Example sentences of "it that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what is it that persuades artists ( music hall or oils ) , comedians , actors , deep think-ers , burlesque queens and ‘ significant novelists ’ that they should contribute to the political debate ? |
| 2 | But then it seemed to snowball from ‘ Hunky Dory ’ into ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ because after playing one or two gigs as an acoustic outfit , it seemed to be natural to take it that step further — to add the bass and add the drums and make it bigger and better — more of a show of it — and so it evolved into ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the most highly automated programme of language teaching is no better than the material it contains ; it is what we put into it that determines the quality of the automation . |
| 4 | So it was transparent , with these little black circles in it that seemed to jump backwards and forwards at you . |
| 5 | There was something about it that seemed different , but he could n't tell what it was . |
| 6 | A bowl , she decided , exploring with fingers that were almost too frozen to feel anything , with something inside it that felt like a tiny lump of candlewax — and a wick . |
| 7 | There was something about it that tugged for attention . |
| 8 | Dennis is the one is n't it that drinks a lot ? |
| 9 | But what is it that enables a person to recognise a pain as having its source in , say , his finger ? |
| 10 | Loyalty to the old King did nothing to establish Drummonds with his heir — and indeed the story has it that curbing the Prince 's spending on the orders of the King led to Drummonds being abandoned by the new monarch in favour of Coutts . |
| 11 | There was a certain tone to it that made Nathan advance more cautiously . |
| 12 | There was something about it that made Mr Piggott feel younger — a beau , a masher , a man who was still pursued . |
| 13 | What grotesque outlandish possibility was it that made Piphros so certain , so frightened about it ? |
| 14 | Her voice had a finality about it that made Roy 's blood run cold in his veins . |
| 15 | It had a slight curl in it that made her look soft somehow . |
| 16 | And when my mother was baking in a huge ovenware basin , then she 'd have the the erm the flour and the the erm what do you call it that made it rise ? |
| 17 | There was something about it that made it different and she did not know if it was a horse in a class of its own or if that was the rider . |
| 18 | ‘ There was something about the way she asked it that made me suspicious . |
| 19 | ‘ What was it that made you come after me ? ’ she asked , curious to learn the truth . |
| 20 | For what is it that qualifies a given topic as a possible existent ? |
| 21 | Soon they came to a stout fence of raw , new , wooden palisades with a door in it that said ‘ Private ’ above a grim-toothed lock . |
| 22 | Who was it that said , The Law 's an Ass . |
| 23 | Upon what authority do the clients participate and whose initiative was it that launched the participation ? |
| 24 | And you know , no two ways about it that saw was definitely a a good acquisition . |
| 25 | I 'm sure some of you last year or least last week or even last month , read about the black sack that had all the wonderful jewels in it that came into a charity shop and I think it 's a lesson for us all is n't it , not not to miss anything in a black sack , Jacqui . |
| 26 | He must know it was not how much they earned that was important — not when they were insolvent — it was when they earned it that counted . |
| 27 | What arrogance is it that drives people to believe they can have power over them ? |
| 28 | He said I 'm not gon na do nowt about it , he says well , we 've put a part on it that cost us a hundred and forty pound he says . |
| 29 | There was a sensuousness about it that filled him with a desire to run shouting across it , to roll in it , to bury his face in it and sniff life out of its roots , to draw up his childhood from the green stems , to lie supine and shade his eyes from the sun and dream himself back into nature . |
| 30 | And there was something about it that froze the blood , even before he woke up and knew it was real . |