Example sentences of "it is that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish summary of what it is that parents value in teachers and what makes a poor ( as well as a good ) teacher ( SED 1989:7 — 11 ) is in some ways an up-to-date version of parts of Enquiry 1 ( Schools Council 1968 ) . |
| 2 | It is also a fact which should be given careful consideration in the attempt to determine why it is that girls rather than boys tend to become anorexic . |
| 3 | It is natural to ask … why it is that countries have Constitutions , why most of them make the Constitution superior to the ordinary law , and , further , why Britain , at any rate , has no Constitution , in this sense , at all . |
| 4 | Any decision in favour of participating in a CU depends upon the ultimate objectives of economic policy , namely what it is that countries are attempting to maximise . |
| 5 | The idea behind it is that Arnie has to move along an ever-scrolling backdrop , punching and headbutting all and sundry while ducking underneath projectiles hurled by his assailants . |
| 6 | If the Rushdie affair teaches us anything , it is that liberals and fundamentalists alike should inspect their principles in a spirit of critical self-examination . |
| 7 | The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police might care to ponder why it is that juries increasingly dismiss the sworn evidence of his officers in favour of those accusing them of gross impropriety . |
| 8 | I shall begin , then , by trying to set out what it is that theists believe in and atheists do n't . |
| 9 | The principle is commonly known as proprietary estoppel , and since the effect of it is that B is prevented from asserting his strict legal rights it has something in common with estoppel . |
| 10 | ‘ The pity of it is that Araminta will get the Lodge after all . |
| 11 | Part of it is that interests . |
| 12 | How fortunate it is that enthusiasts such as Col. Savill have accumulated a wealth of material illustrating the railway scene . |
| 13 | He observes people and places with a wry and uncanny sense of what it is that matters about them . |
| 14 | It is that Lady Susan Hussey , the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , rang me to give directions to find the fateful villa , 12 miles from St Tropez . |
| 15 | What does emerge from it is that Norris 's way of reading Derrida is likely to make considerable demands on the reader . |
| 16 | ‘ It is that Fincara will send me and my sisters into the last battle between the light and the dark ; and that we will conquer . |
| 17 | The reason for it is that resources are likely to be allocated to the individual R D P committees , on probably a per capita basis , and if you do that say with a small R D A like the Whitchurch one , it will just barely be possible to do any projects within that area , given the level of resource you 've got . |
| 18 | I in particular , bearing in mind the point that er Mr i is making , that er newts seem to be as it were very choosy in where they er go , bearing in mind the existence of at least three other ponds in Skelton , I would like to know whe how er why it is or whether it is that newts are only found in this pond , and whether or not er the the survey has shown anything in either of er in any of the other ponds . |
| 19 | There it is that Morag lives . |
| 20 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 21 | They 'll want to know why it is that Britain 's second busiest airport has once again come perilously close to disaster . |
| 22 | What it is that teachers are dissatisfied about we will return to later . |
| 23 | The further in-service training occurs , literally and metaphorically , from their school base the less likely it is that teachers will be able to sustain personal changes and motivation for innovation . |
| 24 | It is that Russia will pay too high an economic price for winning it . |
| 25 | One wonders why it is that Lewis could see the reality of this divine drama dancing throughout the pages of the scriptures even though many notable theologians could not . |
| 26 | Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ? |
| 27 | The crucially important aspect of it is that changes in the level of prices which are foreseen , or are expected , have no effect on the level of output . |
| 28 | What good news it is that SNH have given a £7,000 grant for repair work on the path to Blaven , one of the most spectacular mountains in the Skye Cuillin . |
| 29 | Otherwise it may be difficult to appreciate how very natural it is that things should have turned out as they did . ) |
| 30 | And Masklin … no one knows exactly what it is that Masklin wants , except that it s very big . |