Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is [art] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just because it is so common that it is regarded as ‘ normal ’ to expect chronic ill health with advancing years does that mean that it is the way things have to be or , indeed , should be ? |
| 2 | And if the breeders reply that it is the puppy dealers ' fault , how could any self-respecting breeder sell puppies to dealers in the first place ? |
| 3 | I believe , however , that it is the assessment proposals which will be more influential upon the work of schools , and more long lasting in their effects . |
| 4 | But again , schooled by the incorrect idea that it is the carbohydrate foods which are the most fattening , many people will very much underestimate the number of calories in the butter-based sauce on their slice of fish , which looks like such an innocent dish . |
| 5 | Of particular importance , Lane feels , is the fact that it is the government authorities and not the party that have legal authority over the activity of enterprises and the adminstration of laws ( Lane 1978 , p. 181 ) . |
| 6 | I know that if I suddenly start feeling pains anywhere in my body , I do n't have to worry that it is the side effects of drugs , as , regrettably , some athletes do . |
| 7 | However , two possible explanations fit this evidence : one that the size of the fire determines both factors or , more absurdly , that it is the fire engines that do the damage . |
| 8 | The impact of the television screen is very compelling and it is the graphics facilities of the computer system that enables the program designer to utilize it . |
| 9 | ‘ The councils and other bodies already know their responsibility to keep our transport system clean , but it is the travelling members of the public who drop litter we want to reach , ’ said Tidy Northern Ireland director Peter McGaffin . |
| 10 | Like Brillat-Savarin 's famous fondue and the fonduta of Piedmont , the fondue of Franche-Comté is really a cream of eggs and cheese ( not , be it noted , scrambled eggs and cheese ) and has been rejected , I fancy , as being unauthentic either because it is more difficult to cook correctly than the Swiss version or because it is the cheese purveyors rather than the egg-marketeers who have been on the job . |
| 11 | It is the way boys are because it is the way adults are . |
| 12 | For it is the non-elite institutions that are in the vanguard of recruiting non-standard students . |