Example sentences of "[conj] it is [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting an element in rheme position means that it is part of what the speaker has to say , and that is the very core of any message . |
| 2 | At best , any reading of line A is bound to be provisional ; the precise sense of the " grass " image that it is grass in its aspect of impermanence ( absence of ) awaits a reading of line B. |
| 3 | People like Mr Falk are trained and I would have thought that it is people like him who should be involved in such programmes . |
| 4 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 5 | This qualitativeness — the ‘ manifest image of the world ’ — is irreducibly connected with what experience is subjectively like , and it is part of what is lost if consciousness is analysed away or otherwise abandoned . |
| 6 | It is ‘ making allowances ’ that is difficult , but bear in mind that the doctor does see parents who are genuinely harming their children , either mentally or physically , and it is part of his or her job to consider all the possibilities in every case . |
| 7 | Although modern haymaking involves expensive , sophisticated machinery , it is still possible for a smallholder to make and store excellent hay with very modest tackle , and it is hay on which he is most likely to depend for the bulk of his winter keep . |
| 8 | China is using every negotiating device , and it is master of them all , to carve out as big a place for itself as it can in pre-1997 Hong Kong . |
| 9 | He subsequently served as its legal adviser , and it is thanks to him that it obtained its Light Railway Order and was enabled to operate under a lease agreement until purchase negotiations were concluded . |
| 10 | Kenny does the same , and he relates animal wants to Aristotle 's notion of epithumia , or sensual desire : ‘ It is felt desire , and it is desire for something now , desire which is more or less continuously felt until it is satisfied ( like hunger , sleepiness , thirst ) ’ ( 1975 : 49 ) . |
| 11 | But if it is work in which we can join , the question needs to be asked : will we respond decisively ? |
| 12 | It annoys old ladies in Brighton , but it is proof of their essential good sense … families are impoverished but the family system has not broken up . |
| 13 | I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over . |
| 14 | But it is Judit to whom the chess world most readily gives the title of genius : last year , aged 13 , she achieved a Grandmaster norm and became the world 's top-ranking woman player . |
| 15 | Publicity officer Frances Hopwood told the Herald : ‘ It would be a difficult task trying to report on the many aspects of Le Court which have benefited from her influence and forward thinking during these 19 years but it is thanks to her that Le Court has evolved to be the ‘ flagship of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation ’ . ’ |
| 16 | A graphic artists ' cutting board will cost a lot for the large size required so , unless it is part of your daily function , forget it . |
| 17 | ‘ My father 's old housekeeper — he and she grew old together — has a daughter who needs to make money ; , she lives in Nile Street , and if you were to say that I sent you , she might well be glad to put you up till it is time for you to go to Oxford . ’ |
| 18 | So some horses are unfriendly because it is part of their genetic makeup , and other horses are unfriendly due to lack of proper handling when they are young . |
| 19 | I can not change my feeling because it is part of my upbringing — I feel that the English culture is being swamped . |
| 20 | I will reply a little more freely , because you are who you are ; and because it is Gustave of whom I speak . |
| 21 | There can be no Christian blueprint for the ‘ final ’ form of society , since it is part of its perception of the human condition that all forms of society are provisional , reflecting human sinfulness , though not always to an equal degree . |
| 22 | But since it is part of my intention to suggest how and why the work of Joyce provokes exceptional division among its readers , I shall , for that reason and for others which will emerge , keep the notion of screen in front of you . |
| 23 | One , the organism-centred way , is to see the individual organism as the centre of interest , since it is individuals upon which selection acts : individuals survive and reproduce , or they die . |
| 24 | He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win . |