Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [conj] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We both know why I 'm here and it is not to claim some long-lost family . ’ |
| 2 | And it also enjoys the magical flexibility of a workforce which is there when it is needed and simply vanishes when it is n't . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's enough as it is with Charles in hospital , Jamie charged with assault , and you back in Hong Kong working for me . |
| 4 | In that marriage she was easily the dominant partner and Joe let her be partly because it is n't in his nature to be pushy or dominant but mainly due to the fact his father bullied his mother , as we are told and he is afraid of him doing this as well and so fails to protect Pip and tolerates Mrs Joe 's dominant character . |
| 5 | It 's simply that it is not by any means obvious how PR is supposed to deliver all these goodies . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just that it is n't where it should be . ’ |
| 7 | He said quite , quote , in my experience people who have access to , or are offered this level of care , even if it 's even if it is started , it is rarely continued for more than a few months . |
| 8 | On every occasion when a loose ferret is worked for rabbits it is best if it is muzzled . |
| 9 | It is also because it is a well-written , intensely moving story which shows that MPs can and do achieve things , that true love can and does exist , and which restores one 's faith in politicians at a time such restoration is badly needed . |
| 10 | If it stimulates you to dissent , it is precisely because it is so closely pondered in its own terms and it never , throughout its four hours , loosens its grip on you . |
| 11 | It is precisely because it is thought to be binding that it can serve as an expression of identification . |
| 12 | But it is precisely because it is an act of the whole man that it includes the understanding . |
| 13 | To get back to where we started from , whether you like it or you do n't like it , it is there and it is growing . |
| 14 | In the autumn , the sweeping tracts of it on the lower , treeless hillsides are the colour of rust , and it is then that it is scythed down , to provide bedding for the animals during the winter and , once suitably impregnated , fertilizer for the fields the following spring — in a neat ecological cycle . |
| 15 | THE spring Town Crier came yesterday and what a terrific read it is now that it is being produced by Darlington College of Technology students . |
| 16 | A domicile of origin is notoriously adhesive , but it is only if it is replaced with a foreign domicile of choice , and three further years elapse , that the individual will escape the UK inheritance tax net . |
| 17 | To understand the world one is in is to understand where it came from , and how it came ; and it is only because it is understood , or thought to be , that one can aspire to change it . |
| 18 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 19 | Yes it is so because it is nostrum , cut out the nostrum , and let me give my heart to God — and all is ... [ rest of line illegible ] |