Example sentences of "[is] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is during such a split second that a prey animal may be able to make its escape , if it is fast enough . |
| 2 | Even if it is only for one moment that a spasm in your face draws my attention to the intensity of your pain , a glimpse from which I flinch back into insensibility , it is during that moment that a choice between my conflicting pulls to help and to ignore will be made in fullest awareness . |
| 3 | Eliot has said it himself in After Strange Gods : it is during those ‘ bewildering minutes ’ that ‘ we are all very much the same ’ . |
| 4 | It is during this time that torture most commonly occurs . |
| 5 | It is during this period that various decrees and opinions of church leaders advise women to abstain from the Eucharist and even to refrain from entering the church altogether when they are menstruating . |
| 6 | Since rainfall controls plant growth , and plants are the base of the food pyramid , deserts typically have only a short period when food is abundant ; it is during this time that the creatures of the desert must complete their breeding cycle . |
| 7 | It is during this fifth stage that we dream . |
| 8 | It is during this subsequent period that many problems arise , such as relationships with parents and living at home . |
| 9 | It is during this period that any further investigation which is necessary should be carried out , both into new allegations in the Summons/Initial Writ and any further points which are raised by the solicitor following consideration of the insurers ' file . |
| 10 | A penn'orth of heart 's worth all your skinny clever heads ! … . |
| 11 | I hope she 's worth all the expenses , he thought , as be refilled her glass . |
| 12 | Oh do you really think any footballer 's worth all that ? |
| 13 | Yeah more to come yeah so it 's it 's worth all the dosh . |
| 14 | I 'm not saying you may not lose a few good people but on balance it 's worth that sacrifice rather than pursue an enforced redundancy policy . |
| 15 | More trouble than it 's worth those |
| 16 | Palace 's former England forward struck a glorious goal to serve Graham Taylor notice that he 's worth another try . |
| 17 | You got a chair that 's worth another couple of hundred there so well , not yet . |
| 18 | That is it 's worth half the marks on one of your three papers . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's worth more than a shepherd . ’ |
| 20 | Teams will do anything to stop a try being scored now that it 's worth more . |
| 21 | MONEY TALKS ENGLAND star Stuart Pearce thinks he 's worth more at Forest — but his manager Brian Clough refuses to pay up |
| 22 | Which bit 's worth more than the other two ? |
| 23 | ‘ From you , that 's worth any half-dozen testimonials . |
| 24 | He 's worth several million . |
| 25 | She says that 's it , forget it , nothing 's worth this , I 'm going home . ’ |
| 26 | That 's worth some thought . |
| 27 | It 's worth some thought . |
| 28 | Well it 's worth some enquiries Rose is n't it ? |
| 29 | This book is about such events : a cultural catastrophe which has gathered pace and which , if not addressed by those in power , could do irreparable damage to our nation 's literary heritage . |
| 30 | The new campus novel is about such people , and by them : not just about dons but by dons . |