Example sentences of "is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is during this time that torture most commonly occurs . |
| 2 | It is therefore not surprising that incidents and accidents happen when this kind of situation occurs , especially if it is during an early off-field landing when the pilot is under pressure . |
| 3 | The physical act of training breaks down part of the muscle exercised , and it is during the next 24–72 hours that the muscles recover and begin to grow . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is during the latter part of this century , however , that historic barns and other traditional rural buildings have faced their greatest threat . |
| 6 | It is during gastrulation that the cells leave the outer surface and move inside the region where they will form the gut . |
| 7 | It is during gastrulation that the main body plan is laid down ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 8 | People often say that a certain noise gets louder at night , even though its measured level does not alter ; this is because , at night , the level of the background noise is generally lower than it is during the day , During the recession , people near once noisy factories started to appreciate the quiet . |
| 9 | It is during such a split second that a prey animal may be able to make its escape , if it is fast enough . |
| 10 | This is not intended to be nomination in the traditional sense and once the subcontractor has been named ( subject to reasonable objection by the contractor if the naming is during the course of the contract ) , that subcontractor becomes almost entirely the responsibility of the contractor . |
| 11 | Shaping like this can also be done on a plain ‘ V ’ neck cardigan by working the cable next to the front edge on the straight and leaving the pattern as it is during the shaping , working the decreases on the inner edge of the cable pattern where it will not show . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The nearest he gets to his usual form is during a discussion about the Mondays ' donation to the Hard Rock Café , coming to the grinning conclusion he should send ‘ a bong made from a Boddingtons beer tin , a packet of Rizla , some tinfoil , an empty skag packet and the sheet me and Bez slept on when we shared a flat together . |
| 14 | The critical time for an adverse effect on language development is during the first three years of life ( Sak and Ruben 1981 ; Zinkus et al . |
| 15 | 1980 ) and onset is during the second half of the first year of life . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This is during the rut . |
| 18 | It is during the night that they find most of their food which is dew smothered vegetation . |
| 19 | Plants will normally come to bloom earlier in a greenhouse than outside , but in either case the most propitious time for the operation is during a spell , and after a couple of days , of bright sunny weather . |
| 20 | The only time he can guarantee not to be called out is during his annual leave , of which plenty of notice is necessary . |
| 21 | It is during this fifth stage that we dream . |
| 22 | It is during the summer , and before the September denouement , that the voices of the women compositors for the first time become audible to the historian . |
| 23 | Prove to yourself how enjoyable mineral water is during business lunches . |
| 24 | The most basic level of interpreting archaeological remains is during the post-excavation work , when the contexts are analysed and , where possible , dated and fitted together . |
| 25 | The time is during the later 1970s ( so it is reasonable to expect that they will speak modern English , with Scottish accents ) . |
| 26 | The first is during the initial design phase , and the second is during design change . |
| 27 | The first is during the initial design phase , and the second is during design change . |
| 28 | It is during this subsequent period that many problems arise , such as relationships with parents and living at home . |
| 29 | It is during the first few months in particular that these sorts of activities can affect the developing foetus , producing babies that may be premature , and with a low birth weight . |
| 30 | Long coach travel is during the cool early morning |