Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know whether that is widely understood but I think it 's quite and important feature of our proposals . |
| 2 | I ca n't speak for everyone , but whenever I find myself eating in a pub it 's usually because raging hunger has overcome the judgement of discriminating palate . |
| 3 | If women are not treated equally either in pay or promotion prospects , it is either because absolute equality has to be refined to incorporate differences in education or productivity , or because the constitution ignores the wish of Japanese women to give priority to their household duties . |
| 4 | It is also because nuclear weapons have not completely transformed the military and moral environment in which we live . |
| 5 | It is also because improving practice in the area of assessment can be done without requiring large increases in financial resources . |
| 6 | 2 200 yds after St David 's Head , look for burial chamber ( e ) 30 yds off path to right but easily missed ; it is just before big crags begin . |
| 7 | It is precisely because Standard English serves as a wider language of wider communication for such an extensive and important range of purposes that children must learn to use it competently . |
| 8 | And he believes that it is precisely because black footballers know of each other 's natural ability , that they are able to construct the most intricate and seemingly planned movements without any preparation at all : ‘ They 've got the receivers built into their heads and can pick each other up on the same wavelength . ’ |
| 9 | It is precisely because black workers have been kept away from these structures that they are now at the forefront of what has become one of the most political dispute in industrial history . |
| 10 | On the contrary , it is precisely because lone mothers are women that they have a very high risk of poverty . |
| 11 | It is precisely because human beings can " change their minds " and " tell lies " that if you try to apply the methods of orthodox science to the study of human behaviour you will nearly always get it wrong . |
| 12 | It is precisely because British farmers have a competitive advantage in the production of sheepmeat , beef , cereals , dairy and other produce that it is in our interests to have a truly and genuinely single free and open common market in the EEC in agriculture produce . |
| 13 | It is only as economic circumstances have eased , for most people at least , that the expressive aspects of relationships have become more prominent , although whether family relationships can ever be regarded as ‘ purely ’ expressive is very questionable ( ibid . |