Example sentences of "it is [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Lewisian thing about the first of his space stories is precisely its blend of literary originality and religious truth ; it is not ‘ theology ’ dressed up as ‘ literature ’ ; rather it makes its best literary effects when it is at its most religious because the religious matter is what most engages the author 's imagination . |
| 32 | This is at its most practical in empathizing sufficiently to collect useful facts about a person but closing oneself to sympathy ; it is at its purest in vanity , basking in awareness from other viewpoints as long as it is of oneself . |
| 33 | Although ‘ laicisation ’ is a process that has become universal in the Western world , it is in North America where it is at its most advanced . |
| 34 | It is at its strongest when applied to production ; indeed , one can think of the Adornian picture of a totally administered , homogeneous , determining process as the ideal type to which the industry constantly aspires ( though , for reasons discussed above , this state is never actually reached ) . |
| 35 | Because of the priority given to these ‘ fixed costs ’ , mothers typically draw on the household income when it is at its most depleted . |
| 36 | It is at its best and most characteristic in its bottom octave-and-a-half . |
| 37 | It is at its most active in urban areas such as my constituency , the metropolitan city of Leeds , and other big cities such as Newcastle , Bradford and Manchester , whose Members of Parliament have contributed to the debate . |
| 38 | Such a problem is less serious when 5-year age groups are considered ( since entries and exits form a smaller proportion of the denominator population ) and even less serious for the whole-life CDR ; but it is at its worst for children in their first year of life . |
| 39 | It is they , after all , who have always been the symbols of their culture and traditionally it is at their slightest touch that the delicate flower of Izzat can shrivel . |
| 40 | That was the pressure of the labour party policy and if there is any stress on staff in this council then it is at your responsibility . |
| 41 | It is at his feet that we throw ourselves like the bound figures which form the pedestal of this statue ( one captive looks upward with adoring eyes ) . |
| 42 | It would be convenient to report that Ross Cranston 's performance was as immaculate as his appearance or that it is on him that the smart money will be laid . |
| 43 | Despite this , it is on their breeding grounds that they have been most studied . |
| 44 | It matters to the democracies because it is a battle about ideas they believe in , because it is on their doorstep , and because the rest of the world has been watching to see what they would do about it . |
| 45 | It is on their best judgement that decisions are made , resources allocated and , as more information becomes available , changes put forward to take into account the new knowledge . |
| 46 | After all the doubts and uncertainties , wrote Harsnet , most of which I did not admit to myself , or else tried to pretend were an integral part of the project , sense now that it is on its way . |
| 47 | It is on its way out , but it has not gone for good — yet . |
| 48 | ‘ I expect it is on its way , ’ said the Thing calmly . |
| 49 | It is on its way out . |
| 50 | He has yet to receive his cheque but has received a letter from BR 's legal department to say it is on its way . |
| 51 | For it is on her satisfaction with this supernatural tryst that the stability of the following year depends , and the equilibrium between Indonesia 's volcanoes and oceans — her earth and water natures — can prevail . |
| 52 | At the same time Gascoyne took the opportunity of surveying the whole of Cornwall ; as a result of this new field-work a map , dedicated to Charles Bodville Robartes , second Earl of Radnor and lord lieutenant of Cornwall , was published on 27 March 1699 ; it is on what was for the period the large scale of almost one inch to the mile . |
| 53 | The whole thing is a lot tougher on Tod than it is on me . |
| 54 | It is on your father 's orders , ’ he lied . |
| 55 | The book I 've chosen is this one , Understanding Foreign Policy by Michael Clarke and Brian White who are editors , so if you could note that book down please , Understanding Foreign Policy , it is on your list , Understanding Foreign Policy by Michael Clarke and Brian White . |
| 56 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 57 | It is on his recommendation that young Sussex-born fine art graduate Julian Le Bas a distant relative of the more famous Edward is exhibiting here . |
| 58 | It 's much harder on them than it is on you . ) |
| 59 | Chairman Wayne Calloway tells investors : ‘ Our pink-eyed friends on the cover are the best way we know to symbolise rapid growth — something as natural to us as it is to them . ’ |
| 60 | Presumably pop-stars and politicians feel otherwise , but many people like to feel they can control the extent to which their names are known ; it is to them an aspect of personal privacy , and it extends to other identifiers like home address . |