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

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1 Mean latent periods for malignant tumour detection after radiation exposure are estimated at about 25 years , although for leukaemia it is between 8 and 14 years .
2 For brevity it is worth using these little symbols which are easy to learn .
3 Travelling through England it is at once apparent that a great deal of the settlement in the landscape is today not in the form of villages , nor was it for much of the past .
4 And of course it is through an examination of the quality and nature of relationships that the problematics arise .
5 Of course it is to be remembered here that we are concerned with a grave threat to the national economy .
6 Where there is a conflict of views it is for the court to decide on the nature of the examination or assessment governed as always by the need to give paramount consideration to the child 's welfare .
7 Before considering subsequent developments in the theory of ideology it is worth presenting a summary of the contributions to a theory of knowledge that Marx provides ( and Larrain 's analysis illuminates ) .
8 Opponents of membership , such as the Prime Minister , argue that whatever the right level of entry it is at least necessary to reduce inflation to the European average of roughly 3-4 per cent .
9 Not being for the direct benefit of a particular class of persons it is in the general enlightened opinion of the time wholly for the benefit of the community , although such benefit be intangible .
10 Legacies and trusts are the same : if there is any deficiency in the law of legacies it is to be supplied from the law of trusts , and vice versa .
11 If I risk ending this long study of sexual dissidence by speaking of love it is without apology and simply to acknowledge its inspiration .
12 While this is a continuing habit of government it is worth pondering whether governments have become more adept at doing this and whether they have encouraged the growth of a machinery with which to co-ordinate media policy generally .
13 When you are offered a contract of employment it is worth studying the fine print and clarifying anything you do not understand .
14 A second consequence is that malperformance is particularly likely to be revealed by differential treatment ( in the case of corruption it is of course assumed that it is not revealed ) .
15 So the governing body has responsibility for the ethos of the school , for deciding what kind of school it is to be .
16 In cases of doubt it is for the court to decide whether a witness is an expert or not after considering his qualifications and experience .
17 The option requires information on the media type ( as specified using option 9.5.0 ) , the type of copy it is to be used for , ( Primary or Secondary ) , and the state of the item .
18 Logically this may not seem to make sense , yet for Christians it is like paradox pointing beyond a neat literalism to that reality which has impinged itself on them .
19 Like beauty it is in the eye of the beholder . ’
20 The maxim on which I act at any moment is the personal rule which is guiding my behaviour — for Kant it is of the essence of voluntary action that there is such a maxim in every case .
21 Nowadays the mid-1950s rock craze seems to provoke nothing more than a nostalgic chuckle , and when the original Teds are remembered at all within the contemporary preoccupation with hooliganism it is as something quaint and remarkably innocent .
22 ‘ It is clear that when the section 8(6) procedure comes into operation it is for the police officer to make the decision whether the sample to be provided shall be a sample of blood or urine , but the police officer must convey to the defendant that the sample to be required may be of either blood or urine and must give the defendant an opportunity to consider which sample he would prefer to give if the choice were his and any reasons he has for that preference .
23 All your life you live so close to truth , it becomes a permanent blur in the corer of your eye , and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque .
24 To put this into context it is worth taking a look at what has been achieved over recent decades in obtaining access agreements for canoes to pass along our rivers .
25 In addition it is worth noting that " insurance office " would probably not include insurance effected through Lloyd 's underwriters .
26 With this in mind it is for consideration whether such forms should not be redesigned to separate the disclaimer of liability on the part of the hospital from what really matters , namely the declaration by the patient of his decision with a full appreciation of the possible consequences , the latter being expressed in the simplest possible terms and emphasised by a different and larger type face , by underlining , the employment of coloured print or otherwise .
27 If Cziffra is remembered at all in England it is for his technique , which has acquired a quite legendary status .
28 In Sweden it is against the law to hit a child , and there are moves to make this the case in England , too .
29 As Lord Wilberforce pointed out , once evidence is brought out in court it is in the public domain ; unless the terms of relevant legislation or international agreements provide otherwise , there is nothing to prevent other interested persons or authorities acting upon the information thus made available .
30 Nowadays , especially in Spain , Basque is being defiantly flaunted as an alternative to the national language ; but in France it is at risk , spoken at home by Basque families but discouraged in schools , as a lesser , marginal language likely to hold its speakers back economically .
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