Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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31 The difficulty with all policy-oriented research is that it begins by defining ‘ problems ’ and then by investigation helps to create that which lt wishes to observe' This type of research helps to create a cognitive revolution in its subjects and thus produces its expected findings .
32 A second limitation of the Keynesian model as we have outlined it in this chapter is that it fails to take adequately into account the problem of inflation .
33 The appeal of this closely-worked new study is that it presents him as a comprehensive human being .
34 The reason I draw attention to this guidance is that it draws what I think is a crucial distinction for our purposes here today , between the need to assess at the structure plan level the need for a road proposal and in paragraph five thirty one , a clear statement there that consideration of environmental impacts in relation to where the road goes , is a matter for the local plan .
35 It has been stated that one of the justifications for the American business judgment rule is that it limits ‘ judicial intrusiveness with respect to private-sector decisionmaking ’ .
36 The rationale for this quantity rule is that it implies that no agents are forced to buy or sell quantities in excess of their wishes , so the rule preserves the principle of voluntary exchange .
37 The general rule is if it looks bad , it probably is bad , so let's get it right .
38 Our dilemma is that it speaks of a level of separation from the world , the flesh and human reality which has already proved far too harmful to the churches in general and for women in particular for us to consider returning to it .
39 The point of the idiom of companionship is that it allows individuals to form and to dissolve ties with one another with greater ease and frequency than would the idiom of shared substance .
40 However , a consequence of so extending the scope of the imperative is that it becomes relevant only to the logic of value judgments , and has no direct bearing on how far a creature adapted to heed only what pleases it can push towards awareness against the grain of organic functioning .
41 An advantage of this type of parser is that it performs recognition in linear time .
42 But the trouble with climate modification of the sort imposed by the greenhouse effect is that it does not move naturally to a new , warmer status quo which will remain undisturbed for the next thousand years or so .
43 A characteristic feature of the placebo effect is that it does not last all that long : it is usually only a matter of weeks , and two to six months is about the most that can be expected : If a patient responds to a new treatment and is still well after a year , it is unlikely to be a placebo effect .
44 As explains : ‘ The primary reason for promoting a positive quality attitude is that it enhances Scotland overall and the secondary effect is that it enhances each company as well .
45 Much of the attraction of NVOCC carriage is that it offers discounted rates , especially for less than a full container load of cargo .
46 One of the interesting things about my reminiscing is that it stirred up memories for a lot of other people , too .
47 The general principle underlying the definition of the term is that it excludes physical property which a potential purchaser can inspect .
48 It has often been said — indeed I have said it myself — that the importance of the central dogma is that it provides a molecular explanation for Weismann 's theory of the independence of germ line and soma .
49 An alternative is that it consists of a few per cent silicates , all the rest being iron-rich compounds such as FeS and FeO , which have densities between those of metallic iron and silicates .
50 The advantage to the offeror over a share offer with a cash alternative is that it knows in advance that it will only have to make available fixed pools of each type of consideration .
51 This is probably one of the most difficult factors for the young diabetic to accept and undoubtedly a great advantage of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion is that it permits the patient greater flexibility in relation to the timing of meals with manual boluses of insulin 30 minutes beforehand .
52 The overall direction of small talk is that it starts in the general and becomes more specific .
53 The central characteristic of social action is that it has meaning for the people who are involved in it .
54 Another bonus is that it leaves your hair smelling of mint rather than yukky ammonia !
55 A feature of early denudation chronology was that it tended to concentrate upon particular areas and that the record deduced for those areas tended to exercise an unduly significant influence upon the way in which new areas were interpreted .
56 The result was that it had been increased only twice and now stood at the princely sum of £30 .
57 For many years I have experience severe rain leakage through the canvas tilt on my Series III.1 once made the mistake of coating another vehicle 's tilt with polyurethane paint but the result was that it hung in tatters within a year as it became brittle .
58 The conclusions of one other major research was that it had substantial social implication of personal family in community lives so these papers were discussed in great detail .
59 Erm the point about the regional census study was that it did a reasonably good job of analyzing the present situation , but not a very good job of the projections .
60 The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck .
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