Example sentences of "be [conj] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hong Kong 's special interest to the zoologist is that it is situated practically where two zoo-geographical regions meet , the Oriental , in which it actually lies , and the Palaearctic . |
| 32 | The chief significance of this from the ‘ separation of ownership and control ’ viewpoint is that it is said to restore ‘ integrity to the goal-specification and policing process ’ that is lost through the attenuation of shareholder control . |
| 33 | The main importance of A. braziliense is that it is regarded as the primary cause of cutaneous larva migrans in man . |
| 34 | ‘ The danger is that it is perceived that your board is already committed to change . |
| 35 | However , the major weakness of the Keynesian theory of the demand for money is that it is couched in terms of a choice simply between money and bonds . |
| 36 | The genius of our constitution is that it is geared to the real world . |
| 37 | This is a reflection of a more general characteristic of review , which is that it is geared towards the avoidance of mistakes . |
| 38 | The only possible explanation is that it is employed by mother cats when out with their nearly fully-grown kittens , to help focus their attention on potential prey , as part of a general hunt-training process . |
| 39 | The only problem with the kitchen , the operational centre of the house , is that it is separated from the children 's attic playroom by two long flights of stairs . |
| 40 | One of the most important aspects of a presentation style is that it is suited to your intended output — be it 35mm slide , overhead transparencies , screen show or printed output — in black and white or colour . |
| 41 | The only problem I had with the book is that it is hinged on the premise that hardened psychopaths are capable of deep love — somehow that does n't ring true . |
| 42 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 43 | The first is that it is considered to be premature to introduce a SAS dealing with going concern before parallel guidance has been developed on what constitutes adequate disclosure on inherent uncertainties in respect of going concern . |
| 44 | Mr. Pannick submits that the only justification for section 9(4) in terms of the Convention is that it is addressed to avoiding prejudice to the sovereignty of the Crown since the states party to the Convention can never have contemplated that one of their number could limit the scope of its own obligations simply by refraining from giving the judiciary power to execute letters of request in particular circumstances . |
| 45 | Another view of local budgeting is that it is dominated by habit , by small additions to or subtractions from the base budget . |
| 46 | An advantage of using the OALDCE is that it is targeted at non-native learners of English . |
| 47 | One explanation for this unbridled production of HBV proteins is that it is fostered by concurrent mediations , including glucocorticoids and cyclosporin . |
| 48 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 49 | The differentiating characteristic of a coin as opposed to a piece of bullion is that it is issued with a recognised value by a competent authority . |
| 50 | The sting in the tail of the AS/400 announcement ( IBM never knows when to leave well enough alone ) is that it is to start making a niggling handling charge for software upgrades . |
| 51 | The third problem with the existing legislation is that it is confined to gold and silver only , giving archaeologists no control over accompanying objects in other materials which are often of equal archaeological importance . |
| 52 | The proposed explanation of the volume-composition relation is that it is controlled by the recharge rate : rapid recharge leaves little time for assimilation , and produces large volumes of mantle-melt melts . |
| 53 | The advantage of the professional help ( i.e. from the yard owner or manager ) is that it is guaranteed ; you know you wo n't get a panicky phone call saying ‘ Sorry , I ca n't do your horse because my car 's broken down/the kids are ill . ’ |
| 54 | Am I right in supposing that one essential quality of poetry is that it is meant to be read aloud ? |
| 55 | The feature that makes it dreadful is that it is crammed with unattractive tourists throughout the summer months , shambling around 50 feet above sea level in a state of exhaustion , asking everyone if they 're near the top yet . |
| 56 | And the way that the Government has reduced the provision it makes for higher education erm is that it is has so far erm kept us with the same amount of resources while expecting us to take more students . |
| 57 | The hypothetical action of VPDPR is that it is released from procolipase in the duodenum during digestion , is actively or passively absorbed , passes through the circulation to act on a receptor site in the central nervous system , and so inhibits , in the short term , further consumption of food , specifically that food which contains fat . |
| 58 | The list is longer , but what I am getting at is that it is going to be extremely expensive to cut down this pollution . |
| 59 | Some would argue that the major deficiency in the green form scheme is that it is administered through solicitors and must , therefore , share the same unattractiveness to some members of the public . |
| 60 | However , the predicate displays at least one of the characteristics of a semantic dependant , and that is that it is expected to bring to the construction semantic traits not encapsulated in the subject ; furthermore , in cases of pleonasm , it is the predicate whose specificity must be increased to achieve normality : |