Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun] of [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being honest about our motivation is crucial since , at this stage , we might discover that it is not our own Dream at all , or that our motivation is somewhat dubious : ‘ It will impress my friends ’ , ‘ It will be one in the eye for my parents ’ , ‘ It will ease my sense of guilt ’ , ‘ It will make me feel more secure ’ , ‘ It will give me power over other people ’ , ‘ It will make me feel special ’ , ‘ It 's what my partner keeps suggesting I do ’ , ‘ It 's the opposite of what my partner suggests I do . ’ |
| 2 | I think it 's the mother of whatever that was . |
| 3 | Is it the uncertainty I mean are you are you saying it 's the uncertainty of what the future 'll bring , that 's why you feel |
| 4 | We have to get this clear once and for all and it is the question of what Neil Armstrong said when he landed on the Moon . |
| 5 | It is the beliefs of which we can be most certain , Newman argues , that play the least significant part in our lives . |
| 6 | It is the opposite of what many people think today . |
| 7 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 8 | In the first debate , ‘ top-down ’ makes the international system wholly dominant and ‘ bottom-up ’ retorts that it is the sum of what nations do . |
| 9 | It is the ideal of what has been called ‘ the democratic intellect ’ ; and it is not the intellect alone that we are concerned with , but morality , judgement , and taste . |
| 10 | It was the foundation of what became known as ‘ socio-technical systems theory ’ and had a direct influence on the Scandinavian experiments in work organisation , of which the SAAB and Volvo cases described in Chapter 5 are just two examples . |
| 11 | It was the beginning of what was to become the greatest and most dangerous hardship of our voyage . |
| 12 | It was the contemplation of what had been which inspired humility of soul in our judgement of the present . |
| 13 | It was the memory of what they had told him of Callanish , and of the eagles that came from there . |
| 14 | It was the culmination of what seems to be an elaborately crafted police operation . |
| 15 | It was the start of what she later described as ‘ the most emotionally confusing day of my life . ’ |
| 16 | It was the mystery of what had happened that kept her awake at night . |
| 17 | It was the reverse of what she needed . |