Example sentences of "is it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So how far is it per second ? |
| 2 | How far is it per second ? |
| 3 | ‘ And the other would go red the light from behind me — er , or is it below me ? ’ |
| 4 | Is it minus twelve ? |
| 5 | Minus K is it minus K X ? |
| 6 | And it could be said that not only is it about imitation — it is also , as are other tours de force , itself an imitation of something . |
| 7 | Just what is it about Barbados that produces so many wonderful cricketers ? |
| 8 | What is it about Peter Cook or John Hegley that predisposes me to smile even before they open their mouths ? |
| 9 | What is it about any situation that stops you succeeding ? |
| 10 | Appraisal is therefore not about identifying individuals for financial reward or promotion nor is it about penalising ‘ poor ’ performance — they are separate management processes . |
| 11 | What is it about PolaGraph that sets it apart from all the other black and white films ? |
| 12 | The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ? |
| 13 | But this is not about justice , nor is it about International law . |
| 14 | What is it about local economic policies that make them ‘ local ’ ? |
| 15 | What is it about the British that makes them confuse service with servility |
| 16 | Neither is it about performing actions slowly . |
| 17 | And what is it about the cat that is the specific trigger for the irrational panics ? |
| 18 | ‘ What is it about you , Sarah ? ’ he demanded . |
| 19 | Is it about pits or jobs or housing or social care ? |
| 20 | What is it about them that makes them stand out from the rest ? |
| 21 | WHAT IS it about Frank Oz that leads him constantly to make so-so films with fabulous trailers ? |
| 22 | What is it about these lads that excites teenagers ? |
| 23 | What is it about your image in them that you like ? |
| 24 | What is it about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that places him on an artistic par with Shakespeare or Rembrandt , a giant of his art ? |
| 25 | If it is indeed the loosening of control over associative thought — Woolf 's ‘ Wings in the Head ’ — that is the basic mechanism responsible for autism then the question arises : what is it about the mind that modulates this process , allowing it some free rein , though being capable on occasions of going badly awry , leading to psychosis ? |
| 26 | What is it about them that dissatisfies you ? |
| 27 | What is it about them that speaks to you , that calls forth such a strong response that at the end you feel satisfied , nourished , as though something new had taken place ? |
| 28 | But what is it about these forms of thought that is ‘ idealist ’ ? |
| 29 | What is it about antibiotics , I demanded , that you consider a drawback ? |
| 30 | What is it about Hendrix that appeals to the artistic eye , though ? |