Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think one of the , the best things a member of the royal family has done , is Prince Phillip and Prince of Wa , and Prince of Wales have actually opened their mouths up and said they 're opposed to wha a lo a lo a lot of what the present government policies are and it 's not , not before time , in my opinion ! |
| 2 | ‘ All signs are that it is making a real impact in reducing the spread of Aids , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 3 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 4 | I think the most important thing about community arts is that it 's arts for the community , and invariably one is not approaching it in the same way as one would market , say , a show at the Theatre Royal for instance . |
| 5 | One of the reasons the New Spirituality has legs is because it is experiential . |
| 6 | What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote . |
| 7 | The major problem with legislation concerning animals is that it is from a human perspective . |
| 8 | So the id is a jumble of contradictions and the reason it 's a jumble of contradictions is that it 's not in contact with reality . |
| 9 | One explanation for this unbridled production of HBV proteins is that it is fostered by concurrent mediations , including glucocorticoids and cyclosporin . |
| 10 | The reason that vixen killed your bantams is because it 's nature . |
| 11 | The trolleybus 's major advantages are that it is quiet and pollution-free . |
| 12 | If successful , its advantages are that it is cheaper , avoids the stigma of admission and the danger of being influenced by the behaviours of other patients , and causes less disruption to the patient 's life . |
| 13 | The advantage of fondant over royal icing for covering cakes is that it is much easier and quicker to make , is more pliable and has a softer texture that many people prefer . |
| 14 | The most remarkable fact about the appointment of judges is that it is wholly in the hands of politicians . |
| 15 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 16 | The drawbacks are that it is significantly slower than the mainframe version , and the user is limited to the amount of data which can be fitted on to a PC ( a typical county takes up about 20 MB ) . |
| 17 | A misconception that exists about video recording of classes is that it is necessary to have a two-camera studio to do it . |
| 18 | Disadvantages are that it is very expensive . |
| 19 | Look at the implications looking back over it when when Fire and Public Protection had produced their report , but certainly the things are and it 's quite clear that we all know this case in my particular the river has been constricted by some thoroughly bad planning decisions and development control districts and they 're paying them that the owners are paying the penalty for that erm reducing the ditches and er building over them and okay we 've got problems erm so er there are structure plan implications erm which I do n't I think we should miss and if we say that really building on a is a principle well then we should try it right into the structure plan or looking at local plans for approval that we actually look at this a little bit more carefully . |
| 20 | ‘ What makes chenille different from other carpets is that it 's the product of two distinct processes , the formation of the chenille fur , and the weaving of that fur , which is the weft , into a carpet . ’ |
| 21 | One of the problems is that it is much more likely to become hostile and therefore difficult to handle . |
| 22 | The obvious problem with the designs of these experiments is that it is impossible to know whether the difference observed in the test depends on positive transfer in the distinctiveness group , negative transfer in the equivalence group , or both of these . |
| 23 | My own experience of trying to teach and train managers is that it is extremely difficult to teach grownup people anything . |
| 24 | I think I think this war in particular is an example of how complex situations are and it 's an opportunity in a way for us to show to our children that there are different views involved here and different positions will be reflected , perhaps , amongst the children and the community in which they live , that we do n't all in this country hold perhaps the same view , and even those that have one particular stance have very mixed feelings about it . |
| 25 | As the speaker indicated er , the C E C will not declare exactly what the intentions of the motions were but it 's now , er now it 's clear from the remarks of the speaker . |
| 26 | One of the nicest things about walking around coastline peninsulas is that it is often easy to stick to the coastline without doubling back on yourself at the end . |
| 27 | In fact , one of the perennial irritations of those involved in the sciences is that it is somehow chic to be innumerate and totally ignorant of physics , mathematics and the rest , but at the same time taboo to be ignorant of the basics of , say , literature . |
| 28 | One implication of these comments is that it is perhaps more reasonable to explain class differences in terms of sex , than sex differences in terms of class . |
| 29 | In fact , the dilemma of any national state in cultural terms is that it is charged with defending cultural patrimony within a world market over which it exercises little control . |
| 30 | Some of the criticisms which are voiced by service planners and professionals when thinking about ordinary housing for long-term patients is that it is ‘ too expensive ’ , or that ‘ They ca n't cope on their own , ’ or that ‘ They 'll be affected by the same stresses and strains that put them in hospital in the first place . ’ |