Example sentences of "it is [prep] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not enough that a state is unlucky or incompetent in its economic , social or foreign policies — that jobs or food are scarce , or that it is at war with itself or with its neighbours . |
| 2 | It is on account of his age I restrain myself , ma'am . |
| 3 | The two things were entirely unconnected , but if it is of importance to you then you 'll be pleased to know that had there been a test you would have passed it with straight As . ’ |
| 4 | It is of importance in its own right , since affirmative assessment aims to include all significant experience , and unconscious pain is surely significant . |
| 5 | Yet nationally , as we know , it is committed — indeed , it is under instructions from its confereence — to cut defence spending by £6 billion . |
| 6 | This is the best procedure , and it is without risk to your engine for descents of up to 3,000 feet . |
| 7 | As we saw earlier , in this and the first chapter , this theory holds that things are a combination of form and matter , and it is by appeal to their form that one would hope to explain why things have the properties they do . |
| 8 | Thus what we gain is Something , yet it is by virtue of Nothing that this can be put to use . |
| 9 | For creativity is of the peak experience and the imagery in it is part of our own substance and it is in sympathy with our very being — so it is incomparable . |
| 10 | ‘ Strong ’ formulations of the principle claim that the universe is the way it is in order for us to be here to observe it . |
| 11 | It says it is in discussions with its ACE partners about Alpha , but continues to hesitate to formally offer it as still another hardware platform for ACE to absorb . |
| 12 | Typically , it is in response to his self-righteous complaints about the failings of his local flock that the ancestors spring to his defence . |
| 13 | If there is to be any criticism of our play , it is in relation to our tactical awareness , to the fact that we sometimes made wrong choices which more experienced people would not have made ’ . |
| 14 | Japan is poor in natural resources , yet as the second largest industrial country , it is in need of them . |
| 15 | A local authority that spends less on special educational needs does so either because it has less incidence of such needs or because it is in dereliction of its duties to pupils with those needs . |
| 16 | I shall call it an experiential explanation , because it is in terms of our experiences . |
| 17 | But in those rare flashes when one can shed the present self and all it is in command of I realise that there were really only two occasions when I did personally feel the times on my pulse in such a way that I remember them , and not what I have since reconstructed of them . |