Example sentences of "[verb] it is [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what we have , if I can paint it like this , is a development programme which does n't just rely on Oxfordshire Social Services putting cash into it , because there are , if we manage this process properly , other people who we can encourage to bring money into Oxfordshire , but the key thing that 'll only do it is if they 're confident that they 're dealing with a competent organization and somebody that they trust and they have some form of credibility . |
| 2 | The best of describing it is If you are joint tenants , say it 's a house and there 's of you , you both own all the property . |
| 3 | The only reason most people do n't use it is cos they do n't like to get on a keyboard of a computer . |
| 4 | Easy way to do it is if we 've got one |
| 5 | I suppose it is because I consider you almost family , Hans . |
| 6 | Well I do n't think it is because you 're again you 're back to the line that everyone is bullying and I do n't believe that everyone is bullying . |
| 7 | As Charles observes : ‘ If you want an insight into why Diana is not just some sort of spoilt toff it is because we had very contrasting lifestyles . |
| 8 | Are you , it is difficult to cross at Lord 's , er , I mean it is as you say , it 's quite a trek from the er , from whichever dressing room you 're in , down the steps , through the Long Room , there 's always someone coming the wrong direction then . |
| 9 | I mean it is if they look funny I feel that they 're sadder , if you ca n't tell then that 's you know jolly good luck I suppose except that somebody knows . |
| 10 | ‘ If Gómez is not at the address you have given me I shall presume it is because you 've been in touch with him , so do n't phone him . |
| 11 | Stephanie is regularly offered geriatric roles and thinks it is because she was brought up surrounded by archetypal elderly Englishwomen — ‘ I suppose it entered my bloodstream ’ . |
| 12 | Well I think of evaluation as the process by which a person or a group of people have a fairly careful look at something they 're doing in order to try and decide whether it 's going well or badly , whether there are things in it they might wish to improve , and how valuable they think it is whether they might want to make changes in it in any way . |
| 13 | Think it is as you 're using my tools . |
| 14 | They think it is because we got no sense . |
| 15 | I think it is because he accepts what is said at the third stage , the eleven and twelve-year-olds , as giving the truth of the matter . |
| 16 | Seven out of the forty women specifically mention the pleasure they obtain from seeing a line full of clean clothes ; some explain it is because they anticipate the silent admiration of neighbours at this visible ( though shortlived ) achievement . |