Example sentences of "is [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yes it is about that . |
| 32 | I mean he 's been known to do that because he you know what is going to happen with him commercially in his newspapers and he 's actually very clever and I mean none of us I mean okay and I think Peter might be the but I can get quite upset or intense or distressed or whatever the word is about that sort of stuff , because I am my background is journalism and I 'm quite pure about it , but we 're living in reality times here and the reality times is that he has got certain agendas . |
| 33 | Yeah , she 's about that age , yeah she is about that age |
| 34 | grandson is about that age and very sympathetic she is erm I said er Mary Ann says she does n't know what the point is , you do n't really want to do it he said , she 's right , I do n't he said , in a way I do , in another way I do n't , I said |
| 35 | and it was windy right , he got a tree a third of the height of that on a table , they puts it up on a table , and underneath the tree they have got one present which is member of the family from each member of the family , right , that is it , one present , it maybe a box of chocolates , you know , or a box of cigars , something like that , children wake up Christmas morning they have a bag which is about that big , with a full of sweets and bits and pieces , little toy car thing and they have one big present , right , and I 'll tell you what festivity over there is as well , that must , it because it 's not over dark because there no big glory about it , there so much more relaxed that , well Chris he said , yeah |
| 36 | no , so he said erm , when I opened it court order , I said well I do n't know what yours is I said but it 's nothing to do with this , I said this is about that so when I opened the other one I remember then that when they originally built that court order bit he give me one cheque for sixty two quid and one for sixty nine |
| 37 | It is about that . |
| 38 | Well , my , my memory right , you go down into , into like a , the ground floor and the top of the , like the bottom of the next floor is about that sort of height , but there is a wall up there sort of thing , which erm , I , I must , which you could probably get on . |
| 39 | The actual hose is about that long . |
| 40 | Ours is about that big and |
| 41 | Liquid air , liquid nitrogen is , is about that temperature and , and it 's |
| 42 | The next question to ask is about any which have scored 5 or over . |
| 43 | ‘ The charter will potentially have a very large impact on small firms because it is about more regulation . ’ |
| 44 | However , power is about more than physical strength . |
| 45 | For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister . |
| 46 | Does my hon. Friend agree that Labour 's charter for sport is about more interference , more committees , more regional committees and , most of all , more costs ? |
| 47 | One of its five chapters is about those epic times , while others describe Bob Doe 's experiences in the Middle and Far East . |
| 48 | ‘ Today 's debate is about those parts of the Gracious Speech related to the inner cities — local services and education . |
| 49 | Catalonia may want to brag about its exploits , but the Olympic Games is about those who compete , those who win and lose gloriously . |
| 50 | It is not always clear , though , what it is about some events that leads to severe and prolonged distress . |
| 51 | ‘ The Mercy Seat is about this person in solitary confinement , becoming more sensitive to inanimate objects , and as he sits thinking about human and Divine Justice , finding himself judging these things as Good or Evil . ’ |
| 52 | Much of ecology is about this process : finding energy ; putting it to use . |
| 53 | Secondary school is , after all , nearer to life after school , and it is about this that schools are increasingly urged to think . |
| 54 | Jean-Luc Godard 's film ‘ Alphaville ’ , is about this . |
| 55 | It is about this time of year that life at the headquarters of the Women Professional Golfers ' European Tour gets a little hectic for Membership Secretary Marion Davies . |
| 56 | And you can imagine the conrod in your car is about this size . |
| 57 | It is about this time each day that the boy goes by . ’ |
| 58 | I do n't know what it is about this study … sort of phoney . |
| 59 | You say , you know , this play is about this . |
| 60 | Oh yeah , the dish right , the dish is about this this long , this wide |