Example sentences of "[coord] it is [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Positivist theories under this latter heading have taken two quite different forms : the acquisition is through the occurrence of some physical damage ( or illness ) ; or it is through learning .
2 What is required , therefore , is a combination of the two approaches , and it is through support teaching that this combination can be most effectively achieved .
3 The Sufi tradition in particular stresses that only through the use of symbols can any understanding be reached : It is through symbols that one is awakened ; it is through symbols that one is transformed ; and it is through symbols that one expresses .
4 We always have a boiled ham on the bone in our delicatessen counter and it is without doubt the single main item responsible for drawing people into the shop who might otherwise be content to look through the window .
5 Love has many aspects and many forms , and it is without doubt the most important element in the life of the spirit .
6 This is the best procedure , and it is without risk to your engine for descents of up to 3,000 feet .
7 Yes , the stage is larger than life and it is about emotions that are big enough to wrap round you .
8 And it is about Sandy .
9 It ended in May 1915 , during one of the most politically testing weeks in Asquith 's premiership , with the lady 's retreat into a curious marriage to Edwin Montagu , a lesser member of the government and a very close friend — indeed acolyte — of the prime minister , and it is about Montagu that this book has most of new interest to say .
10 And it is with fonts that the low cost desktop publishing system really does have problems .
11 ‘ … and it is with regret we must inform you that your husband Gerald Patrick McKeown has been reported missing , believed lost at sea as a result of enemy action on the night of 23rd/24th April , 1941 … ’
12 Some ten years and several tasteful additions later , the present hotel was launched and it is with pleasure that we include it in our programme .
13 And it is at temperatures above 680 K that this reaction is normally carried out .
14 However , the discussions of commentators like Townsend , Walker , and Phillipson focus primarily on twentieth-century developments , and it is on changes in the economic status of elderly people since 1900 that this chapter will concentrate .
15 This has been realized for a long time , and it is on record that John Dalton analysed the water supply for the firm of Sykes & Co. at Stockport and declared it suitable for the purpose .
16 And it is on mud that the albeit small revival of interest is focused .
17 As for Oreste , he talks fluently now and it is of course English and there would be much confusion for him .
18 When near maximum it can not be mistaken , and it is of course very red , but do not be surprised if you fail to find it , because for most of its period it is well below binocular range .
19 Many of Stenhouse 's objections arise out of other people 's oversimplifications , and it is of course true that we know very little of what actually goes on as a result of our work with students .
20 They ask me , Is that your writing ? and it is of course it is those are Despot control codes from when the computer 's mouse was misbehaving and that 's the way I always spell when I do a shopping list .
21 The range of substitute homes offered by the local authorities varies considerably and it is of course essential to try to match the different children coming into care to the most appropriate home .
22 He has built a new cowshed in the last year , and it is of brick and Cotswold stone — in keeping with the existing buildings .
23 The reason for the hypergastrinaemia in the four idiopathic DU patients is also unclear and it is of note that only one of them had antral gastritis .
24 The relapse , however , may be due to a chemoattractant with secondary amplification by local neutrophil leukotriene production and it is of note that twice as many leukotrienes are found in ulcerative colitis mucosa than in Crohn 's disease .
25 Except in 1953 , when a party of 67 was seen , not more than about 25 birds have been seen in any year since 1947 , and it is of interest that influxes have not occurred in recent severe winters .
26 The requesting State and not the moving party is liable for these costs , and it is of interest that this provision enables a judge of the requesting State to impose an international fiscal obligation on his Government .
27 Polymer samples are normally polydisperse and it is of interest to examine the type of average molecular weight that might be expected from a measurement of *lsqb ; η ] .
28 The church is part of a wider society and it is to society 's attitudes that we now turn .
29 First is to Finland and it is to Penti P E N T I , and it reads as follows dear Penti , at the moment I am looking for information on the cost for officially trialing grasses and clovers in your country , stop .
30 The mothers used cotton wool for cosmetic purposes because they had already purchased it for child and babycare , and it is to hand .
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