Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [conj] these [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some groups of pieces may still form parts of the picture , but the more you shake the box , the more likely it is that these groups will get broken up and the pieces will be in a completely jumbled state in which they do n't form any sort of picture . |
| 2 | It is that these programmes , and the plutonium economy they seek to bring into being , encourage the Russian nuclear industry to think of plutonium as valuable . |
| 3 | erm Clevedon , or wherever it is that these guys hang out . |
| 4 | Where the status of older people is low , it is because these attitudes determine that it will be low , not because it is a natural consequence of the ageing process . |
| 5 | It is because these qualities are so abundantly visible in photography today that the medium has some claim on our attention : photography still has much to tell us about the way the world looks and the experience of living in it . |
| 6 | It is because these principles have been lost that much modern architecture is criticized : there is no link with or respect for Nature . |
| 7 | The question before me is whether these assignments did have their intended effect for compensation purposes . |