Example sentences of "it is [noun] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is trial and error and depends a lot on the type of horse you are riding . |
| 2 | When disputes arise , it is judge and jury . |
| 3 | ‘ It is Mullach and Lionan — our own lords ! |
| 4 | After all , time is really what this is all about — whether it is friend or enemy , whether to roll with its punches or fight back . |
| 5 | Thus in the absence of the fourth externality discussed above , it is price and advertising levels ( and thereby quantity , as well ) set by retailers which the manufacturer wishes to control . |
| 6 | The demands include ingredients , place of brewing , date of bottling or racking , and whether or not it is cask or brewery conditioned , bottle conditioned or pasteurised . |
| 7 | You can try to work out whether it is autobiography or murder mystery and how it works within these genre classifications . |
| 8 | It is Joan and Ted 's hope that even now someone may know something that can solve Brian 's murder . |
| 9 | This does not stop the play from being brilliantly funny : but it is comedy that appeals to one 's taste for cruelty , a form of dramatic pugilism . ’ |
| 10 | Cos it 's , it is pins and stuff is n't it , that makes |
| 11 | It is air and moisture permeable , therefore cool in summer and warm in winter . |
| 12 | It is Claudius and Gertrude who are the main victims of Hamlet 's anger , and everything they do makes Hamlet hate them even more . |
| 13 | ‘ So you will have no way of knowing how much time has passed , whether it is night or day , even which day it is . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , however , it is money and commercialisation , not standards of play , that are tarnishing the image of major sports . |
| 15 | Among the poor , it is women and children who collect firewood , and they seldom cut down trees . |
| 16 | So it 's it is swings and roundabouts there . |
| 17 | Classifying software according to whether it is machine or user orientated , it is possible to identify those types of software which will best suit personnel systems . |
| 18 | But finally it is Pamela and Belville 's play , a story and a relationship which we were happy to discover could hold the attention of an audience in the 1980's . |
| 19 | If ever a man and a club seemed , in theory , to be ill-suited , then it is Winterbottom and Harlequins , the club who once caused Dick Best to say when confronted by a bout of absenteeism of Saturday : ‘ All perfectly valid excuses of course ; skiing in Andorra , shopping in Harrods … ‘ |
| 20 | Apart from being a guideline , and not a rigid rule , it is evidence that changes in interest rate expectations are being held , but perhaps behind the scenes approval from the Bank of England has not been forthcoming . |
| 21 | In the Bishop 's case the brewery is Scottish and Newcastle in the local it is Camerons or Wolverhampton Breweries , or whatever it is now and there was no choice . |
| 22 | It is life or death to them now . |
| 23 | It is part of the daily truck in street markets ; it the kind of thing which turns on the average car dealer ; it is part and parcel of many of the transactions carried out in the building trade and cash or at least early settlement means a better price for the retailer when negotiating with a manufacturer . |
| 24 | Of course , it is part and parcel of the whole decision of the justices . |
| 25 | It is also a feature which is likely to arouse the suspicions of the sceptical onlooker since it is part and parcel of a theory whose conclusions critically depend upon the combination of the sluggish dispersal of information on the one hand and the almost instantaneous diffusion of demand on the other . |
| 26 | If you concentrate on punishing criminals , you 're still leaving most crimes unsolved , and it is prevention that people are concerned about . |
| 27 | ‘ Though I have shown photographs throughout my exhibition organising career , I took it as a matter of course and have shown them as I have any other art form and along side any other art form whether it is painting or sculpture . |
| 28 | first , countries modify local time by 1 or 2 hours , according to whether it is winter or summer , in order to make more use of the daylight hours . |
| 29 | Generally , though , it is carbohydrate and fat that provide fuel . |
| 30 | The difficulties that sometimes occur is that erm universities are I would say with some justice do n't always accept that it is Government and Government departments , ministers and civil servants , who are best equipped to define the social needs . |