Example sentences of "is [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same side , left or right , as the station is during your interception . |
| 2 | Without doubt , her reply shows just how unconcerned she is about her return to top-level racing and much of the credit for that must go to Pedrosa . |
| 3 | The star , whose latest single Will You Marry Me ? is about her wedding to Estevez and bubbling just outside the Top 40 , spent years fighting a weight problem . |
| 4 | The dispute is about its importance ( Bruce and Lee 1982 ) . |
| 5 | Mark is about my age and also unmarried . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But this is about my son Linton , not me . |
| 7 | So it is just as important to know what it is about your organisation that customers value so that you can promote it fully . |
| 8 | ‘ It is about your daughter , Mr Abberley . ’ |
| 9 | Bomber 's Moon is about his father who died on a wartime bombing mission before he was born . |
| 10 | She is about his age . |
| 11 | Someone who can understand and collate medical notes is worth their weight in gold . |
| 12 | What we 're talking about here is a £50 package which is worth its money . |
| 13 | So how to judge if your company 's headquarters is worth its weight ? |
| 14 | Local knowledge is worth its weight in gold ; or silver sea-trout . |
| 15 | The list is endless and I would go as far as to say virtually every ‘ Gold Seal ’ is worth its weight in gold . |
| 16 | It really is sickening to have an aeroplane , which is worth its weight in gold out here , broken through damned bad handling . ’ |
| 17 | This is where experienced help is worth its weight in gold , since the correct set-up can only be established by flying the model and adjusting the linkages and controls to give correct gyro action and then setting the tail up to suit the particular flyer . |
| 18 | The result of browsing off hedges and other plants , not just grass , goat manure normally has the most balanced NPK content of any , and is worth its weight in gold . |
| 19 | Trisha McCulloch , mother of Michael ( six weeks ) , says , ‘ A roomy , padded bag with little pockets either side and a flap over the top which becomes a mat is worth its weight in gold . |
| 20 | Joan for what it 's worth erm and this is just something you might want to think about a mobile is worth its weight in gold . |
| 21 | To the fishkeeper a good retailer is worth his weight in gold . |
| 22 | The man from Dunkeld will come today or tomorrow — if he thinks it is worth his trouble . ’ |
| 23 | It is worth your while to obtain detailed quotations at the outset and to insist upon a further quotation for any work which may be added to the schedule as you go along . |
| 24 | A malinger round the monument is worth your while , if only for the extraordinary view down Loch Shiel and to reassure yourself that you will soon be leaving behind all the people milling idly around their coaches , to whom 1745 means quarter to six . |
| 25 | Everyone looks at each other with the blank expression reserved especially for when someone who is off their trolley comes into the near vicinity . |
| 26 | Running into him in the paddock early on Sunday morning , I sense all is not well with him ; he is nervous , he bites his nails , he runs his hands through his thick hair , he keeps scampering through the paddock to the hideous toilets , he is off his feed . |
| 27 | Ahead I can see that Odd-Knut has stopped and is off his sledge . |
| 28 | Children need to understand and learn where the limit is for their behaviour . |
| 29 | It is for their benefit in the long term . |
| 30 | Make them do what we know is for their benefit as well as our own , and all difficulties in China are at an end . ’ |