Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [Wh adv] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is where it 's determined ; this is where it began ; this is where it will end . ’ |
| 2 | This is where it 's says do you know what you 're talking about ? |
| 3 | This is where it 's going to get tricky cos I 've got ta remember what I 've got . |
| 4 | This is why it is said that , to understand the taekwondo system , it is essential to understand the patterns . |
| 5 | ( Perhaps this is why it is claimed that boys ' academic performance is higher in ‘ mixed ’ schools than in ‘ boys only ’ schools : they benefit from having a whole group to be better than ! |
| 6 | It will then go through a container now that container , ultimately , will contain this is why it 's called a container ! |
| 7 | So smell is very important , erm s and this is why it 's called aromatherapy . |
| 8 | Oignon ( onion ) becomes ognon on the ground that this is how it is pronounced ( what would happen to Inglish if it were spelled phonetically ? ) . |
| 9 | • This is how it 's done in England and Wales — not in Scotland . |
| 10 | So this is how it 's going to be , thinks Howard , as he rides down in the lift again . |
| 11 | The first is where it is set aside , in which case it is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 12 | But Live Aid et al can not be seen in isolation , and that is where it is revealed as less than world-shifting . |
| 13 | Clearly , a ban would affect sales , particularly among the susceptible young , and that is why it is proposed . |
| 14 | That is why it is criticised . |
| 15 | Well , so that is how it 's going to council . |
| 16 | Cos the window closed , that 's why it 's getting colder is n't it , cos you 've got your window closed . |
| 17 | That 's why it 's called Eusol — E for Edinburgh , U for University and ‘ sol ’ for solution . ’ |
| 18 | That 's why it 's called a charity school . ’ |
| 19 | And that 's why it 's called . |
| 20 | Philip Bruin-Ridges comedy , ploughed in the adventure of radio hero , Bull Dog Drummund , that 's why it 's called Bull Shot |
| 21 | Why did they have pink on it , that 's why it 's called Pink ? |
| 22 | That 's why it 's called imperialism . |
| 23 | everything , all , mange tout , eat all , that 's why it 's called mange tout cos he eats everything , and mange tout peas are called mange tout cos you eat the pods , twit |
| 24 | What they 've done they 've put this onto a warm plate , that 's why it 's melting so much . |
| 25 | I think you 're suggesting that the local government would do a lot more if the national government would allow it , and I suspect you 're a Labour member of the Oxfordshire County Council and I think that you would point at the Conservative central government as being , if not deliberately anti-women , then the effect of some of it 's policies seemed to indicate that that 's where it 's heading . |
| 26 | ‘ We love coming to work on Friday and Saturday because that 's when it 's going to happen , ’ says Station Officer Richard Haig . |
| 27 | and it says , you can only appeal it will appear in November , that 's when it 's going to be , er put into the library |
| 28 | That 's how it 's turned out , so why not carry it through — form one good mixed practice and later on expand still further ? ’ |
| 29 | That 's how it 's become . |
| 30 | of when you 've got to be a rotter to get on but I 'm afraid that 's how it 's gon na be |