Example sentences of "it is [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is they who are responsible by seeing problems where there are none . |
| 32 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 33 | Gradually , each successive shot brings us closer to the action and eventually to the actions of individuals , allowing us to see their expressions and hear whatever it is they are saying to each other . |
| 34 | In other words , it is they who have to act as mediators between theory and practice , between the domains of disciplinary research and pedagogy . |
| 35 | In this survey , I have elected to concentrate on English presses , in the belief that it is they that will be largely sought by English collectors ; but I am much aware of the many fine examples in other countries , not least in America , where such names as Bruce Rogers of the Riverside Press , Cambridge , Mass. , Frederic Goudy of the Village Press , Park Ridge , Illinois ( and later Marlborough , New York ) and Daniel Berkeley Updike , who set up the Merrymount Press , will always be honoured . |
| 36 | Never would I wish to do whatever it is they do — nobody would ! |
| 37 | Operators who have their tachograph charts analysed by an outside agency need to be careful about exactly what it is they are buying and whether it meets their requirements in protecting them from breaches of the law by their employees and agents . |
| 38 | It is they who are rude . |
| 39 | And the strange thing about it is they were all orphans . |
| 40 | Spilling the knots from one 's entrails out onto paper is n't likely to make a poem or story that others will want to read , but many writers do have to go through the ‘ spilling ’ process in order to know just what it is they have to hammer into shape . |
| 41 | ‘ In a society where the image has virtually taken over every aspect of life , people are tired of having someone else decide what it is they will see . |
| 42 | Of course this is not quite accurate language does not exist independently of speakers , and it is they who introduce innovations — but the point is well taken . |
| 43 | At the end of this stage the parents should be clear on exactly what it is they are being advised to do . |
| 44 | It 's hard to work out what is going on as strobes explode and the shadowy , interchangeable members of HAWKWIND ( for it is they ) hide inside their ethereal pyramids . |
| 45 | Commander Adam Dalgliesh is coming to see me as soon as they 've finished with whatever it is they 're doing at the church . |
| 46 | Most believers , it is likely , find it difficult much of the time even to remember what it is they are supposed to believe . |
| 47 | The third force is the headteachers , for it is they who have the most decisive influence on what it is or is not safe to do or say in a school . |
| 48 | It is they who need to be changed . |
| 49 | This may help , since it is they who provide the politicians with the money to run the system . |
| 50 | Of course the company has a particular need to keep its resellers alive , since it is they who will distribute THStyme 's ‘ revolutionary ’ new products , currently under development in Moscow . |
| 51 | He 's going to resist and negotiate them down to whatever it is they really want . |
| 52 | Towards the end of each session when clients are setting themselves homework tasks , make a point of writing down on a piece of paper , in specific terms , what it is they are supposed to do . |
| 53 | So women have to challenge owner-occupation and , in particular , council-house sales and cuts in public expenditure in housing , since it is they as housewives , mothers and single parents who inevitably bear the brunt of reduced decent public housing , and the increased push towards owner-occupation . |
| 54 | The suitability of candidates is assessed , in part , by those who already sit as judges how make their assessments on the basis of the candidates ' ability as an advocate and since those advocates come , in the County Court in the main and in the Crown and High Court exclusively , from the ranks of the barristers it is they who are selected . |
| 55 | It is they , not international advisors , who have to suffer the consequences of wrong political decisions . |
| 56 | It is this latter set of words that is of semantic interest , as it is they that ’ seem to contain more meaning ’ [ Bolinger & sears , 1981 ] |
| 57 | All three features are designed to convey that Henry is not just looking at the roots but reflecting on them and struggling to think what it is they bring to mind . |
| 58 | " You search the scriptures " , Jesus once replied to his critics , " because you think that in them you have eternal life ; and it is they that bear witness to me . |
| 59 | But , having been seduced into housing packages by the government and the building industry , it is they who must foot the bill — the government wo n't help and many firms have either gone out of business or seek immunity behind a labyrinth of legal protection . |
| 60 | Finally , we have found it salutary to remember that teachers will use the program in quite different ways and it is they who will manage and build the total activity . |