Example sentences of "is [pron] where [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A reliable measure is one where variations which occur between one occasion of use and another are due solely to variations in the characteristic being measured .
2 This game is one where left-handedness has some advantage and considerable nuisance value so it is not surprising that as many as 18.5% of these first-class performers were left-handed .
3 An open school is one where parents are encouraged to visit and participate , where they are perceived not as a problem but more as a solution to problems .
4 The picture which emerges from this study is one where assistance between more distant kin is of relatively minor importance to the total picture ( although of course it may be very important in particular cases ) , and that whether it is likely to be significant is rather idiosyncratic and unpredictable .
5 It is therefore fair to say that , as a general rule , the courts are prepared to imply some degree of mobility into every contract of employment but this is likely to be limited unless the nature of the job or work performed by the employee is one where mobility would be recognised by both sides as being essential to the job .
6 The only exotic mysterious dance this glen will witness is one where walkers run wildly about in circles waving their arms in alarm , screaming , ‘ Get them off me ! ’
7 A problem we commonly encounter at Joan Allen 's is one where batteries read good on the detector and on an unloaded test .
8 The Rousseau view of the child , is one where children are basically er , noble savages .
9 The Museum of the North at Beamish , for instance , is one where people provide the main interpretation on the site .
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