Example sentences of "is [prep] [adj] " 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 | The index is times three . |
| 11 | The first is about general provision in any one institution . |
| 12 | This chapter is about possible ways in which amplified vibration ( vibro-tactile aids ) may help people with profound hearing loss . |
| 13 | For example Shaw ( 1980 ) reports that the minimum efficient scale of an ammonium nitrate plant is about 300,000–450,000 tonnes per annum , which approximates to a quarter of total UK consumption of nitrogenous fertilizers . |
| 14 | As one would expect , the dimensional movement due to moisture changes is about halved . |
| 15 | It is about young love in the 50 ’ s and has a universal appeal . |
| 16 | The war , the president insists , is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground . |
| 17 | If Chapter 9 is about medium-term strategies of social transformation , Chapter 10 is about short-term tactics of mobilization , and in particular about being ‘ in and against the state ’ . |
| 18 | Ten crew is about right to race the boat , though more weight in a breeze — if allowed by the rules — is an advantage |
| 19 | Coal has a typical ratio 0–8:1 while that for oil is about 1–75:1 . |
| 20 | His book is about ancestral worship in West Town which is presented as prototypical of that which prevails in Chinese culture as a whole . |
| 21 | Sheena said : ‘ This charity is about community-based appropriate technology , not just about money . |
| 22 | This is because , as already mentioned , ergonomics is about efficient use of people . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The new campus novel is about such people , and by them : not just about dons but by dons . |
| 25 | ‘ A lot of the record , ’ Rowland sighs , ‘ is about other people 's perceptions of you and how if enough people treat you in a certain way that 's what you become after a while . |
| 26 | There is no more agreement about what is a good lecture than there is about good music . |
| 27 | ‘ It is about one nation . ’ |
| 28 | It is difficult to establish an exact incubation period for genital louse infection but various authorities agree that the average time between acquiring and noticing the lice is about one month . |
| 29 | My advice is to remember that the short story is about one thing and one thing only , which often reveals itself in a single situation . |
| 30 | A. In Lancashire , Merseyside and Greater Manchester in the last 10 years about 2 000 000 people have moved house ; that is about one third of all families . |