Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] is [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the interesting thing that said to Alistaire last night that a three column centimetres depending on which periodical it is or paper it 's in can do you far more good or damage than twenty at another . |
| 2 | What an indictment it is that people wholly dependent on the state pension , with no other source of income , are now almost automatically eligible for income support . |
| 3 | What a lasting pity it is that Sir Julien himself , so passionately devoted to the game , was such an abysmally poor performer . |
| 4 | What a pity it is that clients trust their dealers . |
| 5 | ‘ You know what day it is and McQuaid is coming from the mart . |
| 6 | What good news it is that SNH have given a £7,000 grant for repair work on the path to Blaven , one of the most spectacular mountains in the Skye Cuillin . |
| 7 | WHAT delightful news it is that Leslie Crowther , right , is back on his feet . |
| 8 | In part it is because training is in-service and little emphasized and also because so much of government is secret , information being deliberately kept from Parliament and the public . |
| 9 | Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ? |
| 10 | No doubt it is because West German voters know their votes will count that they turn out so willingly to use them . |