Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it [be] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Whilst a patent will be refused for a computer program simpliciter ( or any of the other exceptions in section 1(2) for that matter ) it will be allowed if the purpose of the program is to bring about some practical effect and it is that effect which is the subject matter of the patent application .
2 I strained to hear if it was a record but it was that tune , broken in his usual stumbling places .
3 In the Eighties , he made a remarkable body of neon art and it is that side of his activity which forms an exhibition at Anthony d'Offay ( to 16 May ) .
4 Most important is the district council ; for nearly all purposes they are the planning authority and it is that council which issues planning consent .
5 Mother was a Tallentire and it was that side of the family which had the interest in music and … well , talent , I suppose , like the first part of their name .
6 Well I c I I 've seen so many things over the year I just do n't believe it until I actually see it and th literally four weeks ago , I 'd just got back from Germany , went on a meeting the following morning and it 's that gentleman there , Steve , and h he 's got some pictures in his pocket which will prove exactly what we 're talking about .
7 Kids watched it in their millions every week because it was that rarity : an adult show which listened to their viewpoint .
8 I 'll have to wallpaper your bathroom , then paint it , I then have to touch up the door cos it 's that kind of paint and I had it like , on the top of the loo , I was doing it up a bit , and the next thing I saw was Felix coming onto the back of the wind ah
9 Now , they 're not too bad , the form tutors agreed the trouble is though I 've got one in English George which is not too far away one in science but it 's that end of science
10 What makes The Rape so durably haunting is not its ( rather banal ) conceit of a woman viewed literally as a sex object , but the fact that it is that woman with that neck and that terrifying and terrified hair .
11 Kevin Gallacher , Coventry 's leading scorer , could return after a four match absence through injury and it is that department which , according to manager Don Howe , has dragged Coventry into the relegation fray .
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