Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it is [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know the answer , for only the people can give it ; but I do know that it is our duty to ask them . |
| 2 | Because very young children have this inherent feeling that their parents can do no wrong , should one or other of those adults disappear from the scene for any reason , the child will always think that it is his fault . |
| 3 | And you hit it and it bends up and it just dies and I 've been sitting like , I mean I , I definitely do n't think that it is anything with the way I hold it in like cos I 've been sitting going and I just , just hit it and it goes ee , it just dies so you ca n't bend , that 's on too . |
| 4 | Then : ‘ If you would just confirm that it is your brother … ’ |
| 5 | Will he confirm that it is our top priority to get back to the basics in education and to sweep away the leftist progressive teaching methods that , having been put to the test , have failed ? |
| 6 | I can certainly confirm that it is our intention to ensure that the legislation contains proposals such as my hon. Friend suggested , just as there are in the legislation that applies to the rest of the country . |
| 7 | Erm first of all Chairman I would confirm that it is our view that with a provision of six thousand five hundred for Harrogate district , we do n't think we 'd be looking at a new settlement to serve our needs , erm , having said that , we support the Greater York strategy , and we we certainly the level of provision erm for Greater York as proposed by the County Council , er but leaving aside for one moment the issue of a new settlement , it is our view that we 'll be able to accommodate the level of growth that I think is anticipated in our district , erm , within the figures , and I 'm referring specifically to N Y one , and the table on the last page where there 's an indication there of the sort of of er housing numbers that would would have to be accommodated within Harrogate district , and and our part of Greater York is essentially a rural character consisting of a a number of small villages , so there there we have er a total figure of two hundred dwellings to be provided within our part of Greater York , that basically represents erm existing commitments and a a yield from small sites in the future , perhaps conversions , and we'r we 're quite happy with that . |
| 8 | Erm Chairman , I 'm , I can certainly confirm that it is our policy to er notify with a copy of the report the erm er member in whose area an application erm is . |
| 9 | They will inevitably feel that it is their own fault — that they are in some way ‘ bad ’ or deserving of such treatment . |
| 10 | But does he ever feel that it is his fate never to become World Champion ? |
| 11 | Again , it is likely that women today , and even more so in the future , will not automatically assume that it is their place to provide care when this is required . ’ |
| 12 | But above all , we must remember that it is our policemen and women who are in the front line of the battle . |
| 13 | The free junctions which are connected topologically to the fixed junctions must therefore also move but it is their mean positions which are embedded , moving affinely with the continuum . |
| 14 | Every employee should note that it is his responsibility to ensure that Health and Safety regulations are complied with . |
| 15 | They are now mothers with the responsibility for a child , and some of them would maintain that it is their baby that has given them the determination to do something more with their lives , however hard this may be . |
| 16 | People will wonder if it is their fault that the person who died in the road traffic accident perhaps was not looking where they were going because of being preoccupied with what was happening just before they left home . |
| 17 | Teacher : How can you tell that it is your shadow ? |
| 18 | When will the Minister admit that it is him and his Government who are responsible for all the problems , including the appalling homelessness that is subsequently caused ? |
| 19 | However , before these ‘ middle class ’ witches invite Christians to work with them , it would seem that it is they who really need to ‘ try and understand us and get to know what we believe ’ . |
| 20 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 21 | We should intervene and it is something that the Western European Union could undertake . |
| 22 | But if we create a psychology in this country where to the men and women who earn the crust upon which we depend , our business community , are switched off to the significance of Europe , there 's only one people who 'll suffer and it is us . |
| 23 | I should say that it is our intention to offer the Cyprus holiday as first prize with the five runners up receiving £100 B&I Travel Vouchers , if this is an acceptable way of dividing up your donation to us . |
| 24 | I would say that it is our job to let people judge for themselves and have the opportunity to see controversial productions , whether it 's dance or drama , and unless people have the opportunity , and unless the companies are given the chance to perform their own thing , that drama and dance in the long run will die . |
| 25 | I wish that I could say that it is my experience that Christians are above this sort of thing , but it is not . |
| 26 | Nor can I accept that it is my duty to reform hawks and pigeons so that they become well-behaved social humans where the hawks stop grabbing baby pigeons and the pigeons stop nicking my peas . |
| 27 | I shall argue that it is their particular use of rhetoric that permits this . |
| 28 | Although the parents are primarily responsible for establishing the norms in such relationships , the eldest child can find that it is she/he who bears most or all of the responsibility because the parents themselves are , like those of many anorexics , either relatively or completely isolated . |