Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | The trouble is that it 's frogs we 're talking about here . |
2 | Throughout , our view has been that it is teachers who are closest to children , and together with parents they are responsible for deciding how to use the tools at hand . |
3 | DEEP THINKERS Forward planning O'Donovan also offers the simple but profound thought that it is women who will be giving birth to the next generation of Rugby League players . |
4 | The corollary of this is that it is women who are expected to undertake the reproduction of labour-power within the family , whether they also have waged jobs or not . |
5 | But it still obscures the fact that it is women who are raped . |
6 | The argument goes that it is women who are in fact doing all the reproducing of labour power and servicing other people 's escapes . |
7 | She argues that it is families who see each other frequently where one finds most practical support being given , because frequent contact affords the opportunity for pressure to be put upon individuals to ‘ keep up their kinship obligations ’ ( Bott , 1957 , p. 133 ) . |
8 | Both agree that it is theories which do the job of explanation , but disagree on precisely how it achieves this and , as a result , on the nature of theory itself . |
9 | This does not mean that national history and culture will not bulk large in the educational systems of particular countries , especially the smaller ones , or that they may not flourish locally within a much broader supranational framework as , say , Catalan culture today flourishes , but on the tacit assumption that it is Catalans who will communicate with the rest of the world through Spanish and English , since few non-residents in Catalonia will be able to communicate in the local language . |
10 | Now I do see that it is men who are having to learn what comes more naturally to us . |
11 | It is part of an attempt to deter potential recruits and to distract us from concluding that it is men who are the cause of women 's oppression , not anyone else . |
12 | Only then did it occur to me that , of course , my witticism would not be easily appreciated by someone who was not aware that it was gypsies who had passed by . |
13 | Recall that it was three-year-olds who had difficulty with Flavell 's appearance-versus-reality problems ; and indeed further experiments have shown that there is a strong statistical correlation between performance on the appearance-reality and on the false belief task . |
14 | The Times hypothesised in the course of the election campaign that it was leaders who lost elections , not challengers who won them . |
15 | But there was no doubt that it was Rangers who deserved to emerge from this memorable encounter as worthy victors . |
16 | The burden increased when it became clear that it was schools who would be held principally responsible in implementing the national curriculum , in taking the first steps in teacher appraisal and in managing their finances . |
17 | We decided , therefore , that it was pupils who were absent without authorisation or explanation from parents who would be defined as truants . |
18 | ‘ So it 's my brothers really I 'm bothered about — not so much Scarlet , though she is being a bit limp — so it 's Barbs I 'm really worried about . ’ |
19 | ‘ Women have babies , ’ I said firmly to my redeeming friend , ‘ so it 's men who have to decide about spending money , such as money on restaurant bills . ’ |
20 | ‘ People look for new ways to supplement their income and it is employers who feel the pinch . ’ |
21 | For instance , if clitorectomy often known as female circumcision — is a ‘ moral ’ requirement to serve male interests , it is nevertheless women who carry out , maintain and insist upon the practice , and it is women who express their moral offence if it is not carried out . |
22 | The health conditions of the vast majority of Salvadoreans can only be described as critical and it is women who must bear the brunt of caring for the ill . |
23 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
24 | And it was lesbians who , without heterosexual credentials or cover , took the heavy risks and , consequently , the heavy blows . |
25 | And it was women who sang its praises . |
26 | If it is contractors they 're happy doing anything . |
27 | ‘ If it is defenders we need , who will lead until we can join them ? ’ |
28 | Italy is a country packed with things to do and sights to see , and if it is sports you are looking for , Italy is , again , the place to go . |
29 | If it 's crowds you want , you can even get to Venice in three hours . |
30 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |