Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How is it that their entertaining is so — er — reliable then ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ How is it that your brother left and never came home ? ’ |
| 3 | So why is it that your company , and certain other major multi-nationals , plan to invest heavily in those countries ? , |
| 4 | Or is it that your other relationships keep proving unsatisfactory , driving you back to him ? ’ |
| 5 | Or is it that your feelings suddenly alter ? |
| 6 | How important to you is it that your wife and family can have this protection . |
| 7 | And now , she thought , how is it that my world has shrunk to this one room , which is , in truth , rather a nice room , exceptionally light and airy and quiet , but nevertheless a room , one room , instead of acres and miles and countries , of a world . |
| 8 | Ask yourself : what precisely is it that my child is doing wrong ? |
| 9 | ‘ So what is it that my people did n't tell me ? ’ |
| 10 | Or is it that thy hour is not yet come ? |
| 11 | Or is it that our eyes are ready for a review of his masterly clash of print , texture and colour ? |
| 12 | Was it that her bright loveliness caused something like a pain in her chest every time she looked at her ? |
| 13 | Yes , when was it that your husband died in fact ? |
| 14 | Why was it that his sympathy and understanding always went out to other women ? |
| 15 | How was it that his father could make friends and he could n't ? |