Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [that] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't that one writer did something bad and somehow called punishment down upon himself ; it 's that writers in Iran , Saudi , Egypt are being persecuted by the forces of fundamentalism . |
| 2 | We 've just seen Manchester United blast five goals past Leicester City , and it 's that sort of form they 'll need next Wednesday if they are to stay in the European Cup . |
| 3 | We 've just seen Manchester United blast five goals past Leicester City , and it 's that sort of form they 'll need next Wednesday if they are to stay in the European Cup . |
| 4 | I said to him it 's all alright , he said oh I thought it would be , it 's that sort of , sort of if you find that temperature 's too hot you just turn it down . |
| 5 | He observes people and places with a wry and uncanny sense of what it is that matters about them . |
| 6 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 7 | The crucially important aspect of it is that changes in the level of prices which are foreseen , or are expected , have no effect on the level of output . |
| 8 | Perhaps some modest help can be obtained from reconsidering how it is that practitioners of quantum mechanics actually go about their trade . |
| 9 | It is that sort of falling-together that reassures you are on the right lines . |
| 10 | Thus it is that fans of that period recall Mike Deakin and his wholehearted displays with pleasure and affection . |
| 11 | In comparing of the two liberal democratic party systems of Great Britain and the United States , let us first outline what it is that parties in liberal democracies are said to do . |
| 12 | Likewise , it is submitted that no modern court would say as Sir George Jessell MR did in Printing and Numerical Registering Co v Sampson ( 1875 ) LR 19 Eq 462 : … if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting , and that their contracts when entered into freely and voluntarily shall be held sacred and shall be enforced by courts of justice . |