Example sentences of "is [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book is about such events : a cultural catastrophe which has gathered pace and which , if not addressed by those in power , could do irreparable damage to our nation 's literary heritage . |
| 2 | ‘ Today 's debate is about those parts of the Gracious Speech related to the inner cities — local services and education . |
| 3 | It is not always clear , though , what it is about some events that leads to severe and prolonged distress . |
| 4 | You know how Dad is about these things . |
| 5 | MacGregor has the advantage of breadth of experience in Government , especially as Chief Secretary to the Treasury , a post that won him praise from the former Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , whatever that is worth these days . |
| 6 | " Each sale is worth several others as companies start to feel left out if they do n't have one . " |
| 7 | In the first place , if education is for all , it is for all conditions and all abilities . |
| 8 | Breaking sharply with some of the dominant ideas of traditional labour movement socialism — but not with the necessity of having class politics — the conference leaflet stated that Women for Socialism ‘ aims to create a socialism intrinsically feminist that is for all women including Black women , lesbians and differently abed women … developing an anti-racist , anti-imperialist feminist perspective which is inseparable from the struggle for socialism ’ . |
| 9 | Over in the dance and the world-music scenes , the fashion is for all things Brazilian . |
| 10 | The official aim is for all countries to take a critical look at their own communications policies and to help the developing nations improve theirs . |
| 11 | I shall be dealing more fully with the use of the library in the next chapter , but I can not stress too strongly how important it is for all researchers to be knowledgeable about bibliographical sources and , sadly , how few social science undergraduates are actually taught the necessary skills . |
| 12 | If one believes that education is for all children and must be regarded as in many ways the great equalizer , it is hard to accept the proposition that education in morality and religion should be left to parents whose fulfilment of this obligation will be far from equal . |
| 13 | ECOVER floor soap is for all types of floors . |
| 14 | With around 700 people a year dying in house fires , doctors from Cardiff Royal Infirmary stress how important it is for all homes to have smoke detectors . |
| 15 | ‘ How fit shooting is for all kinds of men : how honest a pastime for the mind ; how wholesome an exercise for the body . ’ |
| 16 | Noise is a potent trigger and its constant presence is for many teachers very wearing . |
| 17 | However , that imposition simultaneously reveals how , without linguistic knowledge to explain the distinction , the enforced recognition is for many teachers a traumatic experience . |
| 18 | This is not the way to maintain it in what is for many accountants a difficult transitional period . |
| 19 | Family Allowance as it stands at present is for many women the only money we have which belongs to us by right . |
| 20 | Useful though it is for many jobs , the sheer power of the big-capacity Cummins engine puts a fair bit of strain on other parts of the tractor . |
| 21 | Although the human operator is for many purposes within ergonomics appropriately considered as a mere information processing device , any design issue must be considered in the context that these human operators are individuals and citizens within communities . |
| 22 | The unequal status which women possess in society results in a situation in which what they have to say is for many purposes discounted or reinterpreted for them . |
| 23 | Similarly , the reason why we want hospitals is for such aims as the preservation of life or the improvement of health or peace of mind . |
| 24 | It is for such customers that we have listed the properties of Matroc 's more widely used materials . |
| 25 | It is for such customers that we have listed the properties of Matroc 's more widely used materials . |
| 26 | It is for such customers that we have listed the properties of Matroc 's more widely used materials . |
| 27 | When we take somebody , assess their needs and offer them a care package , in terms of the elderly , erm , and more importantly in terms of those with physical disability or learning disability , we have basically got to support that person for the rest of their life , and therefore , the commitment is not just for the current year , the commitment in , in the case of the elderly depending on what is being offered , whether it be nursing home care , or residential care is for several months or years . |
| 28 | This brings the time of resuming sexual relations right up to what is for most women the most fertile time of the month . |
| 29 | While the ideal perhaps remains the appointment of full-time professional librarians with a dual teaching qualification , at present this is for most schools in most LEAs a pipe dream . |
| 30 | probably the sensible course is for most books to be ordered sight unseen , with the occasional title requested ‘ on approval ’ when it is thought that seeing the book would be helpful . |