Example sentences of "it [is] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the start of the season , the defensive system was a sweeper one , it worked superbly , we were winning though , but it , it 's the , it 's the reincarnation of the battle of Culloden as far as I 'm concerned ; Bonnie Prince Charlie just trying to swamp the Duke of Cumberland . |
| 2 | But it 's the service provider who actually bills them . ’ |
| 3 | It 's the service statement . |
| 4 | This time it 's the Lada dealer who 's laughing |
| 5 | Generally , it 's the back-up software that determines how versatile the process is — and your willingness to follow rigid back-up routines that decides how effective it will be . |
| 6 | But this is n't the Crucible or the Assembly Rooms , it 's the Oxford Union . |
| 7 | It 's the Oxford Cheetahs Australian Select Team now . |
| 8 | It 's the lack of privacy on top of everything else . |
| 9 | With the glasnost today , the Soviet Union , it 's the Mount Everest of the recording business . |
| 10 | With the glasnost today , the Soviet Union , it 's the Mount Everest of the recording business . |
| 11 | it 's the bill , it 's the milk bill . |
| 12 | It 's the thought of you that keeps me going when I begin to flag or feel a bit faint-hearted … |
| 13 | It 's the thought that counts . |
| 14 | It 's the thought of having to be there … |
| 15 | I realised I 'd be doing the eating so it would n't exactly be going up to heaven in a cloud of smoke , but as CJ says , it 's the thought … |
| 16 | But he 's made me believe them ; it 's the thought of him that makes me feel guilty when I break the rules . |
| 17 | It 's the thought of my Dave writing this . |
| 18 | ‘ I think it 's the thought of leaving him as much as anything else which is worrying me . |
| 19 | I suppose it 's the thought of being painted , of you wanting to , of you looking at me — ’ |
| 20 | Tough shit : it 's the thought that counts . |
| 21 | Still most people would be the first to say it 's the thought that counts . |
| 22 | It 's the thought that counts ! |
| 23 | It 's not her dying while he 's there that panics him , I reckon ; it 's the thought of something messy or perhaps her dipping into another decade and making him one of the period characters . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the thought of being in the middle of them that makes me come over all shaky . ’ |
| 25 | It 's the thought of going through it all again , you see , it 's so upsetting … |
| 26 | ‘ Well , it 's the thought that counts , I guess . ’ |
| 27 | It 's the thought that counts … and when it comes to aid for the beleaguered people of Dubrovnik plenty of thoughts count for a lot . |
| 28 | It 's the thought what |
| 29 | Just remember Dot , it 's the thought that counts . |
| 30 | It 's the thought of shampooing it that I ca n't be bothered about . |