Example sentences of "is that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most serious problem with the machines is that during use some of the parts can loosen . |
| 2 | The ironical and fundamental point is that during these post-war years , when international demand for tropical commodities for the first time since 1921 really justified vast investments in the Colonies ; when the Colonies had a huge back-log of demand for essential equipment ; when at last the British government was equipped with power to give or lend considerable sums to top up what the Colonies could afford to invest from their own accumulating surplus ; and when . |
| 3 | The trouble is that during a general election this is not possible . |
| 4 | The reason for the hair loss is that during pregnancy hormone levels are higher and keep the hair in its growing phase for much longer . |
| 5 | A possible explanation is that during the 1950s and 1960s , before Aldabra became a scientific reserve , commercial fishermen from the Seychelles living on the island hunted goats with dogs at night . |
| 6 | The reason why ex-boarding school pupils are forever divorcing is that during some of their most formative years love is characterised by distance , not closeness . |
| 7 | The point on which I want to concentrate here is that during the last two centuries changes in the law and in employment policies progressively have excluded both the youngest and the oldest generations from the labour market , and therefore from the means to support themselves through earning wages . |
| 8 | They show an African head and the story behind these is that during a battle in the 15th century , when all the Pucci adults were killed , an African slave hid a baby of the family under her garments and fled via an underground passage , thus saving the Pucci line and earning herself a place in the family 's heraldry . |
| 9 | What is undoubtedly clear is that during these years Henry 's power was still steadily advancing , though most modern writers tend to create the false impression of a king entirely preoccupied with the awkward domestic problem of the quarrel with Thomas Becket . |
| 10 | The most obvious explanation for this is that during his years away from home , he would develop a large number of relatively weak ties : in such circumstances , the in-group alternant would cease to have any function for him and so could be abandoned . |
| 11 | Above : The great thing about this indoor pool by Cascade is that during the warm summer months the doors slide open to give you the best of both worlds . |
| 12 | In the case of a bridal couple the ideology is that during the initiatory phase of their marriage the groom and his bride are playing out the roles of a god and a goddess ; when they resume their life as ordinary mortals their dangerous divinity must be removed . ) |
| 13 | The answer is that during the past 200 years or more a dynamic change has taken place . |
| 14 | No two coalfields were the same , but if a general pattern can be discerned from the variety of experience it is that during the first half of the nineteenth century each region largely generated its own workforce from the natural increase of its population , but that the spectacular later developments drew not only upon local men who left the farms or rural crafts and industries in large numbers but also upon the surplus population of counties from all over the British Isles . |
| 15 | Presumably the reason why the lights appear stationary while the " ghost " is seen to revolve is that during the duration of any light the stimulus from it is accompanied by fused after-images of the other three . |
| 16 | The answer is that under any and all circumstances , America 's Treasury believes that the Federal Reserve 's monetary policy is strangling the economy . |
| 17 | What is clear is that under an Awlad Amira administration Tibbu did not seem to have acquired any of those ordinary benefits which were available to Zuwaya . |
| 18 | An alternative is that under conditions which are maximally unfavourable for plural reference , when a plural reference is made , it is made only because no strain exists in those ( rare ) cases . |
| 19 | An example of this is that under most standard forms the supervising officer has wide-ranging powers to issue instructions . |
| 20 | One clue is that under stress of excessive heat or pursuit by predators , the amount of energy needed or dissipated can be very high . |
| 21 | The difference between this and the two previous outcomes is that under this procedure the agency does not have to go through the whole decision-making process again . |
| 22 | The first important difference is that under Order 53 the applicant must first apply for leave to make an AJR . |
| 23 | The only saving grace is that under pressure your decision-making seems to speed up and I 'm pleased to say that , instead of freezing , I quickly resolved that there was no way I could brake or slew the aircraft — still travelling at 55 or 60 mph — away from the ditch . |
| 24 | On the continuity point their argument is that under the system of election by thirds , you do n't see a dramatic switch in the party control of the council . |
| 25 | One of the drawbacks of alluvial sources is that under the pressure of a growing demand they tend to be depleted to a point at which more intensive methods are called for . |
| 26 | The argument against that interpretation , which appears to be the obvious interpretation , is that under section 34(8) : |
| 27 | Its theoretical underpinning is that under the right conditions ‘ the central nervous system will restructure itself ’ . |
| 28 | The difference , of course , is that under Article 86-type legislation there would be a prospect of fines for abuse of market power , giving rise to potential costs much greater than those incurred by an MMC inquiry . |
| 29 | The reason is that under the general agreement on tariffs and trade beef from other countries , notably Australia , comes into the European Community . |
| 30 | The honest answer to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) is that under this Government there will never be a balance between exports and imports . |