Example sentences of "is [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It has not proved possible to determine the composition directly , which is difficult for a condensate , but the measured abundance of ammonia in the gaseous phase above the top of these clouds is about what would be expected were this ammonia in equilibrium with solid ammonia at the typical cloud top conditions of 0.5 bar and 148 K. There are thought to be relatively few breaks in the ammonia clouds , though the cloud tops need not be at the same altitude everywhere . |
| 32 | Well the wattage of a fan heater is about what ? |
| 33 | But the core of this disagreement is about what we really mean by democracy . |
| 34 | Neuroscience , the science of the nervous system , is about what the brain does and how it works . |
| 35 | It is clear , however , that political historians can not afford to confine their attention to the goings-on at Westminster or St James 's , and that the history of party under the later Stuarts is as much about the divisions that emerged in society at large as it is about what happened in Parliament or at the royal Court . |
| 36 | It is not , er this evidence does not go to a matter of law er er and the duty but it matter of practice and my Lord what this case is dealing with is about what if , what is or should be the practice of a solicitors engaged in commercial conveyancing as to the advice that is given to clients and er my Lord the er commercial conveyancing is obviously a matter which particularly concerns . |
| 37 | Well , he 's b the second part , he 's basing his opinion on clearly what the plaintiff 's case is about what he was , what he was telling Mr to do . |
| 38 | And that is about what happens when someone leaves a job of their own accord . |
| 39 | Which is about what four foot ? |
| 40 | Okay erm does that help to show what integration is about what you 're doing ? |
| 41 | If people want to think a song is about them , it does n't bother me . |
| 42 | Can you say what it is about them that threatens you ? |
| 43 | The dispute is about its importance ( Bruce and Lee 1982 ) . |
| 44 | Much of the debate about therapeutic technology is about its failures . |
| 45 | The Scottish total of 14 is about its usual level , and comprises mainly university crews . |
| 46 | ADAS advice is free , provided it is about something deemed to benefit the ‘ public good ’ . |
| 47 | ‘ But this election is about something more . |
| 48 | It is about something infinitely subtle : moral and social development . |
| 49 | It is about something even more important : the way in which people express their thoughts . |
| 50 | His ferocious anti-Christianity , in no way the creature of fashion , never waned even in old age ; and he never forgot that literature is about something , and that it matters whether that something is true or false . |
| 51 | Another discourse analyst , providing a second opinion , might report that it is about something else entirely , and a debate would ensue in the discourse analysis literature . |
| 52 | It is about something . |
| 53 | Any serious kind of criticism , as we have seen , is about something . |
| 54 | You should tell your friends and relatives that they should not ‘ phone you at work unless it is about something important which can not wait . |
| 55 | Oh , the ones who 's got is about something like that . . |
| 56 | For the most common form of Down 's , accounting for 94% of all cases , the recurrence rate is about one in 100 , similar to the chances of a Down 's birth among women aged over 38 . |
| 57 | Should one affected child be born , the recurrence rate can again be high ; children born with a neural tube malformation ( including anencephalus and spina bifida ) can be detected by screening and the recurrence rate is about one in 20 . |
| 58 | This is about one a minute . |
| 59 | When Riddler says that the tea they drink is called that ‘ even if it 's made of privet … a sort of memory , ’ she is harsh and spiteful as she is about everything else instead of evincing any rue or regret . |
| 60 | I think that is about everything — but I must say that each time is as important as the next and I use them all . |