Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] is [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it is that some of the Khans may perceive influence where I have exerted none . ’ |
| 2 | This curious truth about language is that it is always perfect : when a user of the language fails to express himself clearly it is because some existing linguistic resource is not known to him , not because such a resource does not exist . |
| 3 | Well it is because that actually does , with the pie chart , lead you into sort of chunks of work area |
| 4 | This does not seem to be because the UK has more crime , or more serious crime , than comparable countries ; rather it is because more offenders are sent to custody , and for longer periods , in the UK than elsewhere . |
| 5 | The Miller knows himself : He recognizes too how it is that that his tale may offend the Reeve , and responds to the Reeve in conciliatory terms : Most pertinently , he eschews the generalization of the fabliau image of the world : The Reeve , too , in his Prologue , speaks more in relative than in absolute terms . |
| 6 | Life-positions throw light on why it is that some people tend to be winners and some losers in life . |
| 7 | Given that this is the case , it is interesting and instructive to reflect on why it is that these people have decided to call us their ‘ clients ’ . |
| 8 | erm Clevedon , or wherever it is that these guys hang out . |