Example sentences of "it [is] [noun prp] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have to do , we have to make the mental leap into a very different world in which witchcraft and dreams and superstitions and so on are mingling together and we must make that effort , and not just assume that somehow it 's William Gladstone who happens to be dressed up in Oliver Cromwell 's clothes . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's Aunt Maureen who 's interested . |
| 3 | So , it 's Headington Amateurs who go into the next round of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup , that 's the fourth round . |
| 4 | Among these , it 's Roger D who seems most likely to find wider success . |
| 5 | It 's Miriam Bernstein who tracks them down . |
| 6 | Just tell him it 's Miss Fergusson who needs to see him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's Mr Carpenter who comes from the Foreign Office to see us . |
| 8 | It 's Mister Price who 's the hero . |
| 9 | But it 's Glenn Hoddle who 's likely to be the focus of attention . |
| 10 | However , it 's David Jones who is the betting man 's favourite . |
| 11 | It is Signora Mancini who has turned these buildings into an attractive residence , and it is the lady 's exceptional talents and great love of country life which have found a true expression in the transformation of Residence Elena into a lovely property of character and charm . |
| 12 | As she insists on dabbling in nuggets of ‘ culture ’ , I must remark that there is only one swan in her chosen Sibelius tone poem , and it is Dr Jekyll who turns into Mr Hyde . |
| 13 | But it is Jan Timman who has gained the attention of the Dutch . |
| 14 | The impression given by political commentators is that it is Mrs Thatcher who controls inner city expenditure — as she controls just about every item of government spending . |
| 15 | It is Morland Beddoes who is right , and he gives the answer to those who have called Elizabeth 's work ‘ trivial ’ ; it is life . |
| 16 | Bob Ewell who is the father of the so called victim , Mayella , is prepared to use his influence as a white to get Tom convicted even though we know that it is Bob Ewell who should be taking the punishment as it is made clear in the trial that he is the person who abuses Mayella not Tom . |
| 17 | It is Schüssler Fiorenza who has been foremost among those who have argued that we should promote a solidarity of sisterhood with the women of the earliest Christian community . |
| 18 | Although it is Neil Armstrong who will be forever immortalised in the history books , his ‘ One small step for a man , one giant leap for Mankind ’ represented just the tip of a huge pyramid of courage , research and dedication by the foremost scientific brainpower the human race has ever mustered . |
| 19 | Yet it is George Bush who seems to have adopted that numbing proposition as a personal creed . |
| 20 | Here , by contrast , it is Charlotte Brontë who is the implied subject of " encouraged " ; and she is also the grammatical subject of the sentence . |
| 21 | It is Mr Brown who emerges with the Rev Jesse Jackson at his side . |
| 22 | But of all the participants , it is Mr McLean who goes furthest . |
| 23 | It is Mr York who bangs the drum in John Kirkpatrick 's apparently authentic , and certainly suitable band music . |
| 24 | Let us hope that it is Mr Clarke who needs an ambulance that has been stood down . ’ |
| 25 | It is Mr Major who seems to sense the fears and hopes of middle Britain . |
| 26 | It is Roy Spring who climbs the spire to replace the red warning light bulbs on the top . |
| 27 | There are thus adequate interpretations of the famous harbour and the sea wall , but it is Margaret Wiles who seems to have travelled farthest afield and lets us share with her the joys of a holiday in Greece with both watercolours and canvases of Lixouri , Kasiopi and Kephalonia . |
| 28 | Aided by the media , who have never failed to find an opportunity to slip in the idea that it is Saddam Hussein who wo n't negotiate , the US and its Allies have led their people into a terrifying war which will claim the lives of so many of their sons and daughters . |
| 29 | It is Mary Reevley who polled twenty percent . |
| 30 | It is John Onanuga who is currently suspended from his job in a Thresher wine shop . |