Example sentences of "it is [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it is defenders we need , who will lead until we can join them ? ’ |
| 2 | Although that has meant that not much can be done , in principle it is a good idea in that it forces underwater sites to compete with land sites for funding , and tends to keep the attention on the point that it is archaeology we are talking about . |
| 3 | ‘ Liam Devlin , if it is Devlin they choose , is hardly going to parachute into the courtyard at St Mary 's Priory tomorrow night , Jack , and if he did , so what ? |
| 4 | It is contract it 's a monthly contract you work for three weeks for one pound sixteen shillings and at the end of the month they count all the slates you 've done during the month . |
| 5 | Or perhaps it is Claudine you do not like ? ’ |
| 6 | I could have done with a little more natural variation in the sound , but seeing that all Kirk is probably going to do with it is leave it on the neck pickup , knock all the middle off at the amp and turn it up to an excruciating volume , it does n't have to be the most variable guitar in the world . |
| 7 | Since it is replication we are interested in , the first thing we must know is , can crystals replicate their structure ? |
| 8 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
| 9 | If it is contractors they 're happy doing anything . |
| 10 | But because it is Kiev it looks as if many truths , many pasts , will continue to co-exist there side by side . |
| 11 | ‘ It is Burun I do not trust . ’ |
| 12 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 13 | With a performance of such towering strength and breathtaking pathos that it would make the stones weep , Depardieu 's bulk and energy turn Jean into a force of nature even when it is nature he is fighting . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ We had most of the play , but it is points we need not possession . |
| 15 | Italy is a country packed with things to do and sights to see , and if it is sports you are looking for , Italy is , again , the place to go . |
| 16 | Yes , but it is God we obey , not nature ! |
| 17 | We are in danger of forgetting that it is God we are talking about : the God who created us , the God who sustains us and has sovereign rights over us . |
| 18 | It is future planning it is growth it is commended to you all . |
| 19 | Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee . |
| 20 | These are pretty hot stuff so it is £80 I am afraid . |
| 21 | If it is politics you are interested in — as distinct from government , which is something quite different — the place to look from now on is the opposition . |
| 22 | It is time we were told . |
| 23 | Surely it is time we stopped talking of elephants as if they were a commodity to be traded , like so many cans of paint , and accept them for what they are , ancient and splendid fellow inhabitants of the earth who share with us the joys of close kinship bonds and grieve when they are severed . |
| 24 | ‘ I seriously consider it is time we undertook a job inspection of Her Majesty as an employer , ’ he added . |
| 25 | Perhaps it is time we had a choice between parties which agree that liberal free-market economics are here to stay . |
| 26 | It is time we applied the same reasoning to all . |
| 27 | Piecemeal solutions are not enough in education , and it is time we recognized this . |
| 28 | It is time we voted for ourselves for a change . |
| 29 | It is time we put our minds to redressing the balance , to putting pedestrians back where they belong , at the centre of the transport system ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ It is time we had our own national identity , ’ he said in Sydney . |