Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] the [noun sg] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why registration in Part A is preferable although it is the defendant who carries the burden of proof . |
| 2 | If it is the wife who dies , her personal representatives may not be aware of her interest in the house or may have difficulty in producing proof of the same , much to the detriment of her estate . |
| 3 | It is important here to note that Rule 3 applies only if it is the seller who is to do the weighing , measuring , testing , etc . |
| 4 | If it is the plaintiff who changes their story then things are even worse because you may have to replead the case . |
| 5 | This is not unusual , particularly if it 's the female who 's killed , as the male would n't feed the young — that 's always the mother 's job . |
| 6 | Allen thought that if they were delayed long enough the Friar would return and then something might be done … unless it was the Friar who had betrayed them . |
| 7 | For example , while it is the professional who advises on methods of setting a baseline , it is the parents who actually observe , count and note the occurrence of the defined problem . |
| 8 | Since it is the public who report crime , and the police who decide whether to record such reports officially , crime rates and crime trends are also the products of the ‘ reactors to ’ rather than the ‘ doers of ’ crime . |
| 9 | For example , one sage quoted by Bodine railed against the custom of saying that X and Y were married , or worse , that Mr X was married to Miss Y. Propriety would be better served , he pointed out , if this fact were always expressed in terms of the woman being married to the man , since it is the woman who is passed from father to husband and loses her identity . |
| 10 | It is not always agreed whether it is the woman who first issues the invitation , or the male . |
| 11 | Does n't matter whether it 's the er whether it 's the person who does the short list or whether it 's the Home Secretary himself or whether it 's the other members of the authorities such as the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh would prefer in his amendment . |
| 12 | This can lie done irrespective of whether it was the victim who brought the prosecution . |
| 13 | It is a sale by description even though it is the customer who decides which particular goods to select from the display , section 13(3) . |
| 14 | The superintendent 's personal life was alien territory to Dexter , one that she guarded fiercely , even though it was the sergeant who suffered the consequences when Blanche emerged from it wounded . |
| 15 | East Asians find the traditional ideals of the martial arts far more compatible with their outlook on life ( even though it was the Japanese who encouraged the development of judo as a sport and the Chinese who encouraged kung fu in the film industry ) . |
| 16 | The term occupier is rather misleading , as it is the person who controls the premises , rather than the physical occupier , who is responsible . |
| 17 | As it is the ratepayer who funds and owns Council facilities , the DUP believes that any change to Sunday opening of Council provisions should only be undertaken following the test of the electorate 's opinion in a local poll held for that purpose in the district of the council . |
| 18 | For it is the doctor who makes the determination that the view expressed by the patient is unreliable and that the particular treatment is called for . |
| 19 | For it was the Spirit who called Philip from his successful mission in Samaria to reach the Ethiopian eunuch with the gospel ( 8:29 and probably 26 ) , and led him on his further preaching tour as far as the very Hellenised city of Caesarea . |