Example sentences of "it is [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The only way to deal with it is lie in the dark and stay absolutely quiet , ’ he said firmly . |
| 2 | Some argue that while this may be desirable , it is not possible ; it is pie in the sky , since it ignores reality . |
| 3 | However section 19 permits the constable to seize anything on the premises if he has reasonable grounds for believing either that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence or that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is investigating or any other offence . |
| 4 | It is legislation in an area in which Parliament itself has not thought it right to legislate and thus , in my view , it steps outside the judicial function . |
| 5 | The University had by now hired a professional in the form of one Ira Magaziner , a business strategy consultant who also picked up the ‘ yellow peril ’ theme by telling the congressional enquiry : ‘ As I speak to you now it is midnight in Japan . |
| 6 | But if it is work in which we can join , the question needs to be asked : will we respond decisively ? |
| 7 | It is day in New York , and there is still time to ruin a man before dark . ’ |
| 8 | The third issue is the precise mode of service on the defendant , and in particular whether it is service in solemn form or ‘ simple delivery ’ . |
| 9 | It is faith in our nation that has made us little people great , that has made us poor people rich , that has made us wavering , fearful , timid people brave and confident , that has made us erring wanderers clear-sighted and has brought us together ! |
| 10 | But a state does act that way when it accepts a Solomonic checkerboard solution ; it is inconsistency in principle among the acts of the state personified that integrity condemns . |
| 11 | Does a case fall within the exception only if it is collateral in both senses ? |
| 12 | At this point it is consideration in the House . |
| 13 | However , learning is also dependent on interaction in another sense , for it is participation in conversation that provides learners with opportunities to construct and test their representation of language , both as system and as resource . |
| 14 | If we disaggregate further to the industrial sector , we find that it is investment in manufacturing that has been most volatile . |
| 15 | At best , any reading of line A is bound to be provisional ; the precise sense of the " grass " image that it is grass in its aspect of impermanence ( absence of ) awaits a reading of line B. |
| 16 | But the form of that narcissism tells us more about men 's love of men : it is masculinity in general that they love , and there is " a contradictory corollary in the iconography of miners — it both suggests and suppresses sexuality . |
| 17 | Action means movement and where there is movement there must at least be a claim that it is movement in a particular direction . |
| 18 | There is a very pervasive belief that it is research in theoretical and applied linguistics which provides the solutions . |
| 19 | It is hell in there . ’ |
| 20 | It is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe . |
| 21 | Religion can not be divorced from morality in his view for it is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe and when we lose our basis in morality we cease to be religious . |