Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun prp] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is Neil Armstrong who will be forever immortalised in the history books , his ‘ One small step for a man , one giant leap for Mankind ’ represented just the tip of a huge pyramid of courage , research and dedication by the foremost scientific brainpower the human race has ever mustered . |
| 2 | Ms Alexander , calling on Mrs Bottomley to meet a delegation of parents , said : ‘ Although it was Beverly Allitt who committed these crimes , my concern is that the hospital management failed to spot her character defects , failed to supervise her and failed to act on numerous clues , and delayed inexcusably before calling in the police . |
| 3 | The impression given by political commentators is that it is Mrs Thatcher who controls inner city expenditure — as she controls just about every item of government spending . |
| 4 | Bob Ewell who is the father of the so called victim , Mayella , is prepared to use his influence as a white to get Tom convicted even though we know that it is Bob Ewell who should be taking the punishment as it is made clear in the trial that he is the person who abuses Mayella not Tom . |
| 5 | Let us hope that it is Mr Clarke who needs an ambulance that has been stood down . ’ |
| 6 | Aided by the media , who have never failed to find an opportunity to slip in the idea that it is Saddam Hussein who wo n't negotiate , the US and its Allies have led their people into a terrifying war which will claim the lives of so many of their sons and daughters . |
| 7 | The legend enshrines a popular belief that it was Dom Pérignon who created sparkling wine and invented Champagne as we know it today . |
| 8 | In a letter dated 25 October 1821 , Dom Grossard , the last cellarmaster of Hautvillers , informed Monsieur d'Herbes , the deputy mayor of Aÿ , that it was Dom Pérignon who had discovered the secret of making starbright white wines . |
| 9 | This has since expanded into a professionally organised system covering the whole country , but we should not forget that it was Harry Barber who began it . |
| 10 | A SMALL point on your book review of Durham : Birth of a First-Class County : had Ralph Dellor consulted the club or been at the match , he would have noted that it was Paul Parker who took the first ball from Oxford University pace bowler Michael Jeh , and not John Glendenen . |
| 11 | At Streatham and Liverpool in November he made his mark , observed by the Fascist apologist A. K. Chesterton ( cousin of G. K. Chesterton ) who recorded in his own life of Mosley that it was William Joyce who was the ‘ brilliant writer , speaker , and exponent of policy … addressed hundreds of meetings , always at his best , always revealing the iron spirit of Fascism in his refusal to be intimidated by violent opposition . ’ |
| 12 | German idealism was born out of a rejection of British empiricism : Immanuel Kant famously declared that it was David Hume who had woken him from his dogmatic slumbers . |
| 13 | The most humiliating thing for Mr Major was not the fact that it was Mr Lamont who made the blistering attack . |
| 14 | It was the fact that Perk had many different coloured ribbons and every day she would select one to go with her outfit and because she had gone missing wearing a yellow dress , Gail suspected that it was Mr Elder who had taken Perk . |
| 15 | And the third tells you that it was Isaac Newton who wrote this equation down because it matched what happened every time he played billiards or threw apples around . |
| 16 | Many believed that it was Havelock Wilson who had betrayed them . |
| 17 | Family tradition had it , says David Gieve in his bicentenary history of Gieves Hawkes 1785–1985 , that it was James Gieve who first persuaded the Director of Navy Accounts to extend the allotment system from the lower deck to officers . |
| 18 | That reminds me that it was Margaret Thatcher who said , Nobody would remember the Good Samaritan , if all he had was good intentions . |
| 19 | He believed the Prince that it was de Craon who had informed him on the Sunday night but how had the Frenchman known ? |
| 20 | She was n't quite sure why the possibility that it was Luke Hunter who had sent her the flowers was so disturbing … |
| 21 | As she insists on dabbling in nuggets of ‘ culture ’ , I must remark that there is only one swan in her chosen Sibelius tone poem , and it is Dr Jekyll who turns into Mr Hyde . |
| 22 | And it was Ralph Knibbs who took advantage to claim the first try for Bristol . |
| 23 | Meisel helped launch Linda Evangelista on to the road to superstardom , and it was Von Unwerth who captured Claudia Schiffer 's sex kitten quality and used it in the Guess advertising campaign which made the model famous . |
| 24 | He had asked to be ‘ put in the way ’ of a certain variety , and it was Father D'Arcy who enquired whether his request had met with success . |
| 25 | It was Marcus Judge who had created the Brotherhood and selected likely candidates for it , and it was Marcus Judge who decided upon punishment when a man 's work was unsatisfactory , when he was guilty of negligence , dishonesty or — worst crime of all — treachery . |
| 26 | And it was Mrs Crumwallis who ran up the stairs and incompetently took charge . |
| 27 | Just when we expected to see Cordoba produce an extra gear as Walter Swinburn got to work with the whip , the son of El Gran Senor capitulated and it was Balla Cove who produced extra reserves to hold the late thrust of Rock City . |
| 28 | He now watched both men rise simultaneously to their feet , and it was James Holden who , turning to his partner , said almost in a whisper , ‘ Her … her allowance ? ’ |
| 29 | Taskopruzade 's grandfather , for example , studied under Molla Yegan , probably at some time alter 839/1435–6 , and it was Molla Yegan who recommended him for the post at Taskopru . |
| 30 | Mr Major was prepared to do what his party chairman wanted , and it was Mr Patten who vetoed the idea of engineering an early by-election , as well as ruling out a premature end to any career as an MP by going to the Lords . |