Example sentences of "it be [pron] [noun] which " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's her assiduity which enables them all to be so modest about their success — and they all are pretty successful , one way and another . |
| 2 | You remember , I told you it 's his company which is building the villas ? ’ |
| 3 | His great serve and forehand are technical merits , but it 's his drive which singles him out . ’ |
| 4 | But Lennie seems to have made up his mind that it 's his midfield which needs strengthening . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's my life which is about to go down the plughole . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's my blood which flows in Thomas 's veins and he 'll be legally recognised as mine . ’ |
| 7 | In fact some British researchers believe that it 's our oestrogen which governs our sexuality . |
| 8 | It is their voice which is heard , and they often are the opinion-makers in the household and in the local community . |
| 9 | Since the owners of capital have always had , and continue to have , the ear of government it is their views which prevail in the legislative sphere . |
| 10 | The raw material of events is processed ( selected , edited , dramatised , presented ) by the professionals who run the media ; ultimately it is their values which influence the version of events the public receives ( Edwards , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | The series of books by Osbert Sitwell on his life are quite fascinating , but by no stretch of the imagination can the Sitwells be equated with ‘ ordinary ’ people — indeed , it is their eccentricities which fascinate . |
| 12 | Those who care for ‘ ordinary ’ old people learn much about the courage and competence which so many display ; they discover that it is their ordinariness which is remarkable — their determination to carry on with the daily business of life , often in the face of considerable difficulties . |
| 13 | Buckets are most usually bronze or iron bound , straight sided and on average 10 cm high and broad ; it is their smallness which makes the term ‘ bucket ’ inappropriate . |
| 14 | It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it . |
| 15 | The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists . |
| 16 | It is their commitment which has enabled the Trust to provide its unique contribution to the industry . |
| 17 | Right from the start of the project , the advice of local visually handicapped people has been sought ; it is their suggestions which have been taken up and used at Reedholme . |
| 18 | It is her work which has been the target of investigations by the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) and a House subcommittee chaired by Congressman John Dingell , and of less formal inquiries at MIT and Tufts University Medical School , in Boston , where she now works . |
| 19 | Whatever the origin of the benefit , it is its existence which validates the trust . |
| 20 | That heart is Welsh , and it is his Welshness which gave him an inner security that enabled him to come this far . |
| 21 | When he is caught it is his trial which is the next stage of the criminal justice system to attract media attention . |
| 22 | What makes us greet the man is not an albeit swift chain of inference , it is his presence which commands the acknowledgement while the presence of the tree does no such thing . |
| 23 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
| 24 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
| 25 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
| 26 | And it is our behaviour which is the visible expression of our new life in Christ . |
| 27 | Love is the Grand Unified Force ; and , just as when we watch a good movie , we might become so emotionally involved that we forget it is ‘ only a movie ’ , it is our feelings which make life appear to be so real . |
| 28 | It is our age which has turned the phrase ‘ to make love ’ ( in the English language ) into a simple synonym for sexual intercourse . |
| 29 | Rather than motivations , aspirations , cognitive principles and the other factors that are usually put forward , it is our representations which , in the last resort , determine our reactions , and their significance is , thus , of an actual cause ( Moscovici , 1983 : 65 ) . |
| 30 | It is our minds which are divided . |