Example sentences of "it [be] [art] [adj] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Will it be the big house which is the showhouse ? ’ |
2 | Lord Wilberforce pointed out that the problem was not to be dealt with as though it were a philosophical question which distinguishes identity from attributes : … |
3 | He sat at the head of the table carefully scrutinising the document in front of him as if it were a religious text which he had to examine for scriptural errors . |
4 | Doyle was closing his notebook and supervising the removal of the body as if it were a precious exhibit which he was frightened someone would break . |
5 | The solicitor said of the award : ‘ It 's a reasonable figure which will give him satisfactory compensation for a very serious road accident . ’ |
6 | It 's a forensic examination which will link this vehilce with the scene in general . |
7 | It 's a good plan which would be to our mutual advantage . |
8 | It 's a thriving organisation which keeps many children happily occupied in the holidays . |
9 | It 's a chemical reaction which affects inert compounds such as concrete , steel , plastic — and living tissue . |
10 | Well I wo n't say Beven because it 's a bloody shame what happened to him ! |
11 | The Tenant Farmers Association says it 's a legal loophole which must be closed . |
12 | It 's a simple idea which should channel hundreds of millions of pounds into worthwhile causes . |
13 | It 's a modern violence which , in the words of film-maker Bryan Forbes , director of Whistle down the Wind and The L-Shaped Room , ‘ lacks any compensating morality ’ . |
14 | If you thrash a horse it will hurt but if you touch it with a whip it 's a tactile thing which is far less than a horse nudging another one |
15 | it 's a small expense which I think 's worth it . |
16 | It 's a nasty pain which can be felt anywhere down the leg — from the buttock or back of the thigh , to the calf and foot . |
17 | But I mean the the panel is going to have to explore this apparent conflict which I do n't think 's been properly papered over between what is in paragraph five of P P G one and section fifty four A. Er it 's a nice dilemma which we 're we 're faced the planning profession as a whole is faced with erm and and I think that either it 's section fifty four A or it 's paragraph five of P P , P P G one . |
18 | It 's a serious problem which has to be looked at on two levels . |
19 | It 's a common condition which gets its name from the carpal bones that form a circle at the wrist . |
20 | It 's a smart move which leads him out onto a limb of high-flown verbiage , as in the charmingly titled Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things : ‘ I 'm electric with the snap and crackle of creation/ I 'm mixing up the mud with the spit/ So rise up Brendan Behan and like a drunken Lazarus/ Let's traipse the high bronze of the evening sky/ Like crack crazed kings ’ . |
21 | Indeed , it 's a tough game which will certainly educate kids ( ’ Daaad ! |
22 | I mean , it 's a double cost whatever you take away , it 's likely to cost twice as much because the Europeans will not put in the other half of the money . |
23 | It 's a genetic condition which means she 's been physically disabled from birth . |
24 | well if it is n't yeah , if we , if and I thought it was national account which means it 's a multi-locational site which it is |
25 | It 's a big responsibility which is very much on the trustees shoulders , he is , he is standing on his own there and it 's |
26 | If it 's a big discharge which is perhaps on a Royal Commission standard and it is consistently turning out say a 30 BOD and a 40 solids then it can be regarded as harmful and one would press for improvement to be carried out . … |
27 | Oh no it 's a full door which is er when you open it it stays open and it 's got er what do you call it ? |
28 | It 's a valid question which the ITI will take years to answer . |
29 | ‘ It 's a difficult question which we 're still tossing around . |
30 | It 's a bald statistic which can not really tell what life is like for those bound up in its flat figures . |