Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] [prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of his last poems , " The Cultivation of Christmas Trees " , was published in the autumn as part of the Faber " Ariel " series : it is a poem in which the memories of childhood Christmases are kept alive through the experience of age and weariness , both the beginning and end of life coming together in the fear and love of God . |
| 32 | It is a film in which little seems to happen yet everything changes . |
| 33 | It is a way in which diversity and the desire to better oneself can be accommodated . |
| 34 | It is a way in which the dominant class of landowners manipulates a subordinate one . |
| 35 | Extent of labour force participation is an important indicator of the position of women because on the one hand , it is a way in which women contribute to the economic development of their countries and , on the other , because work is a major source of income which gives access to education , culture , power and other factors influencing social status . |
| 36 | It is a maze in which Tory Members wander blindly , from time to time colliding with each other . |
| 37 | It is a question of which side of the river you take — the Maidenhead or the Buckinghamshire side . |
| 38 | It is a question with which promoters and television are constantly grappling , but I believe that the answer is self-evident . |
| 39 | If flowers are preferred , it is a case of what to leave out , rather than hunting far and wide for attractive herb species . |
| 40 | It is a system by which people can be governed , that is , made to do things they would not otherwise do , and made to refrain from doing things they otherwise might do . |
| 41 | Classical conditioning requires the combined occurrence of two events ; it is a procedure in which a neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits a reflex or other response until the neutral stimulus alone comes to elicit a similar response . |
| 42 | It is a story with which all machine knitters are very familiar and although there are no magic wands there are many ways out of the hole that she feels she has dug herself into . |
| 43 | It is a story in which the case of Primo Levi , that of a dissident , gifted , magical , mustardly Jew , might at moments be thought to be implicated . |
| 44 | It is a passage in which he is concerned with the nature of life in Christ ( for it is a baptismal statement ) . |
| 45 | The citizens charter is not only a programme of new suggestions ; it is a framework under which we can produce further suggestions ourselves . |
| 46 | It is a subject with which we are thoroughly familiar ; we see hundreds of them every day , and of course , we all live inside a human body . |
| 47 | It is a subject with which we are thoroughly familiar ; we see hundreds of them every day , and of course , we all live inside a human body . |
| 48 | Using Bernstein 's terminology , we can characterize physics as a discipline which has ‘ strong frames ’ and ‘ strong classification ’ ; it is a subject in which ‘ the educational relationship tends to be hierarchical and ritualised , the educand seen as ignorant , with little status and few rights ’ . |
| 49 | I assure the hon. Gentleman that it is a subject in which I take the keenest interest . |
| 50 | Sadly it is a society in which professed ignorance of things scientific is sometimes paraded as a virtue . |
| 51 | It is a disposition with which I wholly agree . |
| 52 | It is a problem of which Mr Major is well aware . |
| 53 | It is a document in which the government sets out the Budget , the short-term economic forecast and the medium-term financial strategy , which provides the financial framework for economic policy . |
| 54 | That is both a misreading of what European Union implies , even if the Maastricht treaties go forward ; and , because Maastricht is unravelling , it is a misreading of what will now happen . |
| 55 | Such an analysis may not totally determine strategy , but it is a tool with which management accountants should be familiar . |
| 56 | It is a condition in which the pressure within the eye is increased , due to faulty drainage of the aqueous ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 57 | It is , however , more than a commitment of our best efforts — it is a commitment to what is best for the object of that love . |
| 58 | The level of support which young people receive from parents and mentors will also have a significant effect upon the process of transition , for it is a stage in which their dependency is visibly apparent . |
| 59 | ‘ It is a site of which I have heard strange things since I came north , ’ said Creggan , ‘ where the eagles are in decline and their powers going . |
| 60 | ‘ It is a ceremony by which the ti bon ange can be trapped in a corps cadavre . ’ |