Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [is] it that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How is it that about one third of the rainfall is lost ? |
| 2 | How is it that at the British yarn show held recently in Leicester the chairman of Benson Turner , a firm of spinners in my constituency and an efficient and well-organised company , complained that the Department of Trade and Industry shows inertia and indifference when the industry submits complaints about illegal subsidies and dumping ? |
| 3 | The fundamental question , as posed by Foucault , is how is it that in our society sex is seen not just as a means of biological reproduction nor a source of harmless pleasure , but , on the contrary , has come to be seen as the central part of our being , the privileged site in which the truth of ourselves is to be found ? |
| 4 | how is it that in languages such as Polish a noun 's gender appears to change according to whether the noun is singular or plural ? |
| 5 | Why is it that among men in the 11 other EC countries unemployment rose by 86,000 , but in the United Kingdom it rose by 609,000 ? |
| 6 | Why is it that among women in the 11 other EC countries unemployment fell by 32 per cent. , but in Britain it rose by 172,000 ? |
| 7 | Why is it that in the 12 months to September this year unemployment in Europe rose by 7 per cent. , but in the United Kingdom it rose by 40 per cent ? |
| 8 | Why is it that in some societies like our own the three stages of childhood development are clearly distinguishable and of great importance as far as personality formation is concerned , whereas in other societies this is much less true , and one or two stages seem to be almost absent altogether ? |
| 9 | Why is it that in the north of England , particularly in this region of the north of England , we seem to be worse than anywhere else ? |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't understand economics , Superintendent : why is it that in a country with three million on the dole some of us do n't have time to breathe ? |