Example sentences of "is [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is projects which will enable students and/or staff to develop their enterprise skills and which will make the University more responsive to the world of work . |
| 2 | This is humanity 's oft-repeated experience , and in the long run it is experience which really teaches , and no amount of scriptural citation of divinely allocated land will ever alter that . |
| 3 | More importantly , the company 's development people have to be able to handle simultaneously a wide range of projects , often at different stages ( feasibility , formulation development , process scale-up ) and generally on different major compounds ; it is experience which develops both scientific competence and real commercial awareness . |
| 4 | That in turn provoked an attack on so-called screwdriver operations5 — this was accomplished by the imposition of local content rules , that is rules which require a minimum amount of domestically produced content . |
| 5 | The international landscape with which we began 1989 — the old , familiar structures of the two alliances , the Anglo-American special relationship , the European Community 's halting progress toward greater unity , and the newer but also beginning to be familiar element of reform in the Soviet Union — is being transformed , and it is Germany which is leading that transformation . |
| 6 | And finally there is meditation which is the specific thought designed to affect and train the brain . |
| 7 | But for the is landers who have just celebrated Transfer Day , the 72nd anniversary of America 's purchase of the islands from Denmark , it is unusual . |
| 8 | That is Stoke I 'm going to Durham . |
| 9 | ‘ Liam Devlin , if it is Devlin they choose , is hardly going to parachute into the courtyard at St Mary 's Priory tomorrow night , Jack , and if he did , so what ? |
| 10 | ‘ Is Matt your brother ? ’ |
| 11 | But , remember , it is Colin who calls the shots . |
| 12 | However , it is patterns which matter : 87% of the residents of Northern Tyneside who work , work in the area ; 77% of the area 's work force lives in the area . |
| 13 | The only exception is hydrogen which has a name for each isotope : Isotope ; protium deuterium tritium Symbol : |
| 14 | ‘ People look for new ways to supplement their income and it is employers who feel the pinch . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Saddest disappointment is Branagh himself ( who ) proves a curiously anodyne screen presence . |
| 16 | For all we know , and for all Abraham and Sarah know too , it is Hagar who carries in her womb the plans of God for the redemption of the world . |
| 17 | One of the products is helium-3 which consists of the two protons bound to a single neutron ; the spare neutron from the original gang of four particles speeds off . |
| 18 | Even with sentences not of the form A is f(X) it is often the case that a sentence containing a hyponym unilaterally entails a parallel sentence which is identical in all respects except that it contains a superordinate in place of the hyponym : |
| 19 | So-called racial characteristics are evaluated on the basis of similar principles , that is values which are relative to time and place . |
| 20 | Whereas the basic orientation of internal critique ( of theories , propositions , practices , artefacts ) is truth , the basic orientation of external critique is freedom itself . |
| 21 | What an economy needs is shareholders who have both a long-term interest in the companies they own and the desire and ability to apply some discipline to managers . |
| 22 | It is shareholders who , at least in theory , appoint the chairman and should ensure a balanced board and therefore have perhaps the primary role in enforcing the Cadbury code . |
| 23 | It is Liszt who nevertheless looms largest in the anthology , and in whose music I found it most easy to understand Crimp 's belief in Levitzki as ‘ one of this century 's master pianists ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ If it is defenders we need , who will lead until we can join them ? ’ |
| 25 | This is income which increases as the artist gains greater success and begins to release such items as compilation videos comprising selected promotional videos , or full length videos of live concert performances . |
| 26 | the income consists of annual payments made under a partnership agreement to or for the benefit of a former partner , or the widow or dependants of a deceased former partner , of the partnership , being payments made under a liability incurred for full consideration ; 2. the income is payable in connection with the acquisition of a partnership ; 3. the income arises under a settlement made by one party to a marriage by way of provision for the other after the dissolution or annulment of the marriage , or while they are separated under an Order of the Court or under a separation agreement or in such circumstances that the separation is likely to be permanent , being income payable to or applicable for the benefit of the other party ; 4. the income is from property of which the settlor has divested himself absolutely by the settlement ; 5. the income is income which under other provisions of the tax legislation is treated for the purposes of the Taxes Acts as that of the settlor . |
| 27 | Under s412(1) ( now TA 1988 , s739 ) the income which is to be taxed as if it were the taxpayer 's is income which he has power to enjoy within the meaning of the section . |
| 28 | " The demand for things in general , " according to Professor McCloskey , " is income itself which is determined by the resources and technology supplied to the nation . " |
| 29 | It is contract it 's a monthly contract you work for three weeks for one pound sixteen shillings and at the end of the month they count all the slates you 've done during the month . |
| 30 | Is t his where it will all end — Armageddon ? |