Example sentences of "is [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Today it is in demand all over the world either from people bringing their legal disputes to courts here , or from those wishing to come here and study law . |
| 32 | It is in fact just like each boy marrying his own sister : no averaging of estates takes place . |
| 33 | Horses always seem to prefer good green pasture to hay , and it is in fact higher in vitamins and protein than all hays except for lucerne . |
| 34 | When benefits in kind are considered , the balance of the redistribution is in fact significantly in favour of the most prosperous households that typically enjoy more take-up of education through children staying on at school and more benefits with regard to health care . |
| 35 | It is doubly ironic that Philip 's sense of intellectual and spiritual degradation is in fact very like Eliot 's , and his life risks being as impoverished and as meaningless as Sweeney 's minimalist ‘ brass tacks ’ scenario . |
| 36 | But Bakker in reply says cartilage is in fact better for absorbing shocks and for building up hydrostatic pressure . |
| 37 | One of just 16 such engines among London 's 114 stations , it is on call all over London . |
| 38 | However , you may have noticed that the new season lamb is on offer almost throughout the year . |
| 39 | Beta , often known by its old proper name , was ranked of the first magnitude in ancient times , but is at present slightly below the second . |
| 40 | A large aerogenerator programme is at present underway in the Netherlands where it is hoped that wind will be supplying about one quarter of Dutch electricity demand by the year 2000 . |
| 41 | Although our knowledge of the physical properties of the Earth 's interior is at present far from complete , most geophysicists now support the idea that convection does in fact occur in the mantle ; whether this convection is solely , or even primarily , responsible for plate movement is another matter . |
| 42 | In a sense then , the fate of Simmel 's work is at present parallel to that of Hegel 's , in as much as later authorities have appropriated his ideas and aligned them with a theory of rupture seen as specific to capitalism . |
| 43 | But as he was profoundly unconvincing , and as another place is at present still considering the English position , I would not wish to force the point on the House . |
| 44 | That was an essential b eventually that was taken away , but the building trade still believed if a building firm wanted men , they had to have at least a thirty two hour guarantee , which is at present still in operation . |
| 45 | There is , however , some conflict between detail provided by Gregory in his Histories and that to be found in his other works ; moreover earlier evidence is at odds both with specific points in the Histories , and also with their general interpretation , which sees Clovis 's reign as the manifestation of divine support granted to the king after his conversion . |
| 46 | Departures are from London on 11 May and travel is by coach overnight to Austria . |