Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [Wh det] it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A commonplace fault among schedule designers , as mentioned earlier , is not thinking enough about what it is like to be on the receiving end of the questions . |
| 2 | This is the moment when it comes into his mind to ask himself what he 's doing in this place ; to see the meaninglessness of his business there , and the hollowness of his enjoyments ; to lose sight suddenly of what it is in the texture of life that has ever occupied his attention and led him forward . |
| 3 | Flupper tells them its story : not just what happened , but also about what it is like to live on Positos VI PH . |
| 4 | Most philosophical systems of ethics , and most popular moralizing , are radically flawed because they recommend morality to us either as what it is in our own best ultimate interests to do , or alternatively try to promote it by appeal to our feelings , for example feelings of compassion , or ( like Hutcheson ) by reference to some kind of moral sentiment which just happens to be part of human nature . |
| 5 | The temperature in Tokyo is nowhere near what it is in Florida , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Why are n't they closer to what it is to be an actor ? |