Example sentences of "and it is the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a usual feature of such a comparison that there is a basic level of information which is common to most of the reviews , and it is the mark of a skilful critic to have worked in some personal assessment of works , or some individual response to the show as a whole . |
| 2 | Lyricism is inexperience , and it is the desire for glory . |
| 3 | The lyricism that sells out to a state-ordained reality and solidarity is not the only lyricism we know , and it is the opposite of much of what we know by that name . |
| 4 | Well it 's meant to be the fucking opposite and it is the fucking opposite . |
| 5 | The selection is right if it truly works for the competing student , and it is the quality and force of the imagination that will carry off the performance of the piece . |
| 6 | It is unlike everything else and it is the cause of the destruction of everything else because it is no different from anything else . |
| 7 | The fact that these questions are being raised has significance for the authority of the police … and it is the single most important determinant of the style of policing . |
| 8 | And it is the same logic which attributes those few out of the 120,000 officers who pursue schemes designed to accelerate promotion with the derisory and metaphorically ephemeral classification of ‘ high-flyers ’ or ‘ butterfly boys ’ . |
| 9 | However , I believe that the vast majority of woodturners in the UK are amateurs like myself , and it is the contrast between our approach to pricing and that of the professional which I wish to discuss . |
| 10 | She represents hope and it is the purity of MacMillan 's design which shows how ‘ the whole body dances ’ . |
| 11 | Crime and Punishment takes its place in a perfectly obvious and open fashion among the international classics of naturalism ( or realism ) , and it is the first of his novels to do so : the earlier and great book The House of the Dead walks so close beside personal history as to rule itself out in this connection ; formally it is a freak , so I argued , a quasi-novel ; and as regards fact and fiction , since he is recounting not ‘ prophesying events ’ , Dostoevsky can not have found much in the Dead House to get excited about . |
| 12 | And it is the students from families with no tradition of higher education — the new students everyone claims they want to recruit — who will be those most put off . |
| 13 | Lord Aldington replied : ‘ This will be the hundredth time you say what I 've said is a lie , and it is the hundredth time you have made me very angry . ’ |
| 14 | It is as a native that he accepts the River God , and it is the subjection of Man that gives to Man his dignity . |
| 15 | Conservatism , like any other ideology , has to justify its conception of authority and social discipline in terms of a claim to possess superior political wisdom , and it is the manner and nature of this claim that defines the essence of Conservatism . |
| 16 | Neither of these problems seems insurmountable , and it is the purpose of this book to explain the history of the developing relationship between Marxism and anthropology , in a way which the non-specialist should find accessible , as well as to contribute something to ongoing debates . |
| 17 | The new theoretical starting point which such a study implied became the basis of all their work , and it is the central characteristic of their anthropology . |
| 18 | The State is the result of the disorder brought about by inequality and private property and it is the means by which this inequality and private property is maintained . |
| 19 | According to Engels the State only develops with the full elaboration of classes , and it is the tool of the ruling class enforcing its will on those whom it oppresses . |
| 20 | It is why butterflies warm up before flight , either by exposing their wings to the sun 's heat or by generating heat internally by vibrating them ; it is why lizards bask in the morning sun ; and it is the explanation for the saying : ‘ fast runs the ant as the mercury rises ’ . |
| 21 | However , growth hormone , like other hormones , is released in a series of short bursts and it is the frequency of these that is increased just after sleep onset ( see fig. 3.2 ) . |
| 22 | The world is changing fast and it is the ideas of CND and the peace movement that are at the forefront of change . |
| 23 | Polo is the Prince 's game because it was his father 's game and also Mountbatten 's ; and it is the ultimate test . |
| 24 | But besides ‘ natures ’ , ‘ essences ’ , or ‘ substantial forms ’ of the various genera and species , there are properties which members of that species universally and permanently have , and it is the aim of ‘ science ’ to tell us why they have them . |
| 25 | And as Hopkins writes in a letter to Bridges : ‘ Now it is the virtue of design , pattern , or inscape to be distinctive and it is the vice of distinctiveness to become queer . ’ |
| 26 | That is the question this chapter leaves us , and it is the question that it left those who first heard the larger narrative being read . |
| 27 | Another serious offence is buggery ( intercourse per anum ) , but that constitutes a crime whether committed consensually or non-consensually , and it is the non-consensual form which ranks as a serious sexual assault . |
| 28 | Judaism recognizes the tremendous power of women 's sexuality , and it is the acknowledgement of this power that is at the heart of many of the Jewish laws concerning women 's lives . |
| 29 | And it is the outcome of the vote that counts , not the lobbying in advance . |
| 30 | Lyn Skelton of the Local Authorities Co-ordinating Body on Trading Standards says : ‘ The regulations only apply if toys are sold in the course of business and it is the definition of ‘ course of business ’ that is the crux of the matter . |