Example sentences of "[subord] it is [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if it is untainted purity you are looking for , go elsewhere . |
| 2 | After all , if it is any good it should be able to do its job without further help . |
| 3 | You know we tend to sort of hover outside lodge meetings a bit you know cos it is all men you know and It 's quite frightening really you know I mean this sort of erm I think the way the finances are worked for instance er . |
| 4 | Business courses place an importance on creative thought because it is new ideas which keep a business ahead of its competition . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) A change in the process of teaching and learning , regardless of the subject content , is justified because it is these processes which are intrinsic to personal development and any improvement is ipso facto an improvement in education ; i.e. we change the process for its own sake . |
| 6 | Remember that simplicity and practicality are essential since it is busy parents who will actually be keeping the record . |
| 7 | You 've been here three weeks — I tell you , when it is three years you will run to the window with the rest of us . ’ |
| 8 | The Employment Training Programme , set up in 1988 to help the long-term unemployed , gives a low priority to workers over the age of 54 who are regarded as non-mainstream ( indeed those over 60 are not eligible to participate ) , even though it is older workers who are most at risk of experiencing long-term unemployment . |
| 9 | We are not even likely to put up with our politicians ' abdication of monetary responsibility for long , though it is another subject they try not to mention in front of us . |
| 10 | Brutus compares Caesar to a snake and says that as it is bright day which brings forth the adder it will be Caesar 's crowning that would bring out his bad personality . |
| 11 | In some sense , then , the function of the Creole seems to be to emphasise the content of that particular piece of talk , for it is that content which is reacted to by other speakers . |
| 12 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |
| 13 | It may well be that there are good reasons for following customary practices or for rejecting them in favour of new ones , but teachers ought to know what these reasons are , for it is this knowledge which provides for adaptability , the alternative realization of principles through techniques appropriate to different instructional settings . |
| 14 | The memorandum of association is of crucial importance to the company , for it is this document which lays down the boundaries of the company 's activities . |