specialists in diet and health maintain that , for optimum nutrition , it is essential to eat ‘ live ’ food , that is fruit and vegetables in a raw state which has not been cooked , frozen or preserved .
10 This is my absolute favourite footy sim of all time ( on the 64 that is boys and girls ! ) .
11 That is , the religious aspect is specifically stressed by Plato , much more so than any version of the Megarian decree ; if the Megarian exclusion was primarily religious , it is very strange that the exclusion does not extend to the obvious religious meeting-places and events , that is temples and sacrifices .
12 Cutaways are a means of bridging jump-cuts , that is interruptions or discontinuities in the action , by briefly cutting to some related subject before returning to the main subject .
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