Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is clear is that it is social activities — such as the provision of kindergartens , youth clubs and advice centres — which would be hit first by any change to the levy . |
| 2 | What is much less clear is that it is the answer to all problems , or that it has even solved the problems its proponents themselves recognized . |
| 3 | But what is also clear is that it is unfair to litigants that they should meet the cost of a second appeal , one of the principal purposes of which is to resolve issues of law of general public importance . |
| 4 | What I do see wrong is that it 's smaller than it needs to be . ’ |
| 5 | Where the Good Housekeeping diet is different is that it is more than just a diet . |
| 6 | And what I find interesting is that it 's the sheer vitality of the English sound — it 's not just the Liverpool sound , it 's the English sound — the vitality , the sensuality , the letting one 's hair down quality , that is exactly what the Continentals admired in Dunstable , and strangely enough in a way what Elgar 's got — this incredible sort of desire not to be over formal and to break down certain formal barriers which seems to be so characteristic of English music . |
| 7 | I do n't think there is an overall meaning to be got by the symbolism of hands , though they are used many times to mean different things with many characters though in some cases what makes them symbolic is because it is hands that are being referred to and not another part of the anatomy . |
| 8 | An argument frequently advanced for being consistent is that it is fairer on other people , they know what to expect and ‘ where they stand ’ . |
| 9 | What makes this campaign unusual is that it 's backed by a major brewery , Courage . |
| 10 | The reason why the latter seem more likely is that it is on these major industries that much of the future competition among states for wealth-creating resources will be focused . |
| 11 | One of the reasons they are often confusing and unsatisfactory is that it is not always totally clear who is interviewing whom . |
| 12 | Part of being selective is that it is also necessary to simplify the world in order to try to see more clearly just what a discipline can say about aspects of the world . |
| 13 | What is extraordinary is that it is taking off in England — the land of the Stiff Upper Lip , where the primary emotion often seems to be fear of embarrassment . |
| 14 | The reason it sounds so powerful is because it 's completely unself-conscious . |
| 15 | For instance , a good reason for observing a law whose content you find objectionable is that it is a law and therefore part of a system of mandatory rules which has value as a system because of its overall results , results which are dependent on subjects observing laws which they find objectionable . |
| 16 | What is disturbing is that it is typical of a new intolerance against whistle-blowers that raises serious questions about free speech . |
| 17 | ah , but the only bloody reason it 's secondhand is cos it 's the , that 's the style you want |
| 18 | The feature that makes it dreadful is that it is crammed with unattractive tourists throughout the summer months , shambling around 50 feet above sea level in a state of exhaustion , asking everyone if they 're near the top yet . |
| 19 | The main essential is that it is smooth and flat . |
| 20 | One of the reasons why play is so absorbing is that it is self-initiated , in a way that is not available to us in the process of combatting , enduring or avoiding the slings and arrows of day-to-day living . |
| 21 | The test for whether treatment is necessary is whether it is in the best interests of the patient . |