Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pron] [is] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Newsagents claim it is the buyer who should face legal action for allowing tobacco to get into under-age hands .
2 As they shift from one adult to another , teachers say it is the video which keeps them under control — a new binge of blood and guts each time they are shuttled past the rental shop .
3 The Americans say it 's the centre of the art world , but quite where in America I would n't understand .
4 Police say it 's the sort of public spirit required to help to stop the joyriding menace which is still very much in evidence this summer .
5 Police say it 's the sort of public spirit required to help to stop the joyriding menace which is still very much in evidence this summer .
6 Although Cato Road in Clapham is not a known haunt of crack dealers , police suspect it 's the violence associated with this drug in particular , which has now claimed two more lives including that of a policeman .
7 Police believe it 's the result of a feud between two Asian families .
8 Koresh 's followers believe he is the Messiah and that the end of the world is near .
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