Example sentences of "it is [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women are the vessels of a better spirit ; the injury to them is greater , and it is their own men who are responsible for some of that injury . |
| 2 | ‘ They will have gone down by the other side , ’ said Allan Stewart , ‘ it is their quickest way . ’ |
| 3 | And it is their response to each other 's movements and their own enjoyment in dance that makes their behaviour appear natural and spontaneous even when they perform difficult technical feats . |
| 4 | And it is their Derrida , the nihilist or joker , who has been so influential in literature departments . |
| 5 | At the leadership elections expected today , it is their votes that will determine the outcome . |
| 6 | For example , when the forty days of mourning a death are over and the women in the family who have foregone food or combing their hair can start a normal life again , it is their female friends and sisters who cook for them and comb and oil their hair . |
| 7 | The contribution made by these visitors to the atmosphere and overall success of the day is considerable — for many of them , it is their first taste of the life now fully adopted by their sons , brothers and boyfriends who are now on parade . |
| 8 | The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists . |
| 9 | Many farmers believe it is their right to have schools , hospitals and roads anyway , that such improvements are normal and unrelated to the way they make their living . |
| 10 | The girls insist that it is their fundamental right to wear their scarves at all times , just as some of their fellow students wear skullcaps or the cross . |
| 11 | It is their third meeting , the first two having taken place within the space of five months in 1980 . |
| 12 | Polarisation in Israel there certainly is , but if one applies the same broad definition of ‘ moderate ’ and ‘ extremist ’ to the Israelis as one does to the Palestinians , one can not but conclude that precisely the reverse situation prevails among them , that it is their Jibrils and Abu Musas — or religious fundamentalists in the Hamas mould — who hold sway . |
| 13 | It is their responsibility to decide what new equipments are needed , and to specify their performance and other critical parameters . |
| 14 | It is their job to know where new technological doors are opening , and when to recommend going through them . |
| 15 | The RAF can do it all and it is their job ( e ) Other types of ships should be drastically reduced |
| 16 | But it is their achievements , not their weight , which distinguishes them . |
| 17 | But it is their choice . |
| 18 | … The needlessness of imprinting such evident notions can not be argued from their present clearness ; because it is their being thus imprinted or thus connatural to our minds that makes them so . ’ |
| 19 | It is their view , and not any of his , that makes personal identity consist in the identity of the same thinking substance . |
| 20 | It is their very familiarity which forces us to take them seriously , and to ask whether we can rescue their theology or not . |
| 21 | It is their contribution to hip hop — the voice of African America — and the work they do for and in black communities . |
| 22 | It is their good fortune to have the luxury of comment without the responsibility of action that enables them to appear more in tune with public feeling than the ideologists of either side of the political spectrum . |
| 23 | People will wonder if it is their fault that the person who died in the road traffic accident perhaps was not looking where they were going because of being preoccupied with what was happening just before they left home . |
| 24 | It is their instinct to do so . |
| 25 | It is their chronicler 's fault that their words and actions slip through the mind instead of staying . |
| 26 | No doubt the directors , led by Sir Christopher Benson , would claim it is their management since taking control in 1987 that has made it so valuable . |
| 27 | It is their dreams and ambitions that are the building blocks for an even better future for us all . ’ |
| 28 | Consumers may not have any more cash in their pockets than they did 48 hours ago , but it is their willingness to take on extra debt that drives demand for housing , cars , and other big items of spending . |
| 29 | It is their job to provide a crossover from the road to your property . |
| 30 | It is their claim to unlimited authority which is at stake here . |