Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents wish to see not just how their child is doing but how he or she is doing when related to a grading benchmark . |
| 2 | They , I mean th er , they 're caring and sharing , and theirs is greed and gaining ! |
| 3 | George 's patience is probably what keeps Lennie from really getting himself into trouble , all the time and it is patience that has kept Lennie alive so long . |
| 4 | If you concentrate on punishing criminals , you 're still leaving most crimes unsolved , and it is prevention that people are concerned about . |
| 5 | That is absolute nonsense and it is nonsense that is years out of date . |
| 6 | My Lord making my main submissions to your Lordship , erm I submitted and it is position that there is no distinction between public and private acts , the thicken in the board , both the act and the central fund by the law should be taken as valid in the interim if your Lordship is minded to make a reference unless strong evidence of invalidity is produced , so your Lordship if you make a reference it needs to form a view as to the strength of the |
| 7 | The record will help to measure your progress and to motivate you ; for it is motivation that will get you going , and it is motivation that will keep you going . |
| 8 | It is multa and it is mortar and bullet proof . |
| 9 | But at its finest , it reaches heights of eloquence that can not have been most on the leaders of the next generation and it is music that ought to be heard in our halls . |
| 10 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |
| 11 | For in the main it is our own parishioners who donate the goods ; it is residents within the area who benefit from the high quality and the low prices ; and it is Charlie and May who have found a vocation in later life serving both community and parish with their gifts of energy and time . |
| 12 | If ever we wake up in the morning and feel that this is just ‘ another day to get through ’ , then our life is painfully stuck — and it is fear and limiting beliefs which are keeping us stuck . |
| 13 | And it is industry that usually has control over which developments are taken up and marketed . |
| 14 | And it is interest that hits the bottom line of a bank 's profits-and-loss statement . |
| 15 | We are altogether too frivolous towards feet and it is time that someone put their foot down . |
| 16 | The data are piling up thick and fast , and it is time that we paused to examine how far we have travelled and which direction we should now follow . |
| 17 | He is flipping useless and it is time that he was looking for another job . |
| 18 | And it is modernisation that is involved . |
| 19 | Physical activity will maintain or increase the amount of muscle in the body and it is muscle that controls metabolic rate . |
| 20 | And it is men and women in relation to each other , and in relation to nature , that really captures the imagination of these drawing-room philosophers . |
| 21 | And it is men and women , people on low income and children , you know your , so bear in mind your own children and grandchildren , if they have n't got income up to three four four five , tell them to watch this deduction of tax from banks or building societies . |
| 22 | If HaL meets its promised dates , it could beat Sun to market with a 64-bit system — but it is Sun that expects to create a high-volume 64-bit market supplying both its own needs and those of its cloners . |
| 23 | This does not stop the play from being brilliantly funny : but it is comedy that appeals to one 's taste for cruelty , a form of dramatic pugilism . ’ |
| 24 | He says we 're not expecting too many problems , but it is Liverpool and there is a known criminal following . |
| 25 | But it is memories that are all he can hang on to in a world of ‘ new men , strange faces , other minds ’ . |
| 26 | But it is fugitive and becomes absorbed into the infinite like vapour . |
| 27 | But it is guesswork because I do n't know the gentlemen concerned and I do n't know the full facts . |
| 28 | But it is Bombay where the greatest concentrations of DWEC products exist . |
| 29 | We sneer at the European Parliament , but it is time that we looked at Europe in other than a partisan way — ’ Ha ha , ha . |
| 30 | Vegetables , meat , cereals and fruit all contain mercury but it is fish that provides the most significant input to the human diet . |