Example sentences of "[is] [that] it [is] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 told me that it 's that it 's Sacred Heart .
2 No , but she has got like , it 's that it 's dark ginger .
3 The objection to the claim is that it is mere assertion or , more kindly , an act of faith .
4 The likely explanation is that it is biotic pressure from competing neighbours rather than ‘ harshness ’ of the physical environment that is the prime cause of death of most plants and perhaps of natural selection .
5 The point is that it is middle management who spoil and destroy this potential relationship .
6 The truth is that it is this party and this Government who have consistently sought to defend employees and trade union members over the past 12 years , and that is what the country will bear in mind when we come to the general election .
7 What is clear is that it is social activities — such as the provision of kindergartens , youth clubs and advice centres — which would be hit first by any change to the levy .
8 One problem here is that it is cold comfort to an individual citizen that he can use the political process to air his grievances , for example by writing to his MP or councillor or to the press or voting for another party next time round .
9 One essential paradox is that it is those groups who are poorest in terms of resources to cope with difficulties who are beset with the greatest problems .
10 The first reason for the meeting is that it is 21 years ago since the last title was won .
11 Consequently , the consensus opinion is that it is nutrient deficiency which is the key factor in explaining the adverse effects of acidic deposition on a wide range of tree species in a variety of settings ( figure 4.18 ) .
12 Various reasons are suggested to explain the resurgence in recent years but the weight of opinion is that it is operational problems that are at fault rather than technical deficiencies — for example , poor application of the insecticide rather than resistance to it and organisational shortcomings rather than aberrant behaviour of vectors .
13 But the point is that it 's solid oak .
14 Okay right erm , so what seems to emerge is that it 's economic factors that are the most important er determinants affecting the migrant 's decision .
15 Yeah econ what appears to be the case is that it 's economic reasons that are the main drive , the main driving factors from er the migrant .
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