Example sentences of "[pers pn] is that be [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | of course it is that 's right and so , where the fumes from the central heating |
| 2 | It depends what it is that 's wrong . |
| 3 | ‘ How was I to know the chimney would be blocked or whatever it is that 's wrong with the thing ? |
| 4 | If we listen carefully to the process of critical doubt and then examine just what it is that is pronounced indubitable , we must surely ask : but why stop here ? |
| 5 | But , if Goody is going to draw significant consequences from what he defines as ‘ literacy ’ , then it is important to be clear as to just what it is that is supposed to have these consequences . |
| 6 | Similarly , in order to construct a notion of ‘ genre ’ , it is necessary to generalise across experience and determine what it is that is common to fairy stories , chats , news broadcasts , epic poems , debates or salesmen 's routines which enables us to recognise one as being a token of the generalised type . |
| 7 | It is legitimate , therefore , to ask what it is that is special about flea-bitten membranes that they should open up one object ( the body ) to all others , to a world . |
| 8 | The player 's manager will have no objection to whatever it is that is guiding McCoist staying firmly on course this evening . |
| 9 | In the absence of the big idea , one good phrase would be a help , something to focus the uncertain and suggestible mood of the country and put its finger on what it is that is missing and wanted after 10 years of Mrs Thatcher . |