Example sentences of "it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ironically , it is with an honorary degree in Law that the University now wishes to recognise him ; b ) actively encouraged military spending in such areas as ‘ Star Wars ’ , chemical weapons and first-strike nuclear weapons systems ; c ) attempted to scupper all arms control agreements and moves towards detente with the Eastern bloc . |
| 32 | ‘ It is with a feeling of surprise and wonder , even of awe , that humans become aware of a great intelligence living in the sea ; of marine mammals with a perception greater than that of other animals , more akin to our own , ’ says New Zealander Frank Robson , who has spent many years working with dolphins both in captivity and in the wild . |
| 33 | So it is with the financial servant and its industrial master . |
| 34 | So it is with the cross . |
| 35 | He it is with whom his people will indeed wrestle . |
| 36 | So it is with me , stuck with gloves and stick as soon as I step out of the front door . |
| 37 | So it is with the resurrection of the dead . |
| 38 | In the following chapters we shall first look at some of the issues that all bereaved people need to talk about , whether it is with a friend or with the professional worker who specializes in meeting bereaved people . |
| 39 | So it is with horses . |
| 40 | So if a foal exhibits characteristics or mannerisms that are not displayed by its mother , or other horses that it is with , but only by its father , such a characteristic would appear to be inherited . |
| 41 | And so it is with the orchestra . |
| 42 | Whenever she speaks of those days , it is with fondness and a smile . |
| 43 | As an object approaches and enlarges , the surrounding background recedes … so it is with the intellect , the emotions , loves and hates . |
| 44 | So it is with a creeping dismay that reports have been greeted about the inevitable changes in his way of life . |
| 45 | ‘ It is with sadness , but with realism , that it closes . ’ |
| 46 | And so it is with Wattana , who , in a psychological move during a recent Matchroom League clash , showed he is hardly in awe of Hendry when he won five successive frames before scattering the balls to ‘ allow ’ the Scot the first of three consolation frames . |
| 47 | It is with that learning process I am primarily concerned , and with my own place in it as a student . |
| 48 | It is with this view in mind that this book must be read . |
| 49 | When one looks back , it is with amazement that survival on the meagre rations was possible . |
| 50 | So it is with sovereignty . |
| 51 | So it is with France 's belief in Germany 's fidelity . |
| 52 | So it is with many gases . |
| 53 | When fitting 8 spokes all the load is on the studs as it is with RR wheels and should only be used with the larger studs . |
| 54 | It is with much concern that I find myself unable to comply with a request from you and Mr. Browne , but indeed you pay me too great a compliment in supposing me capable of writing upon any subject that is proposed to me . |
| 55 | Ehrenpreis 's approach , while fruitful in some respects , tends to treat the poor as an object to be observed from the outside even if it is with ‘ rapt interest ’ . |
| 56 | At least that 's the way it is with me , if I can see something in operation I can understand it far more quickly than when someone tries to describe it ’ |
| 57 | Teaching any type of child requires patience and understanding fused with the necessary degree of firmness and discipline ; so it is with mentally handicapped pupils although the extent of the patience — or firmness — may be considered broader . |
| 58 | When Disllokey nods to me this morning it is with a distant seriousness , as if he is already bracing himself to lose his identity in the harshly impersonal world across the water . |
| 59 | So it is with conservation policies . |
| 60 | The notion of pastiche is now a guiding thread in critical discourse , to the extent that Palandri 's novel can be put forward as ‘ a disturbing attempt to write a kitsch novel ’ ( De Michelis 1986a ) , and the argument be made — — referring to Piersanti 's Charles — that no novelist born in the 1950s can return to ‘ traditional narrative ’ without being aware that he/she is ‘ holding an old toy which might look fine in an antique shop , or might be an ornament or a collector 's item , but is no good for playing with any more ’ ; if they do use it ( but why should they if it is no use any more ? ) , it is with a mixture of pleasure and melancholy , ‘ like someone repeating a game which once gave pleasure for years and years and now gives none , only the memory of the joy it once gave ’ ( De Michelis 1986b ) . |