Example sentences of "it [be] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 Provided that an object is conceived to be real , reactions to it are the same in kind whether one happens to be perceiving or imagining it ; and if in the latter case one reacts less strongly , that is because one is also less aware of it .
2 A B-tree is balanced , in other words the tree is symmetrical so that all paths through it are the same length , so all leaf nodes appear on the same level , and carry no information .
3 These two half-villages were at one time in rivalry and even now , I noticed , each has its own war memorial even if the names carved on it are the same for both .
4 Well , why should n't it be the same horse , I say ?
5 Would it be the same
6 ‘ Could it be the same person who goes to the house to pick up the post ? ’
7 Would it be the same worse less bad ?
8 So would it be the same with Skylon ?
9 10 years ago , Radio Sunshine achieved cult status and caught the public 's imagination , but will it be the same now it 's legal ?
10 I mean would it be the same if we had ten and we raised it to the three quarters .
11 Now would it be the same , same sort of di day and time ?
12 Overlooking the point that if it were the latter he could clarify the matter on the next round , he settled for a direct raise to Four Hearts .
13 This is a penal measure and the courts must take care to see that this former expression is not treated as if it were the latter . ’
14 It is no wonder that what we see becomes identified with , and spoken of as if it were the same as , what we touch .
15 Ideas about the abnormality of disabled people that arise out of research based on adding together the particular psychological attributes of individual disabled people are then systematically misleading , since they fail to include ‘ social forces , structural features of society , institutional factors and so on ’ ( Lukes , 1973 , p. 122 ) in their explanations — in other words , because they treat disability as if it were the same thing as impairment .
16 It 's a , I mean it were the same at Christmas were n't it ?
17 It being the same consciousness that makes a man be himself to himself , personal identity depends on that only , whether it be annexed only to one individual substance , or can be continued in a succession of several substances . ’
18 It 's the that 's internationally known and the 's internationally known
19 Seriously , it 's the that 's the only logical a only logical reason
20 But it 's the All Black , Dave Loveridge , he admires as ‘ the sweetest passer of all ’ .
21 Be the sa it 's the all part of the same .
22 The non-smokers dislike the perpetual and pungent cloud , but have grown to accept it without serious complaint — it 's the least of their worries .
23 It 's a relatively large sum , but Simon 's solicitor says it 's the least he deserves .
24 If it 's the latter then there was plenty more at the show to warm any enthusiast 's heart .
25 The Lowden LSE comes in two versions , the mahogany-bodied LSE I and the rosewood-bodied LSE II , and it 's the latter model we have here for review .
26 ‘ I could almost admire you for it if it 's the latter . ’
27 And if I 'm right in my guess that it 's the latter — that you rule your nightclub kingdom with scant regard for the welfare and well-being of the poor fools who worship at your altar , then beware .
28 Well surely it 's the both of us ?
29 Cos that , that actually looks as though it 's the half way part of the bar too does n't it ?
30 Anyway he says it will be decided upon cos it 's the half an hour to go at it , you watch in the end .
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