Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun pl] who [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Labour Ministers who told local authorities that there was to be ’ severe restraint in expenditure in the national interest . ’ |
| 2 | It was provincial workers who exploded into action as trade revived . |
| 3 | THE big names of British showbusiness were out in force at this year 's Royal Variety Show — but it was overseas performers who milked the loudest applause . |
| 4 | Soon they will be playing football together ; it was British troops who brought football to Burma years earlier and the game has become a national one . |
| 5 | It was royal troops who drove out Poles , Swedes , Turks , and Frenchmen ; it was government forces which kept the serf in his place . |
| 6 | It is significant that , while in some areas , such as London , this development was motivated by a political commitment , in other places , for example rural Devon , it was educational administrators who had convinced councils , of a broadly Conservative persuasion , that the development of such schools was the most appropriate policy . |
| 7 | But it was local craftsmen who built the cloisters and they all get a mention on the windows . |
| 8 | With this went the prospect of renting better housing , of buying the new consumer items , and for those on £4 , with small families , the prospect of buying their own semi-detached houses — although it was manual workers who earned more than £4 who were likely to do that . |