Example sentences of "[subord] it be [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it was Dorothy who had come to interview the officials at PopCon ( ’ an Intergovernmental Agency for Fundamental Research into the Worldwide Problems of Population Stabilisation' ) , she kept getting the impression that it was they who were interrogating her . |
| 2 | Although it was Church who originally proposed the use of ‘ pinches ’ and ‘ scoops ’ for measuring out the components of salt-sugar solutions for the purpose of oral rehydration , it was BRAC which adapted this method for use by the people of Bangladesh . |
| 3 | Their total of thirty-six questions was less than 2 per cent of all the questions put , although it was Stirling who revealed the attitude of the lay judges towards the assessors . |
| 4 | ‘ Women have babies , ’ I said firmly to my redeeming friend , ‘ so it 's men who have to decide about spending money , such as money on restaurant bills . ’ |
| 5 | I was still obeying my father when the war came , so it was Hitler who really promoted my release . |
| 6 | Here Lévi-Strauss argues that behind the original question from which Sartre began — how can man make history if history makes him ? — lurks another : if it is man who makes history , how does ‘ History ’ gain its exorbitant status as the desired , unachievable object of Sartre 's text ? |
| 7 | If it was Morrissey who would eventually encourage Stephen to write more songs ( for the set that would become the No.1 album , ‘ Viva Hate ’ , at the beginning of 1988 ) , it was Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr — now one half of Electronic with New Order 's Bernard Sumner — who provided him with the opportunity to learn his craft as the guitar player 's producer par excellence . |
| 8 | On the other hand if Wendy had deliberately misled Margaret and he himself were Svend , her chances of winning her sister away from his wiles were slender to the point of anorexia … especially if it was Suzie who had been so recently in his arms … |
| 9 | because , cos it 's Rotaract who 's always |
| 10 | She had never felt with this intensity before , and knew she never would again , unless it was Travis who was holding her . |
| 11 | Although they are cross with themselves for being so soft , in the end they discover that they did the right thing because it is Gollum who shows them the way to Mount Doom , and Gollum who finally disposes of the Ring . |
| 12 | Both argued that women needed to play a decisive role in public debate over the nation 's morals , precisely because it was women who were centrally concerned with sexuality . |
| 13 | And why did it tear her apart because it was fitzAlan who had said those terrible things to her ? |
| 14 | Or was it because it was Finn who kissed her and not a man like the men in whose arms she had imagined herself when she used to imagine things like that , in the past ? |
| 15 | Staff members tried to keep them away from the soft-hearted President , consigning them to the Vice-president not because Bush was more callous , North explained , but because it was Reagan who had to make the policy decisions . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , sport can not afford to be soft on those who cause the problems — whether it is athletes who , as drug users , habitually cheat , or the spectators who take the law into their own hands and invade football pitches . |
| 17 | He especially liked them when it was William who had the plaster that had to be taken off . |
| 18 | As it is professionals who generally define what they regard as ‘ normality ’ , this allows limited scope to negotiate flexible boundaries to accommodate a range of perspectives . |
| 19 | Kate had told him that at present there were only women in the house and it seemed sensible that he should have a woman with him , particularly as it was Kate who had first broken the news . |
| 20 | In a paper on peace and violence this is probably a proper focus , for it is men who are usually in charge of techniques of attack against outsiders . |
| 21 | For it was Gould who showed Darwin his first evidence of the possible transmutation of species . |
| 22 | For it was Protestants who got better jobs , who skipped the queue for houses , who made my father work on Christmas day when the union voted against the optional holiday — to keep the Papes in their place . |
| 23 | It may be significant that Rose was working for Henry Compton [ q.v. ] , bishop of London , in 1675 , for it was Compton who , in the words of Stephen Switzer [ q.v. ] , was London 's ‘ great Encourager ’ , employing him at Fulham Palace . |
| 24 | She glanced across to Raynor again , and saw him bow his head in brief acknowledgement , and she smiled inwardly , for it was Raynor who had given her the clue , the idea , the knowledge of how to approach his people . |
| 25 | In Dhondt 's view , Charles was the arch-squanderer of the fisc , his reign the critical period in the formation of territorial hereditary principalities in what would become France , for it was Charles who allowed the amassing of countships and once-royal estates by great regional magnates . |
| 26 | The region was very proud that Hilda Hyam received one of the special Silver Medal Awards at the 30th reunion , for it was Hilda who brought Medau to Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater more than 20 years ago . |