Example sentences of "[conj] it is [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , there is a long tradition of general education in higher education there ( which suggests that it is England rather than Scotland which is atypical in this respect ) . |
| 2 | The fact that it is women rather than men who are commonly the carers wo n't come as a surprise to most people . |
| 3 | It seems to be commonly supposed that it is description rather than theory as such which makes the most direct contribution to language teaching . |
| 4 | This could indicate that it is computation rather than the understanding of concepts which is stressed by teachers at this stage . |
| 5 | There is a popular assumption that it is men rather than women who feel the full effects of retirement . |
| 6 | Unlike many of the other Community programmes , DELTA concentrates exclusively on technology and it does so in the knowledge that it is technology rather than social/educational concerns that will bridge the yawning gap between training needs and training provision in the 1990s and beyond . |
| 7 | If states wish to solve problems of unemployment , then military expenditure is not a very effective method because it is capital rather than labour intensive . |
| 8 | As Robert Paul Wolff pointed out in an acute critique of conventional pluralism , it is easier and more plausible to urge compromise when it is interests rather than principles which are at stake . |