Example sentences of "it [is] [subord] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is because certain groups are held to exemplify the working of these laws that their structural positions or social attributes are held to possess a special explanatory power , or to equip them with a special ‘ totalizing ’ consciousness . |
| 2 | It is because carbon-based molecules are necessary for the kind of life that we find on Earth , and because those molecules are of necessity complex , that life itself is fragile . |
| 3 | It is because primary schools are difficult to classify in any but the most general terms that the phrase ‘ mixed methods ’ is used to describe the practices found in the great majority of them . |
| 4 | It is because evil spirits do not fit — have no logical place or space — into the modern scientific world-view . |
| 5 | It is because organisational members see their authority as legitimate that they are prepared to obey . |
| 6 | If one seeks to understand the way in which politics is gradually dragged into the gutter , it is because hon. Members come out with such a simplistic approach . |
| 7 | ( It is because Christian feminists see such an incongruity that they want to adapt or reinterpret the myth . ) |
| 8 | It is because human societies pursue values that their study falls within the province of history rather than biology . |
| 9 | If this sort of account is true to the facts , then it is a consideration against any factual connection of the type Minsky envisaged between conscious access and ‘ reprogramming or debugging ’ , at least it is if lower-level translations normally exist as ( undebuggable ) compilations . |