Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Erhard and Adenauer now clashed on other issues but in an argument in May 1962 over custom duties it was Erhard who won the Bundestags support .
2 For Callinicos it is October which made the vision of social transformation ‘ concrete ’ .
3 And , therefore , these days it is men who are oppressed , not women .
4 Adam suspected that these days Rufus might be quite fastidious about wine , a wine snob even , the kind that savours bouquets and talks about nice little domestic burgundies and so forth , but in those days it was plonk he wanted .
5 Some days everyone who wrote with their left hand automatically received two lengths of the corridor , and on other days it was people whose name began with the letter ‘ S' ’ .
6 In Nina 's stories it is Modigliani who was pushed off the bench , made to carry the beer in for a party .
7 If all this bland fare has dulled your appetite for the prints it is time you reminded yourself how glorious they can be by a visit to THE LUCY B CAMPBELL GALLERY , 123 Kensington Church Street , W8 .
8 According to these employers it was teachers who needed WE more than pupils , so that they could get a picture of what engineering was really like ( as opposed to media misrepresentations — strikes , redundancies , etc. ) and so put across a ‘ good image ’ of engineering , hopefully attracting the ‘ brighter pupils ’ into the industry .
9 For the second 45 minutes it was Chelsea who made the chances , with Boro keeper Steve Pears reacting well to keep them out .
10 But on forty one minutes it was Milton who took the lead as new signee from A E R Harwell , Robbie Munn , was on hand to slide the ball home from close range as Matt Utteridge in the Bishops ' goal could only palm away Nigel Mott 's probing cross to send Milton in at the interval leading by a goal to nil .
11 In any case , organisations can only be represented by their members , and in partnerships it is individuals who are the active partners .
12 Over half of the Dwarf force had been slain and although Skarsnik had lost many good warriors they were losses he could easily afford .
13 Positional isomerism is very obvious the only thing you have to watch out for , if the give you structural formulae especially multi-choice papers they 're buggers they are when they , when they do this sometimes !
14 Fifteen years later when William saw scores of homeless men sleeping on the streets it was Bramwell he commanded , " Go and do something " .
15 Among Merovingian monarchs it was Guntram who provided Gregory with his model of Christian kingship .
16 In conclusion , according to the papers it 's women who are the problem , not men .
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