Example sentences of "is [art] [noun sg] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I am lonely yes , but my loneliness is the price I pay in order that the people of the World may look ahead to peace and freedom and to a decent standard of living for their children . ’
2 This is the way I ask for referral , this is the way I service my client , this is what I do .
3 That is perhaps unfair but it is the way I feel at present .
4 ‘ Well , you know , like he says he was coming up to you — this is the way I look at it — coming up to ask you to lend , say , a lawnmower , right — this is when he 's no drunk , ordinary sober , you know — and he 'll be walking up to you and thinking about it at the same time .
5 It 's nothing , this is the way I deal with it , if I treat this job , if I go in to a shop or ask for any service I expect , you know , the same that I give , and basically speaking then I 'm pleased .
6 Common-sense knowledge is the knowledge I share with others in the normal , self-evident routines of everyday life .
7 It is the pineapple I noticed in Mrs Rodriguez 's home .
8 But I take my immediate clue from the American critic , Norman Holland : ‘ unity is to the text as identity is to a person ; or you could say , identity is the unity I find in a person when I look at him as if he were a text . ’
9 This is the stuff I used for my sinusitis , it 's wonderful .
10 ‘ Thees is the dress I bring for you , ’ she announced , pulling it out of its tissue paper and spreading it , slightly creased , on the bed .
11 Secondly , there is the question I addressed in my research of how notions of child abuse are applied to particular cases .
12 When I am lying with him , and he is inside me — that is the moment I know for sure . ’
13 I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine .
14 In crude terms it is the picture I have of ‘ me ’ and is basic to my self-respect .
15 There 's two on that page by the way , two B is the item I mentioned about graduates is n't it ?
16 ‘ Oh , ye of little faith ! ’ is the retort I hear from those who view all of Channel 5 's problems as opportunities .
17 ‘ This is the hat I wore to my wedding . ’
18 And that really is the reason I think for one of the reasons for P P G seven being brought out .
19 There was an offer in the letter if my memory 's correct but it did n't actually specify what their offer was and really I think what the Council want to do is exactly what they are offering because we have to be minded all the time that the that er applicant does not own all the land and , and certainly it is , is , is the wish I think of this Council , I believe unanimously , and , and I think a lot of the residents , that we do somehow acquire a pedestrian link .
20 I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier .
21 That is the duty I owe to my cloth .
22 No matter where I wander I am haunted by your name The portrait of your beauty stays the same sailing on the ocean wondering where you are if you 'll return again where is the ring I gave to Nancy Spain …
23 Er , he may be concerned but my Lord erm , there has been reference to the er the professional negligence and and my Lord there is a bit I have in court , I 'm afraid the second edition because the third edition which is the latest , was not available to me this morning , but there 's a paragraph in it and I want to refer your Lordship to it , I wonder if I might read it and er hand it up to your Lordship .
24 It is a tribute I suppose to the English language that there are so many forms of circumlocution that it is remarkably easy to persuade yourself that you have made a bold statement , or conveyed the bad news , whilst in reality there is no conceivable possibility that the recipient has actually understood what you are talking about .
25 Security is a word I found in a dictionary .
26 So I think the , the answer is we 're going to see a variety of things , there is a tendency I think amongst er Soviet Citizens at the moment to regard the market economy as they used to regard communism , that 's to say there 's a kind of ideal which will bring about universal prosperity , and relief on all their worries .
27 Here is a message I got from a tame Man U supporter on the subject we are all discussing .
28 This is a dog I found in the road .
29 With all the genuine , yet inherently easy , sympathy of the committed onlooker , it is a prospect I anticipate with profound interest .
30 This is a recipe I tried in 5973 and found excellent .
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