Example sentences of "[is] [pron] [that] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and one boy chose to write about plumbing and do you know , he found that there was nothing written down about plumbing in the early nineteen seventies there were one or two plumbing text books , they were very expensive and you could only get them through The Institute of Plumbers plumbing is something that until about nineteen seventy five was passed from father to son or uncle to nephew it was a sort of secret craft you know , you can |
| 2 | V.W. Yes , I mean that 's something that when I first started I would n't have said , but I 've seen over the last six years changes in the governors and the role of the governors and I sense very much so that now they want Catholic appointments . |
| 3 | But he added : ‘ Why is it that while the means for achieving happiness have never been greater , the incidence of stress and depression also seems to be greater than ever before ? ’ |
| 4 | I was now able to test responses to questions such as ‘ Why is it that if you want to create an ideal family as the basis of society , Unification husbands are often expected to leave their wives , and mothers are asked to leave their children while they are sent to work on a mission , possibly thousands of miles away ? ’ |
| 5 | Or is it that When the vile or appalling ‘ lies quite close , but can not be assimilated … at the border of my condition as a living being ’ ( Julia Kristeva ) , what is produced is a momentarily heightened sense of one 's own aliveness , teetering on the brink of extinction ? |
| 6 | Why is it that when you have been guarding a place as the players loom into view , Luciano Pavarotti comes and stands in front of you ? |
| 7 | Why is it that when one travels abroad , say in France , they have such a different approach to aviation than we do in Britain ? |
| 8 | Why is it that when Ken Livingstone ( Political column , 1 May ) , one of the wittiest sparks in the rather dullish firmament of contemporary Labour , leaves the safe sound-bite pages of the Sun and ventures his hand at joined-up paragraphs , he goes so badly awry ? |
| 9 | Why is it that when the time comes to refit the kitchen or bathroom , replace the lounge suite , plan the family holiday , or an irresistible opportunity arises to indulge in one of your hobbies , you invariably find yourself short of money ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why is it that when I do fall , it has to be for a termagant who drives me out of my head ? |
| 11 | Why is it that when she 's about you go into the bathroom dressed , and you come out dressed . |
| 12 | People often ask me , ‘ Hugo , why is it that when dining with royalty , you always keep your hat on ? ’ |
| 13 | Or is it that because of ignorance and haste crucial parts of the foundations have been left out ? |
| 14 | And , and I think is it that because she left him ? |