Example sentences of "[vb base] [is] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All I know is that it cost me a lot of money to learn . ’
2 What all the programmes indicate is that it takes commitment and enthusiasm on the part of Rover , the schools and their pupils , if such initiatives are to produce the engineers of the future .
3 It consists of three parallel cylinders of spongy tissue enclosed in an outer sheath of elastic skin and all we ask is that it stiffens on demand and performs its time-honoured functions without complaint .
4 All that we ask is that it provides public answers to the question most people in this country are asking .
5 Erm , amendment that need to be made to this words housing waiting list , we in fact no longer have a standard housing waiting list but have a housing needs register erm that says a great deal about the system that we have is that it 's judged on people 's housing need and not on their income .
6 The one consolation that the adventurers have is that it stops raining , and the sun breaks through the clouds — although its light is watery and without warmth .
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