Example sentences of "[pron] is [conj] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several advantages can be identified , perhaps the most important of which is that it would remove the financial disincentive which currently exists for doctors , hospitals and Health Authorities to treat more patients . |
| 2 | One is that it may weaken the marriage by suggesting a ‘ failure ’ on the part of the husband . |
| 3 | One is that it should incorporate Feynman 's proposal to formulate quantum theory in terms of a sum over histories . |
| 4 | One argument sometimes raised against it is that it would lead to plea-bargaining , and thus to offenders escaping with lesser convictions and lesser sentences . |
| 5 | The only serious objection to it is that it must suffer badly from the cold and , in its country of origin at least , it must spend the whole of the winter either indoors or in a man-made coat . |
| 6 | Perhaps the best way of describing it is that it will put you at peace with yourself — which is what is intended . |
| 7 | The more we anticipate the fear reaction the more likely it is that it will occur . |
| 8 | She is almost as fat as he is and it will do them both good . |