Example sentences of "it is [pron] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't matter what it is everything is increasing in speed . |
| 2 | Included in it is what is called the uncertainty principle , which states that one can never precisely measure the position and the velocity of a particle at the same time ; the more accurately you can measure one , the less accurately you can measure the other . |
| 3 | It is what is called a classical theory ; that is , it does not take account of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics , as it should for consistency with other theories . |
| 4 | I thoroughly welcome the Bill , but it is what is missing that worries me . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not that I am in favour of it , it is what is happening . |
| 6 | In practice , the free press is not a " free " press : it is what is left of the copy by laws and by lawyers . |
| 7 | The nul curriculum exists by reason of the fact that it does not exist — it is what is conveyed by omission , avoidance , bypassing , as well as by ridiculing , criticizing , and putting-down . |
| 8 | You know , you , it 's , that 's what it is it 's getting the flow |
| 9 | ‘ It probably has to be close up to do … whatever it is it 's doing , ’ said Masklin . |
| 10 | than that , unless it 's a little baby juvenile , oh whatever it is it 's shaking it 's head , looks like a . |
| 11 | Well that erm that what it is it 's selling erm like to estate agents and that er printing material is that right ? |
| 12 | And therefore wherever it is it is going to have transport implications in accordance with its size . |
| 13 | He 's got to say this is what he 's trying to do in order to gain what it is he 's trying to gain . |
| 14 | Erm , leaving it too long , and now he 's as I say , last couple of years he 's been to se to see why it is he 's getting headaches and they say there 's no sight in that eye at all . |
| 15 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
| 16 | The fact that there 's like a sort of stand off position between two individuals in the office , the stupid thing about it is she 's blaming for what 's happened to her and had nothing to do with it |
| 17 | ‘ Shall I tell you what it is she 's doing , Jack ? ’ |
| 18 | I have admired her greatly as someone who has an absolutely clear sense of what it is she is trying to achieve . |
| 19 | ‘ It was rather touching that when I told him who the other members of the cast were — Ian Richardson , Zena Walker and Freddie Jones — he said : ‘ Do they know who it is who 's playing the character ? ’ |