Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] it [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can tell at a glance what it is that ails a cow or a sick calf better than any vet . |
| 2 | Indeed , quite early on , I tried to work out in my mind what it was that made his personality ( though he did not like the word ) so compelling ; and I came to the conclusion that it was because he did not let me down in my own estimation of him . |
| 3 | Very possibly , and a remark of Michael Carson 's explaining what it was that took him abroad in search of the other shows how the celebration may share the stereotypes of the demonized : |
| 4 | This should make all those involved with mathematics education question what it is that we can do to enhance and develop these talents . |
| 5 | In order to bring into clear focus what it is that has been lost but can be regained through meditative discipline , Hilton advances an orthodox Augustinian analysis of the structure of personality as essentially tripartite and , thus , trinitarian . |
| 6 | 'So whatever it was that happened , ’ said Mahmoud , ‘ happened while you were sitting here . ’ |
| 7 | This regular weekly contact , together with the organised group visits , meant that the students approached teaching practice knowing that they could organise a lesson in terms of defining in advance what it was that they wanted the children to learn how to do ; and then , by working backwards , sort out their materials , activities and procedures . |
| 8 | In comparing of the two liberal democratic party systems of Great Britain and the United States , let us first outline what it is that parties in liberal democracies are said to do . |
| 9 | This present body of work is the closest that he has come to understanding what it is that attracts him to travel . |
| 10 | This present body of work is the closest that he has come to understanding what it is that attracts him to travel . |
| 11 | But it seems to me to have the twofold advantages of first specifying with precision what it is that the parties have agreed , thus avoiding the possibility of misunderstanding or mistake , and , secondly , it enables the justices to define with greater precision points at which they may tentatively determine to depart from the agreed package . |
| 12 | This was not surprising given that the Parliament was dominated by Faulknerites but even so , it was not clear to Ulster Protestants what it was that the DUP wanted in Ulster 's relation to the mainland . |
| 13 | Yes , so what act , so do you know Mark what it is that makes these people think those things ? |
| 14 | I 'll ask Carolyn what it is that she uses on hers because hers gets rid of the weeds as well . |
| 15 | As Gabriel Josipovici has said , ‘ To imagine , like the traditional novelist , that one 's work is an image of the real world , to imagine that one can communicate directly to the reader what it is that one uniquely feels , that is to fall into the real solipsism , which is , to paraphrase Kierkegaard on despair , not to know that one is in a state of solipsism ’ ( The World and the Book ) . |
| 16 | is to discuss wi with the client what it is that he |