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 | 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 . |
| 11 | The new campus novel is about such people , and by them : not just about dons but by dons . |
| 12 | The King 's College researchers say three to four weekly sessions ‘ getting mildly breathless ’ is about all that 's needed to keep mother and baby fit before the birth . |
| 13 | It is about all manner of motoring matters such as improvements in vehicle safety and construction , raising of driving standards and an attempt to get the authorities to look at the whole business of motoring in a different way for the good of all . |
| 14 | For all the problems that it raises , this formidable wish-list is better than a constantly repeated non , which is about all that France contributed in the past . |
| 15 | This new book , which is about all these and more , was produced to coincide with last year 's exhibition in the new Vitra Design Museum in Weil-am-Rhein . |
| 16 | At its most specific , it has a very limited currency : it recurs between canine and feline , and between puppy and kitten — but that is about all . |
| 17 | However , that is about all we would know . |
| 18 | He 's worked for his uncle ever since he left school , he lives in his uncle 's house and this is about all he can call his own . |
| 19 | But that is about all . |
| 20 | Wheels are quieter than feet , you know , which is about all I can say for them . |
| 21 | ‘ The trousers is about all we 've got at the moment . |
| 22 | ‘ I wonder , sometimes , what it is about that woman that haunts both you and me ? ’ |
| 23 | This book is about that conflict of values , the efforts made in the last few years to come to terms with that conflict , and its implication for one of the major issues of our time — the reshaping of our farm policy , which , with the single aim of increased food production , has transformed the countryside over the last forty years in what is perhaps the greatest agricultural revolution since the settling of England began . |
| 24 | This should not be taken too literally — not every rock in the crust is a granite — things like limestones are vastly different in composition — but the average composition of all the rocks on the continents is about that of granite and contains over 60 per cent of silica . |
| 25 | Being a first-class citizen is about that kind of civic engagement . |
| 26 | His play is about that mythical creature , the common man . |
| 27 | This book is about that experience . |
| 28 | I think , you know , I think in answer to the embarrassment question , I think although it is about that erm , people are nay do , people wi on just are nay prepared to commit with information , I think , in areas there 's a wealth of information and experience |
| 29 | What do you think it is about that 's sort of helped this shop survive for so many years . |
| 30 | which is about that . |