Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] is [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps it is Claudine you do not like ? ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps it is fathers who are jealous of the sons who will soon replace them . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is hindsight which has allowed us to understand fully the sheer technique that went into Bogart 's acting but many people at Warners could see Mayo 's point that he was just the type of actor needed to breathe life into the kind of story that the writers were making into a speciality . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is time we had a choice between parties which agree that liberal free-market economics are here to stay . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is time we placed less emphasis on our role as individual therapists teaching specialist skills , and moved towards the position of educators and organizers of self-help services . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps it is time we discussed the rules that will govern the unfortunate time we spend together until I return you to Milano tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | If you are unable to answer any of these questions , perhaps it is time you considered your insurance requirements . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , Bewdsley , since I appear to be saddled with this place , perhaps it is time you told me precisely what I am worth ? ’ |
| 9 | When Fokine was asked who was the male figure in Les Sylphides he replied : ‘ Perhaps he is Love himself in a romantic , nostalgic mood . |
| 10 | And finally there is meditation which is the specific thought designed to affect and train the brain . |
| 11 | Thus it is Pippin who looks up at the sun and the banners and offers comfort to Beregond , and Merry who never loses heart when even Théoden appears prey to ‘ horror and doubt ’ . |
| 12 | One group of people consider fishing men 's work and weaving women 's , while two hundred miles away it is women who fish and men who weave . |
| 13 | John is n't satisfied with it , we are bogged down , and finally it is Campbell who comes up with a plausible route through drunken , volatile shifts of feeling . |
| 14 | Now there is treatment which can help such children . ’ |
| 15 | Now there is plums they do n't want them . |
| 16 | Thirdly , while evaluation intends to assess outcomes such as progress or performance , inevitably it is people who are labelled . |
| 17 | Now it is Laci who initiates the great ideas , but I am always part of the realisation . |
| 18 | But here it is epigraphy which has added most strikingly to our knowledge : as early as Herodotus ' day there had been Persians with names like Megabates at Halikarnassus ( ML 32 ) , and new inscriptions from fourth-century Labraunda , a sanctuary in Persian-held Karia , attest the Iranian proper names Phrathethnes and Ariarames ( Inscriptions of Labraunda 77 ; 28 ) . |
| 19 | Participation in higher education also shows overall differences between the sexes , though here it is men who predominate . |
| 20 | Surely it is time we stopped talking of elephants as if they were a commodity to be traded , like so many cans of paint , and accept them for what they are , ancient and splendid fellow inhabitants of the earth who share with us the joys of close kinship bonds and grieve when they are severed . |
| 21 | Mostly it is services which are traded , but goods can be used as well , ’ says Mary Ringland , from the One World Centre in Belfast . |
| 22 | Indeed there is evidence which shows that the longer the delay in seeing a solicitor , the less likely damages will be obtained . |
| 23 | Then there is Thames itself , where chairman Roy Watts tells me privatisation has worked wonders with staff morale . |
| 24 | Maybe it is time you were made to come out of your shell . ’ |
| 25 | Over four fifths , that 's two million , of these w of those who the wages c wages are protected by the Wages Councils are women and as there would seem no point in abolition unless the wages were gon na fall , then it is women who will suffer disproportionately , along with another vulnerable group , single parents . |
| 26 | I think if parents are concerned and feel that their child is brighter than his performance shows , then it is time they took some action . |
| 27 | If there has been an oppressor that has held the human spirit in chains , then it is fear itself . |
| 28 | Yet it is sacrifice which is offered in delight . |
| 29 | Yet it is structure which gives to any undertaking its distinctive shape and identity . |
| 30 | Yet it is poverty which drives these poor worlders to hew their saplings . |