Example sentences of "and it is [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the United Kingdom has never had , in the course of this century , a simple two-party system and it is many years since the party eventually forming government secured a majority of primary votes cast , let alone the votes of a majority of electors . |
| 2 | As yet we have nobody actually in charge of preservation , and it is early days yet , but please do come forward if you are interested in running this group . |
| 3 | But this does not diminish the British obligation to our co-signatories , and it is such states as Brazil and Venezuela which are pressing Britain to renegotiate over the Falklands , before more bloodshed occurs . |
| 4 | Representations of system-sentences may of course be used in metalinguistic discussion of the structure and functions of language : and it is such representations that are customarily cited in grammatical descriptions of particular languages . |
| 5 | ‘ That is because these days you are at the top of the ladder and it is other men who are sent to places like this . ’ |
| 6 | And it is all bends . |
| 7 | Well , tickets in Oxford are selling on seven two seven eight five five , and it is thirty pounds , but it includes wine on er arrival , wine in the interval and wine with the supper , and there will be a fun auction at some point afterwards er and the entertainment , the two hour entertainment . |
| 8 | School governors have increased powers and responsibilities and it is alleged parents will also benefit from the greater choices available and the clearer accountability of the system . |
| 9 | The merger between Stoddards and Sekers is now seven months old , and it is ten months since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers . |
| 10 | She believes it is the ‘ fundamentally weedy ’ men who like to see women cry , and it is assertive women they attack because they are afraid of them . |
| 11 | They all focus on the social worker , and it is social workers who must understand that asking for an order usually means being granted one . |
| 12 | You know yeah may be may be and it is difficult situations do it but I think some of the problem comes in that it 's very difficult for us to stick with the point and hear ourselves say the same thing over and over again because it does n't feel right how many how many of you did n't feel right doing doing what you were doing ? |
| 13 | Whether the organisms responsible are in fact identical , and it is local factors that give the difference in clinical manifestations , or whether these diseases are examples of adaptive , divergent evolution , is not yet worked out . |
| 14 | Fibre is the indigestible component of our diet , almost always derived from vegetable produce , and it is those components of the diet that can not be broken down by the digestive system which in turn pass into the large bowel and contribute to the bulk of faecal waste matter . |
| 15 | Certain duets thus feel like tortuous workshop explorations , with manoeuvres hard to do and awkward to watch , and it is these moments where Page seems to come adrift from the music . |
| 16 | The molars are shaped in an upward arch as can be seen from photo one and it is these teeth that become sharp and need rasping . |
| 17 | It is tempting to equate shares with rights under a contract , for as we have seen the memorandum and articles of association constitute a contract of some sort between the company and its members and it is these documents which directly or indirectly define the rights conferred by the shares . |
| 18 | Shape and profile make good towers , and it is these qualities which most of the entrants exploited . |
| 19 | Women 's efforts to create and maintain a home are found in all cultures , and it is these efforts that the Lady of the Hearth represents . |
| 20 | Some birds manage to nest a second time within the season , and it is these birds , again with recent experience , which breed at the end of the season . |
| 21 | However , the bulk of LDCs have neither oil resources to export nor a diversified manufacturing base , and it is these countries that account for a high proportion of the world 's poor . |
| 22 | External events are represented in the brain as spatio-temporal patterns of neural activity , and it is these patterns of activity which must themselves be the agents of synaptic change . |
| 23 | Costs from more routine accidents build up , and it is these sorts of accidents which have been costed for the HSE study . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're saying that the plates had passengers on them and it is these pieces of flotsam and jetsam , not the crustal plates , that have made the most impact on land formation , ’ Blake says . |
| 25 | Goals and values plus energy provide us with the vital information on motivation to perform and it is these variables which provide the best data on how an individual is likely to perform . |
| 26 | I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat . |
| 27 | It also exonerates the community from taking on some of these tasks — caring for the elderly , the chronically sick and the disabled , and it is this aspects of the emphasis on family responsibility that produces scepticism about the motivation of exponents of active citizenship : it is seen as a substitute for the state 's responsibility for the social element of the citizenship of entitlement . |