Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [det] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One essential paradox is that it is those groups who are poorest in terms of resources to cope with difficulties who are beset with the greatest problems . |
| 2 | The hypothesis put forward by Gusfield , that it is those people who have experienced status erosion who become committed , remains at least a priori plausible . |
| 3 | I believe that each of us has what I term a spirit ( but which I am quite happy for others to call the soul , the higher self , the inner self — or any of dozens of different names ) and that it is this spirit which has a journey to make through several lifetimes . |
| 4 | Dora says that it is this originality which is one of the strengths of Le Mystere ; ‘ Most of the women have no real training as singers . |
| 5 | When a speaker takes the trouble to use a restrictive relative clause in a noun phrase equipped with a definite article but no attributive adjective , it will naturally be presumed that it is this clause which makes recognition possible ; there is no need for such an assumption when the clause is non-restrictive . |
| 6 | Now , is it not possible that it is this rule which is the explanation of our referring to the feelings produced in our bodies by prolonged contact with hot or cold objects , as ‘ hot ’ and ‘ cold ’ ? |
| 7 | Troilus self-control , his patience , is admirable : he perceives that the Cressida whom he ‘ loved ’ is no longer unified , that it is another girl who is giving ‘ The fragments , scraps , the bits , and the greasy relics Of her o'ereaten faith ’ to Diomedes . |
| 8 | In the following summary of current approaches to the analysis of culture , for example , Raymond Williams suggests that it is these interactions which produce the way of life defining a social collectivity : |
| 9 | The four soldiers , who are now all stationed in Germany but were then in Bordon , each said in evidence that it was this incident which had persuaded them to leave the pub . |
| 10 | When one sees that it was this snobbery which he set out to attack , it is possible to understand why he set about the delicate problem of pain in so breezy a fashion . |
| 11 | It 's colder than it was this morning I think . |
| 12 | And it 's that moment which , when we trace the expansion backwards , will have occurred between about fifteen and eighteen billion years ago , but we ca n't say what , if anything , may have happened before that , whether the universe bounced out into another state of expansion , so we have a sort of a cut off in our ability to retrodict , or extrapolate backwards into the past . |
| 13 | And it 's these people who need to worry most . |
| 14 | I feel that it shows itself in the contrast between the child 's — we 're talking about children for the moment , although obviously there are dyslexic adults — it shows itself in the contrast between the person 's ability to express him or herself in words and their ability to put it down on paper and to read it off paper , and it 's this contrast which often arouses one 's suspicions that there might be some problem and , having gone into it a little , we find that it stems from a failure of the sensory motor system — the brain is n't processing the information it 's receiving through the ear and eye . |
| 15 | However , it 's the notes in the former chord which by intervallic interchange become chromatic notes in the latter chord , and it 's this approach which produces the most effective results . |
| 16 | And it 's this approach which is a key the scheme 's success . |
| 17 | This is the role of commercial group 's distribution services and it 's this department which has drawn up a new packaging policy and code of practice . |
| 18 | Most important is the district council ; for nearly all purposes they are the planning authority and it is that council which issues planning consent . |
| 19 | The individual in whom that spirit lives will be faced with the opportunity to do such wrong and it is that individual who makes the choice and decides which path to follow . |
| 20 | That is where our freedom lies and it is that freedom which the fatwa threatens , and which it can not be allowed to destroy . ’ |
| 21 | And it is that uncertainty which limits the value the City can put on Sir Ernest 's other risky ventures , and explains why the share prices do not add up . |
| 22 | Kevin Gallacher , Coventry 's leading scorer , could return after a four match absence through injury and it is that department which , according to manager Don Howe , has dragged Coventry into the relegation fray . |
| 23 | The only difficulty is , is er the interpretation of of the words and er whether or not the the words er er er er in the vicinity of is more constricting than we anticipate and it is that point which will be needn which needs to be addressed , but I think I can assure the No Noble Lord that erm er they w w will have full jurisdiction on and in the vicinity of the stations which is the point which she which she is anxious about and that will continue just the same after April the first before . |
| 24 | And it is that point which has raised questions in the minds of some MPs who hitherto have been relatively happy with Clarke . |
| 25 | Whilst a patent will be refused for a computer program simpliciter ( or any of the other exceptions in section 1(2) for that matter ) it will be allowed if the purpose of the program is to bring about some practical effect and it is that effect which is the subject matter of the patent application . |
| 26 | It is tempting to equate shares with rights under a contract , for as we have seen the memorandum and articles of association constitute a contract of some sort between the company and its members and it is these documents which directly or indirectly define the rights conferred by the shares . |
| 27 | Shape and profile make good towers , and it is these qualities which most of the entrants exploited . |
| 28 | Goals and values plus energy provide us with the vital information on motivation to perform and it is these variables which provide the best data on how an individual is likely to perform . |
| 29 | Today , gold is mixed with a variety of alloys to enhance these qualities , and it is this mixture which determines its value and purity . |
| 30 | Instead it qualifies the property inherent in the noun used ( see Chapter 1 ) , thereby producing a complex property which is different both from the simplex properties and from their simple sum or union ; and it is this property-complex which is relevant to the relation of identification . |