Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Challenging the expert by suing him for negligence , where it is the expert , rather than the decision which is being challenged , is dealt with in Chapter 14 . |
| 2 | In the earlier view a work was regarded as a more or less arbitrarily agglomerated collection of defamiliarizing devices , but now it becomes important to see it as an entity , a structure or a system where it is the system which determines what the function of a given device will be , whether it will be foregrounded or automatized . |
| 3 | The punchcards in the basic packs which are marked for colour changing are for manual yarn changing , where it is the pattern that is intended to change ; so these wo n't work with the colour changer either . |
| 4 | But Mr. Thornton forcefully submits that no more is required to sustain the plea than that the court before whom the defendant had previously been charged should have decided his guilt , whether by the court , where it is the tribunal of fact , announcing its decision to that effect , by the return of a guilty verdict by the jury or by the ‘ acceptance ’ of a plea of guilty . |
| 5 | Of ligaments and joints where it is the number one remedy . |
| 6 | The meaning of democracy shifts even further once it is interpreted within the terms of the Calvinist principle of the Godly society , where it is the lot of the just to assume power and to guide the citizens in the paths of righteousness . |
| 7 | English was the most far-flung language in 1880 ; not only in new nations , but in British colonies where it was the language of official life and therefore a language of record and social advancement for the native . |
| 8 | This article stated that an objective regime existed where it was the intention of the parties to create general obligations and rights in the overall community interest , provided all States with territorial competence over the area subject to the regime were included among the parties , or subsequently consented . |
| 9 | This last is one of the first essentials of a true Suffolk ; for it was bred for use on the farm , and for use on the Suffolk farms in particular , where it was the custom for the horses to work a long day from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. without nosebag or any break for rations . |
| 10 | It 's just because or they over estimated it or it 's the price you know |
| 11 | Yes , either that , or it 's the work I 've been doing . |
| 12 | Well some of it , you ca n't tell whether it 's dust or it 's the colouring . |
| 13 | In any case , someone somewhere will turn up as your client and he , she or it is the advertiser as far as you are concerned . |
| 14 | Or it was the Labrador 's hairbrush , ’ Catherine Crane offered demurely , and McLeish burst out laughing , glancing admiringly sideways at her . |
| 15 | Either it was the brandy or it was the heat , but she went out like a light . |
| 16 | Although it is the profit rate before taxation which reflects the underlying economic forces of capital accumulation , labour supply and competitiveness , it is the profit rate after taxation which is of most direct concern to employers when they make investment decisions . |
| 17 | Although it is the theatre of La Scala that visitors come to see , the Palazzo Marino , to the right of the Galleria exit , dominates the square . |
| 18 | In The Fire of Love he pinpoints the experience witnessed to by all mystics of a strenuous inner effort which although it is the precondition of contemplative experience can not actually produce it . |
| 19 | Although it is the case that many of Freud 's speculations were mistaken , something he half , if not fully , expected would happen within biology , it is not possible to ignore the other aspects of the death-instinct theory which have an application within psychoanalysis , and its extension into sociology . |
| 20 | Although it is the mood disturbance that stands out in affective psychosis , individuals who meet the criteria for either the ‘ unipolar ’ or the ‘ bipolar ’ form ( as they are sometimes called ) sometimes also show features reminiscent of schizophrenia , as we shall see for several of the subjects evaluated in this book . |
| 21 | Although it is the subject of a crucial conference which is about to take place , the Government do not have a real policy on it . |
| 22 | if the latest version of the module is an approved version then , although it is the subject of a DC , no development has taken place . |
| 23 | If the latest version of the module is an approved version then , although it is the subject of a DC , no development has taken place . |
| 24 | It is therefore the responsibility of the offline manager to allocate particular units for particular purposes although it is the software that actually assigns the devices . |
| 25 | It takes a lot of skill to be able to learn in this way , although it is the way often taught at school — the old talk-and-chalk method of ‘ You listen while the teacher talks ’ . |
| 26 | Although it is the responsibility of the Child Health Service to refer the child , the teacher will have an interest in knowing if a hospital appointment has been made and kept even though this is the prime responsibility of the parents . |
| 27 | It h s never been popular for breadmaking in Britain , although it is the staple diet of the cold North European plains and in the Alps . |
| 28 | Although it is the Lord Chancellor who makes orders closing records for longer than the normal thirty year period , in practice he is bound to rely on the advice of other departments . |
| 29 | The judiciary is independent of government , although it is the Lord Chancellor who advises The Queen on the appointment of Recorders , Circuit judges and High Court judges . |
| 30 | Although it is the coroner 's court 's function simply to find the cause of death , under what circumstances it happened and who , if anybody , is to be charged and with what , many members of the public plus the national papers were speaking as if Drew had already been indicted . |