Example sentences of "be [Wh det] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would n't it be whatever it is , yes . |
| 2 | … This ‘ me ’ , that is to say , the soul by which I am what I am , is entirely distinct from body … and even if the body were not , the soul would not cease to be what it is . ’ |
| 3 | It could not be what it is without that upon which it depends . |
| 4 | The challenge to take hold of the world and mould it into the Utopia so desired has so far not been seen by humanity to be what it is . |
| 5 | From what has been said above , it will be clear that the Oxford English Dictionary Department would not be what it is , if it were not for the Supplement project lying at the heart of its work . |
| 6 | So , one fact seeming to be what it is not , provided it is a fact of decent substance , is likely to meet your case . |
| 7 | As I have already made clear before , every such particular has certain " essential " properties which it can not shed without ceasing to be what it is ; but although its having such properties is necessary to its identity , it is not quite sufficient to explain its existential uniqueness . |
| 8 | I believe erm the rulers of Kuwait at the time were very erm wise to make such treaty with the British for the protection of their country and the British respected the Kuwait autonomy at the time and this joint erm respect for each other I believe which gave rise to Kuwait to be what it is today . |
| 9 | They 've had additional training in in erm filling in correctly the the the form and will pick up erm for example on the erm the principal accountabilities — every accountability should have three parts , it should be an action verb to help , or to do , or to ensure , or whatever and it should be what it is you 're doing and thirdly it ought to have some sort of erm target in in in doing it . |
| 10 | This must be what it 's like to play a variety club on a Saturday night . |
| 11 | ‘ Must be what it 's like to be an Olympic jumper , ’ she thought . |
| 12 | This should be what it 's all about , after all . |
| 13 | Well , I just hope , I would like to get a novel published er the story of Liz , to my mind , justifies Ian 's project one hundred per cent and that 's , should be what it 's all about . |