Example sentences of "[that] it [be] [pron] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | But Lennie seems to have made up his mind that it 's his midfield which needs strengthening . |
2 | Has it not occurred to you that it 's your father who dissuades Matthew from making friends of his own age … talks him out of seeking other work ? |
3 | In fact some British researchers believe that it 's our oestrogen which governs our sexuality . |
4 | Those who care for ‘ ordinary ’ old people learn much about the courage and competence which so many display ; they discover that it is their ordinariness which is remarkable — their determination to carry on with the daily business of life , often in the face of considerable difficulties . |
5 | During the small group discussions , most men confirmed that they would like to make love more often and that it is their partners who restrict how often it occurs . |
6 | It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it . |
7 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
8 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
9 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
10 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
11 | Lutyens 's family were brought up to believe that it was their father who invented Nanna , and that it was from their own night nursery window in Bloomsbury Square that Wendy and the boys flew with Peter Pan to the Neverland . |
12 | It was just a place where she had been left , and as she grew out of infancy she knew that it was her mother who had left her there . |
13 | Training to be a teacher and with a wisdom that belied her years , she explained that it was her half-brother who was now living in Mainz and had suggested that Erich ( the Dusseldorfer ) travel down to Tonga to look for a wife . |
14 | So why was it and how come that Madame was claiming that the opposite was true and that it was her father who was the person out of favour ? |
15 | One farmer in North Wales admitted that it was his wife who had trained him in lambing techniques after having been on a training course . |
16 | How appropriate that it was his try which sealed Ireland 's glorious victory over England at Lansdowne Road last Saturday . |
17 | My interest was aroused when he reasoned that it was his blackness which constituted the major drawback in his life at one level , but at another , proved an indispensable asset to his eventual success . |
18 | And it 's very probable , at that age , that it was our family who told us , or implied ( or maybe even talked about us to neighbours — ‘ She 's chubby already , I 'm worried about her , weight problems run in our family ’ , or ‘ She gets her looks from her dad' ) whether we were pretty or not , and formed the basis of our self-image . |