Example sentences of "[subord] it is [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He never missed an opportunity to criticise the new ruck/maul laws and he had an absolute right to do so — because it is he who has found ways to minimise their dreadful effect , because he was never one of those coaches who sought refuge under the old laws , and because he is the finest coach in the world by results , demeanour and inspiration . |
| 32 | Are all teachers too good to be sacked because it is it is as rare as erm teeth in chickens . |
| 33 | Because it is it is very simple if you follow the guidelines and I 'm gon na point out one or two things why it 's essential that you do not make an appointment to go and see people unless they know everything up front . |
| 34 | I I think that that 's really the message which I 'm quite sure er the the economic secretary has got er and I do apologise if I have laboured the point but I will be doing so until we can have a situation where we do n't go on passing more rules and regulations but in fact all the legislation coming to the house is purely repealing legislation so we do n't actually need any fresh legislation , we just repeal what in fact er we have introduced er because it is it is er not helpful to the prosperity of this country . |
| 35 | I do n't know how you do sludge and that there and it 's it 's everything it 's a con you know we ought to have kept some and shown you because it is it is I 've never seen anything like it myself . |
| 36 | Because it is it 's a lot of money . |
| 37 | ‘ Of course , this villa has no right to be here , ’ Nigel told them , ‘ but since it is we must save it for future generations to enjoy . ’ |
| 38 | Although primarily part of the government 's plans for reducing dependence on the National Health Service , the main beneficiaries will be the Woopies since it is they who can afford private health insurance in the first place . |
| 39 | This may help , since it is they who provide the politicians with the money to run the system . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | The firstfruits are to be brought to God , since it is he who makes the land fruitful . |
| 43 | However the proposed European directive has a number of further hurdles to be negotiated before it can be finalised and even when it is it 's unlikely to be implemented before nineteen ninety six . |
| 44 | ‘ Why should I do you any harm when it is you who are helping me ? ’ |
| 45 | Freezing , something when er a liquid is freezing and it changes when it is you know changes in the physical sense of the |
| 46 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 47 | Strach is not quick enough to beat his full-back either — so as it is we have to rely to much on our full-backs overlapping if we want to get to the bye line . |
| 48 | As it is we search for interpretations of early Modernism in her work . |
| 49 | ‘ As it is we 're on an island and the bloody weather 's deteriorating fast . |
| 50 | Yeah but they might say , well alright then , and then pay out and as it is we 're gon na have a lot of messing about have n't we ? |
| 51 | Well it 's neither here nor there but I mean the thing is that we do n't as it is we 're not losing anything because you 're getting yours , half of it 's coming back as , as gross interest . |
| 52 | As it is they have to brave all kinds of weather , from high winds which whip away their hymn books to snow which engulfs them in that unsheltered spot . |
| 53 | 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 ] |
| 54 | But for the words italicised ‘ financial year ’ and ‘ accounting reference period ’ would mean exactly the same thing ; as it is they need not . |
| 55 | As a Taurean , you work well with others as long as it is you who calls the shots . |
| 56 | I suppose Newmarket will be first one to make two , th they 've got two courses here as it is you see . |
| 57 | As it is it 's still a whole lot better than the Spectrum 's rubber pads and very reasonable value for money . |
| 58 | Were he among familiars it might help him but as it is he can not place himself here and it is pitiful to see how lost he is . |
| 59 | As it is he knows nothing whatever about me . |
| 60 | As it is he 'll limp for a month . ’ |