Example sentences of "[adv] it is the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps it is the paradox conveyed by that closing glimpse of a parodic but unprecedented Eliot which carries the sharpest conviction of any feature of the book . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is the legacy of my Fifties upbringing , when the States always had that image of the cornucopia of goodies and pleasureable things , with no whiff of European austerity and rationing . |
| 3 | It must always have been the case that some problems are inherently insoluble , but perhaps it is the stress on all social services that turns the CAB into the last port of call when all others have failed . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is the beauty of the surroundings , the tradition of stepping in the shoes of countless generations of faithful people . |
| 5 | Mrs. Brooks continued : ‘ Perhaps it is the re-routeing of the old A31 that has left some confusion as to the designation of this stretch of London Road . |
| 6 | You do n't say what species of newt you have , perhaps it is the Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt ? |
| 7 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 8 | An exquisite unreality catches the earth , or perhaps it is the ultimate reality . |
| 9 | Perhaps it is the results of such non-philanthropic attitudes that are more clearly seen than the actual attitudes themselves . |
| 10 | Perhaps it is the aura of secrecy , rather than the disclosure , that causes most difficulties . |
| 11 | Perhaps it is the view from beneath an archway of the castle , which takes in the parish church , said to have been built in 1363 by John of Gaunt himself . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is the result of the almost exclusively ‘ arts ’ training which many theologians receive ? |
| 13 | If these examples reveal anything , perhaps it is the unwelcome truth that most of us are better at memorizing and applying formulae for solving certain types of predictable problems than we are at generating imaginative solutions to unfamiliar problems . |
| 14 | I think perhaps it is the cocaine I keep for medical purposes , pure , straight cocaine . |
| 15 | Perhaps it is the habitual leader of the group or perhaps the leader has arisen for that meeting on that topic . |
| 16 | Perhaps it is the distinctiveness of this particular anatomical colour that makes us forget the pure white quartzites that also occur at this level , even in our own Midlands ( as the Stiperstones Quartzite of west Shropshire ) . |
| 17 | Or perhaps it is the Rimbow , the eight-coloured , world-girdling rainbow that hovers in the mist-laden air over the Fall . |
| 18 | Perhaps it is the extraordinary popularity of The Color Purple that has led some critics to accuse it of being an uncontentious , sentimental and harmless piece of libertarianism , a family homily that is not just optimistic but eventually even utopian . |
| 19 | Perhaps it is the right hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent ( Mr. Foot ) , who fought an election on an honest programme and was defeated . |
| 20 | Perhaps it is the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) , who is willing to continue to enunciate the principle that there is no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 21 | Perhaps it is the weakness of their cases which explains the hysteria , the over-blown rhetoric and bogus indignation used to justify these measures . |
| 22 | Obviously it is the pinnacle of anyone 's professional career to captain their country . |
| 23 | So it is the middle class and upper middle class to whom the parliamentary party now belongs . |
| 24 | So it is the success of an implemented programme or policy , rather than the success of a conservation technique at a trial stage under research station conditions , which should be the chief objective of evaluation and critical analysis . |
| 25 | So it is the pattern of adhesiveness in the wall that determines where the cells go ; and when , later on in development , this pattern changes , the cells follow — they seek stability . |
| 26 | So it is the woman who will experience the first withdrawal symptoms . |
| 27 | So it is the wine 's variety that appeals most . |
| 28 | So it is the dietary fibre which has the slowing down and filling up effect . |
| 29 | So it is the provision of comprehensible input which is the ‘ Fundamental Pedagogical Principle ’ . |
| 30 | So it is the capacity to mobilise both of these resources and switch smoothly between them that seems to be the hallmark of effective creative production . |