Example sentences of "it be [prep] a [noun] which " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , and , erm just as the changing headmastership of , of a , a big school never alters the character of the school for years and years because it 's like a ship which has got momentum going through the water , you ca n't suddenly change a thing with so many passengers , erm so many tonnes and so on . |
| 2 | A takeover is only worthwhile if it is at a price which makes commercial sense . |
| 3 | Capital expenditure on plant and machinery will not normally qua unless it is of a type which can be commonly found fixed to the building such as an air-conditioning system or a lift . |
| 4 | It is in a villa which you will easily find because it is near the river . |
| 5 | The personality , something built up by interaction in the world , may become rigid and show signs of extreme wear — it is like a mask which is becoming stiff and cumbersome — but the spirit is becoming freer , disengaging from the normal functions of everyday life . |
| 6 | It is like a nation which we have provoked , but meet again after two generations . |
| 7 | Besides attempting to say what it was about a sensation which served as a sign of the location of whatever had given rise to it , adherents of the local sign theory had also to say in what way the reference to a part of the body was made — whether in the form of visual imagery , or of a judgement , or of something else . |
| 8 | I say I worked , but I mean it was for a charity which ran one of these centres where they try and help the socially deprived . |