Example sentences of "is [adj] [subord] it is [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The sight of teenage fathers is striking because it is in such stark contrast with the role of their own fathers , who were n't seen pushing prams when they were nineteen .
2 This is ironical since it is in this sphere that urban sociology , and arguably sociology more generally , has made its greatest recent advances .
3 Any charge by the landlord is standard-rated if it is for agreeing not to opt or that the rent is VAT-inclusive .
4 It has been convincingly argued that the image of an advice-giving agency is crucial because it is at the stage of identification of the appropriate agency that most people are obstructed on the way to the solution of their problem .
5 Clearly , however , where the overall number of speakers is small as it is in many sociolinguistic surveys , the number of higher-status speakers turning up in a random selection procedure which samples from the entire urban area will be correspondingly small .
6 It is well recognised that managing software is difficult because it is in essence a control problem , posing questions such as which particular versions of software items should be used at a particular stage of a project for a particular purpose , or what software should be issued to whom , and when .
7 The significance of this in terms of teacher learning is the way in which teacher placement supports a broad based professional development model which integrates with specific and general school issues and is attractive because it is beyond the conventional forms of in-service providing a radical , memorable experience in a teacher 's career .
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