Example sentences of "it is the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The counsellor may often find that this period also coincides with the onset of a depressed or confused state of mind , suggesting that it is the problems and difficulties which occurred around this time that require counselling attention . |
| 2 | As Shaw and Stockford ( 1979 , p. 122 ) state , ‘ it is the problems of implementing ‘ socially-based ’ policies for rural areas through the medium of the statutory planning system which accounts for much of the gap between society 's expectations of planning , and the results in practice' . |
| 3 | It is the problems of the inner cities to which we now turn . |
| 4 | It is the developments from the 1970s onwards that have provided the greatest impetus to transform industries by linking activities ever more tightly across borders . |
| 5 | One complaint , which often occurred , was that it is the blacks who hold the real prejudices . |
| 6 | Rather it is the consequences of these changes that are of significance . |
| 7 | It is the spaces between the houses . |
| 8 | Secondly it is the solicitors must advise about clause twenty two and thirdly well that 's about it really , is n't it . |
| 9 | It is the responses they provide which constitute the data recorded and analysed . |
| 10 | It is the Elves who in years past taught magic to men , although the Elf Mages far surpass the human wizards of the Old World in their skill and knowledge . |
| 11 | It is n't means testing generates the poverty trap , it is the benefits that generates the poverty trap . |
| 12 | Under the proposals , the Institute 's disciplinary powers in these areas would be extended to include firms as well as individuals , in recognition of the fact that in reality it is the firms , rather than their engagement partners , which are responsible for client satisfaction . |
| 13 | It is the decisions , the policies , the judgement , motives , principles and ambitions , the skill and lack of it of the leading political actors which are decisive . |
| 14 | Whereas in Williams 's view country house poems tend to obscure labour , in this poem it is the owners who are almost unseen . |
| 15 | It is the incentives under which financial users and providers operate that should take the rap and which require attention . |
| 16 | But is our role to bring the case to the court and it is the magistrates ’ role to decide if someone is guilty . |
| 17 | But even in such cases , there are those who argue that it is the interests of the global capitalist system that are being primarily served , even if some of these interests happen to be those of the transnational capitalist class within a Third World country , and benefits eventually filter down . |
| 18 | ‘ It is the kidnappers themselves ? ’ |
| 19 | Their particular contributions are special to them because they were aware of the religious nature of their activities , but it is the actions of millions of people outside the specifically religious scene who , in their everyday lives , have in all probability created the bulk of the vast store of ‘ units of goodness ’ by their numerous kindly acts . |
| 20 | The ‘ imaginary relation ’ is a material one , that is , it is the actions or practices of the individual that flow ‘ freely ’ from her ideas . |
| 21 | But it is the visitors from abroad who have become the island 's chief money-bringer . |
| 22 | Of the potential beneficiaries of enterprise zones — occupiers , developers , landowners and investors — it is the investors who gain the most . |
| 23 | Eco says that ‘ Semiotics is mainly concerned with signs as social forces ’ ( Eco 1977 : 65 ) which indicates that it is the mechanics of signs that his ( and Pierce 's ) semiotics describes . |
| 24 | They were often components of reefs , and in some environments it is the algae that bear the full brunt of the attack by the breakers on the exposed , seaward side of the reef . |
| 25 | It is the lenses , however , which are critical . |
| 26 | It is the Americans who remake foreign films , not the other way round . |
| 27 | No male member of the Royal family had ever been directly involved with the hospital before , but she feels strongly that when children are in hospital it is the parents ' problem , not just the mother 's , and so the request was specifically for them both to be patrons . |
| 28 | It is the parents who must set an example of consideration and true courtesy to the teenagers , whether they seem to deserve it or not . |
| 29 | At the christening it is the parents who have felt the need for religious involvement in the naming ceremony ; at the burial it is mainly the bereaved who are concerned and at the wedding it is the parties themselves who seek the ministrations of a church . |
| 30 | For example , while it is the professional who advises on methods of setting a baseline , it is the parents who actually observe , count and note the occurrence of the defined problem . |