Example sentences of "is [prep] [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ADAS advice is free , provided it is about something deemed to benefit the ‘ public good ’ . |
| 2 | Forty five minutes three quarters of an hour , nought point seven five and all the different calculations in between fifty minutes is about nought point that 's nought eight , that 's nought nine so it 'd be nought point eight one , two |
| 3 | All that fuss , and all that 's wanted is for nobody to notice my clothes at all . |
| 4 | Her normal pattern of working with this type of activity is for everyone to undertake the same task . |
| 5 | The aim is for everyone to finish together . |
| 6 | The best thing is for everybody to get on as usual and Mr Kennedy here can ask anything he wants to . |
| 7 | A variation is for everybody to hunt an imaginary prey : " Wait for a space to become empty , move into it quickly , wait , stalk the space … " |
| 8 | All I 'm waiting for right , is for somebody to set a precedent for for erm doing people for manslaughter because of secondary lung cancer then you 're fucking history sonny . |
| 9 | ‘ What sufferers need more than anything is for somebody to listen . |
| 10 | It is for someone to support the person whilst they try to unravel their thoughts in such a way that it becomes clear that they can say anything , no matter how bizarre or odd it sounds , because that will be the way they sort out their feelings in order to cope with them . |
| 11 | My dream is for someone to say : ‘ I understand your hair and your lifestyle ; this cut will really suit you . ’ |
| 12 | The last thing we want is for someone to pop up unmarked and score a goal . |
| 13 | The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me . |
| 14 | And from this account of empirical meaning there naturally arises an account of what it is for someone to understand a statement , or to know its meaning : |
| 15 | The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution . |
| 16 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 17 | The more people who stand firm the harder it is for anyone to whisk it away . ’ |
| 18 | I had to disclose the fact but its full comprehension will not be essential in the sequel , however vital it is for anyone attempting a professional grasp of quantum theory . |
| 19 | The most recent record is of one caught and ringed at Beachy Head on 15 April 1968 . |
| 20 | Martin Chuzzlewit returning from across the Atlantic Ocean is like one returning from the dead , a ghost ( the allusion is to the drowning of Pharaoh 's host in the Red Sea as described in Exod. 14 . |
| 21 | of cases , rape is by someone known to the victim , so women are not at risk from every man they happen to encounter when they go for a walk on a dark night . |