Example sentences of "be [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main advantages of a shower are that it 's more hygienic and uses less water than a bath — typically , 70 to 80 per cent less , 30 to 40 per cent less for a power shower . |
| 2 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 3 | Today all the indications are that it 's far above that level . ’ |
| 4 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 5 | And are you confident when you give a weather forecast that the chances are that it 's going to be correct , or do you do it with a slight feeling of uneasiness ? |
| 6 | ‘ All signs are that it is making a real impact in reducing the spread of Aids , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 7 | My main impressions are that it is easy to use and displays information clearly . |
| 8 | No one has yet formulated an entirely comprehensive definition of sexual harassment , but the key components of such conduct are that it is sexual in nature and unwanted . |
| 9 | ‘ Industrial drug research is facing a crisis ’ was the headline of a British Medical Journal editorial recently ; and all the indications in Cured to Death are that it is going to get worse . |
| 10 | The trolleybus 's major advantages are that it is quiet and pollution-free . |
| 11 | The drawbacks of the LB procedure are that it is slow , not easily applied to large areas and does n't always produce a film with the desired structure . |
| 12 | Disadvantages are that it is very expensive . |
| 13 | If the colours are lighter near the surface , the chances are that it is either old or has genuinely been bleached by the sun . |
| 14 | The advantages of the PP3 are that it is small , compact and light . |
| 15 | Other criteria for a suitable tax are that it is easy to collect , the yield is predictable , it is cheap to collect , and that it is fair . |
| 16 | The disadvantage are that it is necessary to set a maximum value for the number of different tags are allowed in any one position . |
| 17 | The great advantages of copper pipe over the old-fashioned lead piping are that it is light in weight , relatively cheap and easy to work with . |
| 18 | The advantages of using this measure are that it is independent of the subfield , and of the year of citation . |
| 19 | The advantages in determining serum 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one concentration are that it is an even simpler method , that only a serum sample is needed , that no radioactivity needs to be used , and that it is less time consuming . |
| 20 | The required user attributes of the software management system are that it is efficient in operation and supportive of the needs of software producers . |
| 21 | If successful , its advantages are that it is cheaper , avoids the stigma of admission and the danger of being influenced by the behaviours of other patients , and causes less disruption to the patient 's life . |
| 22 | The drawbacks are that it is significantly slower than the mainframe version , and the user is limited to the amount of data which can be fitted on to a PC ( a typical county takes up about 20 MB ) . |
| 23 | The second step is that really frankly the history of all great civil rights and human rights movements has sadly been that it 's often only through challenging the law , indeed even breaking the law , that injustices are put right . |
| 24 | One of the major criticisms of the battery cage has been that it is so small that the hens have no room to move or to perform their natural behaviour patterns . |
| 25 | Throughout , our view has been that it is teachers who are closest to children , and together with parents they are responsible for deciding how to use the tools at hand . |
| 26 | But my argument has been that it is not difficult to defend something roughly resembling the status quo rather than being bludgeoned into a guilty conscience by accepting that one is a covert elitist or racist . |
| 27 | Working within this international world it is , of course , a great help if one speaks several languages , but my own experience has been that it is not the ability to speak another language , rare enough this essential tool of international business is amongst British people , but the experience of having lived and worked with people in another country which is the decisive factor . |
| 28 | So if you 're if it 's a strange area to you it 's up to you to organize yourself . |
| 29 | They 're because it 's Sunday . |
| 30 | Perhaps we would n't but perhaps they would n't have been if it 's the right word for them , a bit sloppy . |