Example sentences of "[coord] [Wh adv] it is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realise that all this is a jumble , and does n't explain why my anorexia started , or how it is easing , but this is the stage I 'm at right now . |
| 2 | Now comes the second step , the act of measurement itself , the ascertaining where the electron is or how it is moving . |
| 3 | Questions about the forms violence is taking and how it is spreading grow more salient by the day . |
| 4 | There is nothing manufactured by man that has not been designed , because whether it 's a Rolls-Royce engine or a piece of printed paper , there 's always a decision to be made not only about what it 's going to look like but about how it is going to be made and how it is going to operate . |
| 5 | Arriving at a design for a new product , he insists , entails seeking marketing advice , weighing up how the product is going to be made and manufactured , understanding the cost elements and how it is going to be sold and presented to the customer . |
| 6 | She heard what he said and she thought , so that is how it is , and how it is going to be . |
| 7 | Although studies of land use like those outlined above provide useful overall data , they only produce a limited picture of what the countryside actually looks like and how it is changing in appearance , and this type of study remains at the heart , if not the mind , of many of even the most socioeconomic quantitative geographers . |
| 8 | When the figure turns , say ‘ May peace be with you ’ , and request to hear who it is and why it is banging at your door . |
| 9 | A PEOPLE campaign that reveals the desperate queue for transplants — and why it is happening |