Example sentences of "it be [conj] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that the first creatures to leave any sign of their existence were as complex as worms and molluscs ? |
| 2 | If a single criticism of Degas Sculptures is to be made , it is that the Gauthier prints are reproduced on a small , often miniature scale and are not presented , as they deserve to be , on a one-to-a-page basis , preferably beside their bronze counterparts . |
| 3 | IF New Scientist has a wish for 1983 that is in theory achievable it is that the two cultures C. P. Snow described a generation ago should again become one . |
| 4 | So it is that the new churches are bound to be and look different to the old . |
| 5 | In particular it will help to resolve the deep paradox that has already surfaced in this book and will continue to do so : how it is that the same features of individuality can be expressed in such totally disparate forms . |
| 6 | We saw that when the genes of a parasite work together with each other , but in opposition to the genes of the host ( which all work together with each other ) , it is because the two sets of genes have different methods of leaving the shared vehicle , the host 's body . |
| 7 | Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down . |
| 8 | The reason the Royal Show is international is not because we say it is ; it is because the international visitors choose to visit the Royal Show and that is what makes it the most international agricultural show in the world . |
| 9 | The cynic in me says it is because the larger firms do not do small audits and because abolition would cause problems for the ACCA , which would have more difficulty maintaining an audit regulatory presence as fewer of their members would be auditing . |
| 10 | It was that the Rural Areas Committee should have executive control over the appointment of tutors for classes and courses and thus , of course , approval of the syllabuses . |
| 11 | Writing in 1932 the English critic Bryher asked why it was that the real virtues and strengths and diversity of America had never been conveyed in the movies sent across the Atlantic . |
| 12 | When Irish records were destroyed in 1922 , it was because the Four Courts were shelled during the civil war . |
| 13 | Perhaps it was because the shining pennies were a reward for her hard work , some recompense for her sore knees and the work-reddened hands which took the coins from Dr Neil . |