Example sentences of "it is [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is neither fear of the Arabs , nor a belief in the impossibility of peace , that explains the attachment of Mr Shamir 's Likud Party to the West Bank . |
| 2 | What 's left of it is many yards under water now . |
| 3 | It is such considerations of equity and judgement that make the course-work component in examinations suspect , however much its assessment may be regulated by published sets of criteria . |
| 4 | In a situation of panic , in an army , for example , there is a loss of the libidinal ties which hold the group together , and people behave in ways which take no account of the group : it is each man for himself ; orders are ignored . |
| 5 | Let us admit that good taste and proper judgement have to be worked out slowly and painfully and personally , and that it is each man for himself . |
| 6 | There are long stretches when I forget this experience totally , so much so that when it suddenly comes into my mind again it is each time with the shock of newness . |
| 7 | It is that race of ‘ wise serpents ’ whose totem was the Hooded Cobra found inscribed on the soapstone seals of the Indus Valley who are the Nagas of Indian philosophy , and that is why the Cobra , known as Nag or Naga , has been raised throughout the country to the rank of a Divine Being . |
| 8 | Er and it is that minority of unscrupulous traders who make life very difficult for you and of course make life very difficult for Trading Standards . |
| 9 | It is also possible to define the recognition point of a non-word : it is that phoneme at which the stimulus no longer corresponds to any English word . |
| 10 | It is that memory of him that will stay with many English and Scottish writers , and for which my wife and I will always be grateful . |
| 11 | Only here what must be put squarely , if not exactly clearly , before the reader is what it is that will after all betray the murderer . |
| 12 | It is that position of fundamental weakness and poverty that forces them to apply for the Government 's student loans . |
| 13 | In his column in the Scottish edition of the Sun newspaper today , Mr Sillars says : ‘ It is that position of political integrity the party must build on , even if it means a new collective leadership sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 14 | Our campaign has focused on the infantry because it is that part of the army which is most stretched . |
| 15 | It is that uniqueness with which people identify and which galvanizes executives and employees alike into positive high-performing action . |
| 16 | If it is possible to generalize from this at all , it is that presence of predator remains in a fossil assemblage gives no indication of method of origin of the assemblage , even if it can be shown to be accumulated by a predator . |
| 17 | Where there is a committee , it is that committee from whom sanction must be sought in the first instance . |
| 18 | One British observer has pointed out how curious it is that assessment of performance procedures has been developed ( by the APU ) without any reference to procedures for the improvement of performance . |
| 19 | Does the case suggest that the worse the plight of the promisor ( for example , the bigger the penalty clause ) the greater the benefit to him and the more likely it is that performance of the contract will be held to be consideration ? |
| 20 | In the Eighties , he made a remarkable body of neon art and it is that side of his activity which forms an exhibition at Anthony d'Offay ( to 16 May ) . |
| 21 | Indeed it is that aspect of the new arrangements which distorts the previous use of assessment by teachers , parents and children . |
| 22 | What makes The Rape so durably haunting is not its ( rather banal ) conceit of a woman viewed literally as a sex object , but the fact that it is that woman with that neck and that terrifying and terrified hair . |
| 23 | It is that community of persons whose lives are dedicated to a life of prayer and contemplation . |
| 24 | It is that failure of all religions from the very beginning , to satisfy the needs of mankind and command universal acceptance , which must inevitably reinforce the evidence that the very foundations of those religions and their associated ‘ gods ’ are based on false assumptions . |
| 25 | It is that conditioning in the cask that marks it out from the rest of the world 's beers . |
| 26 | It is that representation in my brain that is the immediate cause of my actions . |
| 27 | It is that pattern of perceptions , feelings , attitudes , goals and values that individuals have about themselves . |
| 28 | It is that feeling of pressure and strain , coupled usually with extreme hunger , that makes people break their diets yet again . |
| 29 | It is that feeling of having been chosen , being special , that makes the falling-in-love period such a pleasurable one . |
| 30 | ‘ It is that sort of tradition I shall be seeking to foster , albeit in lower percentage terms , ’ he said . |