Example sentences of "it is [adj] which [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numerically the Jamaicans form the majority of the Caribbean community in most parts of London as well as other large centres ; yet even where they do not , it is Jamaican which provides a focus for the Creole of black youth . |
| 2 | On Hewitt 's account , it is Creole which carries the symbolic values of ethnicity and culture , for both its black and white speakers , while the " multi-racial vernacular " serves as a common community language , the " ordinary English " of the symbolic " Creole " / " ordinary English " dichotomy . |
| 3 | There was nothing inevitable or god given about this unequal distribution , and it is that which produced the impersonal free labour market and the exploitation . |
| 4 | It is that which drives on Walter Smith 's staff and after eight games they remain undefeated — and unaffected by whatever mishaps come their way . |
| 5 | ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’ |
| 6 | It is that which binds man indissolubly to Truth . |
| 7 | Pericles , no less than Kleon , was proof that knowledge , even or especially routine knowledge , is power , and it is that which makes Pericles the greatest demagogue of them all . |
| 8 | It is that which inclines us to believe him . |
| 9 | This is ‘ up front in consciousness ’ and it is this which determines his answer , in the absence of central control . |
| 10 | The determination of the equilibrium level of national income is of central importance in macroeconomic analysis because it is this which determines to a large extent the level of employment in the economy . |
| 11 | It is this which helps us to recognize that an object is from a certain period or particular place . |
| 12 | This alternative strategy is in many respects less coherent than Owen 's and it is this which helps to explain the fact that Roger 's approach is often misunderstood by those outside the unit . |
| 13 | And yet , wrote Harsnet , it is this which excites me , this which makes me want to go on . |
| 14 | It is this which produces Leonard 's startling use of juxtaposition , which goes on to become a disavowal technique . ) |
| 15 | This continually recurring disharmony Marx attributes to the nature of class relations , and it is this which produces the forward movement of history . |
| 16 | It is this which produces the combined bracing of the right foot , leg and hip which produces the wound-up spring resistance at the top . |
| 17 | It is this which establishes the control of the people over their political leaders or of the shareholders over their directors . |
| 18 | It is this which offers the greatest challenge to a photographer . |
| 19 | It is this which offers the greatest challenge to a photographer . |
| 20 | Since the kite has a lift component to enable it to accelerate at certain positions around the hemisphere it also has what is known as an ‘ apparent wind ’ and it is this which sustains the motion within the flight envelope . |
| 21 | It is this which strengthens claims that Richard 's usurpation was a series of panic responses rather than a coherent scheme . |
| 22 | It is this which strengthens claims that Richard 's usurpation was a series of panic responses rather than a coherent scheme . |
| 23 | It is unlikely that Gloucester could have flouted the council 's wishes without at least tacit royal approval , and it is this which distinguished the duke from his predecessor as chief steward . |
| 24 | It is unlikely that Gloucester could have flouted the council 's wishes without at least tacit royal approval , and it is this which distinguished the duke from his predecessor as chief steward . |
| 25 | When depreciation is deducted from gross investment , we have what is called net investment and it is this which measures the true addition to the country 's capital stock during the year . |
| 26 | It is impossible to conceive of dialectical materialism without atheism , and it is this which underlies Marxism as an ideology . |
| 27 | The key is the understanding of deaf children 's processing of their own language , and it is this which requires our immediate and continued attention . |
| 28 | It is this which caused the Employment Secretary , Michael Howard , to claim that under Labour the unions would become more privileged than when Michael Foot was Labour 's Employment Secretary from 1974 to 1976 . |
| 29 | There the random movement in aggregate demand leads to an unexpectedly high price and it is this which induces a rise in output . |
| 30 | It is this which has resulted in accelerated erosion . |