Example sentences of "it is [conj] [pron] is " in BNC.

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1 I must point out about is n't just the Guild a lot of people think it is but it is a good focal point to find out what 's going on and meet people .
2 For our purposes , what matters about it is that it is an all-or-none signal , with an amplitude that does not attenuate as it travels along the axon .
3 If the painting says anything , it is that it is the innocents , the children who suffer .
4 If the painting says anything , it is that it is the innocents , the children who suffer .
5 ‘ If there was a problem with this piece it is that it is not unique ’ , said Millerand .
6 It is often not difficult to determine that relationship , but the point about it is that it is not but must be figured out by every reader .
7 If there 's one thing that is clear about desktop publishing it is that it is NOT publishing , a fact that often seems to escape those who sell it .
8 But let us be clear about just what it is that it is seeing .
9 The most that can be claimed for it is that it is ingenious .
10 The thing about it is that it is not death of the body that is important to us , it 's the soul .
11 The disparity between the revenue raised by the BBC in Scotland and the resources allocated by London to Scotland , reported today , highlights just how crucial is the debate over the BBC 's charter and how vital it is that it is made much more prominent in Scottish life .
12 It is that there is an obligation to go to Catholic school …
13 It is that there is no community to appeal to ; for the phenomenon itself is the evidence that there is more than one community , or a divided community .
14 It is not that she does not know what to say , it is that there is not enough time to say all she knows .
15 The second strong PR option would be to take the opposite line , to say how outrageous it is that there is all this terrible auditing going on , and to promise painful retribution for the wrongdoers .
16 That may be a ‘ price worth paying ’ to relieve recession , but if economics tells us anything it is that there is no such thing as a free lunch .
17 It is that there is more spoken dialogue .
18 The way I would see it is that there is a need for a broad consensus between government , IDB , LEDU , DED and all the various government agencies and community groups , economists and experts and the people on the ground themselves , because I do n't think the government has it within their power to solve the problem and I do n't think experts have it within their power to solve the problem .
19 However , if there is anything clear in the muddied waters of postmodernism , it is that there is no such thing as " raw " data .
20 But I have often asked myself what it is that drew me to Sibelius 's music and I think it is that he is a composer who can not really be compared to anyone else .
21 His reference to faith may explain how it is that he is able to conceive of the notion of absolute Truth which he calls God .
22 It is that he is criminally insane — unable to stop himself from sexually abusing women he has lured with his position or his charm , and sometimes overpowered with drugs .
23 Another difficulty with the idea of the novel as an intentional act of communication is that until the writer has completed it he does n't know what it is that he is communicating , and perhaps does n't know even then .
24 What is striking about it is that he is the first Anglo-Saxon king known to have abdicated to go to Rome and that he went to Rome not as a baptized Christian but to seek baptism .
25 The position was that the plaintiffs effectively retained possession of the surgery premises and the defendant er moved out of the premises and er went and found other surgery premises and er the position as I understand it is that he is carrying on his own practice today from other premises , the plaintiffs are such as now surviving , are still continue to practice from the former part of the premises .
26 The big question mark over it is whether there is the political will in Whitehall to keep Mr Patten 's pledge to provide the resources to police the environment .
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28 Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality …
29 The Secretary of State has given nothing today but bland generalities , and the situation will continue as it is until there is a change of Government policy .
30 It is because what is said in the House is so important to MPs that John Major can not brush aside the Iraqgate charges .
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