Example sentences of "that it is [art] [noun sg] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He forbids divorce , but implicitly accepts that it is a man who initiates divorce , ‘ the man who divorces his wife … |
| 2 | In much of the discussion it has been assumed that it is a parent who seeks the information . |
| 3 | Someone must plough the fields or milk the cows , but much of this endeavour takes place hidden from public view and when a tractor is glimpsed across a field it is often assumed that it is a farmer who is in the cab . |
| 4 | The use of I in the paraphrase suggests moreover that it is the speaker who somehow sees himself before the infinitive event because it implies that he has not yet realized his desire . |
| 5 | If one finds , as one sometimes does , that an Act contains a provision that does not make sense , it is only too easy to assume that it is the draftsman who has made an error . |
| 6 | Every slimming club leader knows that it is the member who registers a good weight loss at her weekly weigh-in who is most likely to keep up her dieting and return to the club next week , while the member who records a disappointingly low weight loss is the most likely to drop out . |
| 7 | Under these circumstances the parents need to be able to take over from each other so that it is the child who tires and not the parents . |
| 8 | Implicit in some definitions for differentiated learning is the assumption that it is the child who has the ‘ problem ’ when there is a breakdown in learning . |
| 9 | Having established the point that it is the patient who ultimately may set the limits to the doctor 's intervention , it is now necessary to consider the duties which arise in the usual circumstances in which treatment is consented to . |
| 10 | The families are within that structure , where it is accepted that it is the man who goes out to work . |
| 11 | In I Corinthians 2 he can say almost in the same breath that it is the Spirit who shows believers the deep things of God , and that we have the mind of Christ . |
| 12 | ( Note that the law seems to assume that it is the father who should be prosecuted unless the mother alone has custody . ) |
| 13 | It is still assumed that it is the woman who will give up work to look after the children or take time off if they are sick , she admits . |
| 14 | The difficulty is that the grammar of the disposition suggests that it should be the curator , but the reference to ‘ his , nurses can surely be meant to refer only to the foster-child ; and the last sentence of the text confirms that it is the foster-child who is intended . |
| 15 | The point then again arises , as with unsoundness of mind , that it is the doctor who initially defines and outlines these interests . |
| 16 | The point being — and students of life 's dice rolls will appreciate this — that it is the philosopher who is still out there , and the Leeds player who is drawing the loot . |
| 17 | For Brumfit , applied linguistics is seen as accountable to pedagogy in the sense that it is the teacher who is the ultimate arbiter of relevance . |
| 18 | Among other things that it is the teacher who has all the good ideas , thereby making it difficult to hand over responsibility for decision making to the children . |
| 19 | In drama there is rarely a single right answer , and it 's often more appropriate to phrase questions so that it is the teacher who does not know , the children who do the clarification : |
| 20 | Personally I think that the answer is for manufacturers such as Olivetti to not pass the buck to the dealer using the excuse that it is the dealer who made the buck in the first place ! |