Example sentences of "[subord] it is the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour did best in the north , where it is the stronger challenge to the Tories . |
| 2 | Although it is the consonant sounds which are essential for understanding speech , I am in duty bound to mention the vowel sounds too . |
| 3 | Although it is the traditional culture which continues to manage the western world , Snow argued , only science can feed that world , create wealth , provide hope for the poor and the sick , and forge the essential links between intellect and practicality which make for a proper wisdom and awareness of moral and social issues . |
| 4 | Although it is the second aspect which concerns speechreaders , you may be interested to share some discoveries made by the 1979 study group from their own experience , and from my own experience since 1972 . |
| 5 | Nearby Sigiriya 's palace and rock fortress give good views over the town , although it is the famed frescoes painted with earth pigment which attract most people . |
| 6 | However , although it is the ideal course of action for John — allowing him to take advantage of some of the excellent schemes around at the moment as well as releasing cash that has been building up in his home over the years — he should look out for excessive costs that a remortgage can incur . |
| 7 | This will account for the fact that although it is the obvious lesson of Darwinism that species mutate , they can not be said to be aware of this nor in any sense to change themselves . |
| 8 | Tax representatives are jointly responsible for the overseas businesses ' tax liabilities , although it is the overseas business , rather than the tax representative , which is seen to be registered for UK VAT . |
| 9 | Although it is the same gas , the two ‘ ozones ’ behave differently . |
| 10 | However , although it is the egoistic instincts which force us to work , to acquire knowledge and to co-operate , eventually the altruistic instincts , strengthened by the power of the intellect , gain ground . |
| 11 | Although it is the hereditary peers who give the House of Lords its raison d'être , it is the life peers who give the place its intellectual distinction and who produce the most impressive arguments in examining the details of legislation . |
| 12 | Sometimes it helps if the person who is holding the horse , pats the horse on the neck in exact time to the farrier hammering on its foot — especially if it is the actual hammering that worries the horse the most . |
| 13 | ‘ Music — if it is the RIGHT music — is perhaps the most important of all the means used to help to teach the art of moving well . |
| 14 | Have we any answer to the jibe , ‘ If it is the right thing to do , you would be doing it now instead of waiting for everyone else' ? ’ |
| 15 | It is clear that , within the framework of a dual-route model of spelling , phonological dysgraphia is the pattern you would expect if the non-lexical procedure for spelling is selectively damaged , and surface dysgraphia is the pattern expected if it is the lexical procedure for spelling that is the damaged one . |
| 16 | c ‘ Even if it is the best tree-house I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 17 | If it is the latter kind , then you can be rather more technical and detailed than you might be for the general readership . |
| 18 | A novice is expected to show the degree of skill exhibited by a junior doctor , even if it is the first day on the job . |
| 19 | When you meet somebody , especially if it is the first time of meeting , your senses are working flat out to process all the data . |
| 20 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 21 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 22 | If it is the first flight of the day for you , then it should always be the aim to make it an accurate spot landing . |
| 23 | ‘ People on the receiving end of a hoax bomb call never know if it is the real thing . ’ |
| 24 | Crisis Loans — these interest free loans may be made if it is the only way of avoiding serious risk to the health and safety of you or your family . |
| 25 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
| 26 | If it is the defining error or empiricism to assume that only statements meant to be checked up on deserve serious attention , it is the defining error or the new French criticism ( Foucault , Piaget , Barthes , Derrida and others ) to assume that because some statements can not be verified , no statements can , and hence that all statements rail to refer , leaving us with discourse — language without anchorage in time , psyche or history . |
| 27 | Any rule chosen from the conflict set has its weight reduced by the factor K. If it is the last rule of a successful search , so its action leads immediately to a goal , then the reward C is added to its weight . |
| 28 | When they read to us they do n't skip bits , or mind if it is the same story over again . |
| 29 | If it is the same problem in all districts then it does n't help anyone make a decision . |
| 30 | It may also be possible to compare these early drawings with a still existing building on the same site , to determine if it is the same structure , and , if so , if any general exterior modifications have been made . |