Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the document was still consulted in the early thirteenth century , which shows that it was regarded as an important statement of custom . |
| 2 | ‘ there must be something in the nature of a criminal intent of the kind which means that it is done with the idea of some form of hostility to the police with the intention of seeing that what is done is to obstruct , and that it is not enough merely to show that he intended to do what he did and that it did in fact have the result of the police being obstructed . ’ |
| 3 | It is entirely land-locked , which means that it is bordered in all directions by other countries — Zambia , Zimbabwe , Namibia and South Africa . |
| 4 | Some say that the breed originated in Wales from a cross between local cattle at Castle Farm in Brecon with Castlemartins from Pembrokeshire , which means that it is related to neighbouring Glamorgan , Gloucester and Welsh Black breeds . |
| 5 | And it is the fact of being the written form which means that it is used not only in Britain but by all writers of English throughout the world , with remarkably little variation . |
| 6 | A simple combination of a selected focus with one of the modes of argument outlined above would be an essay with a focus on Ralph Ellison 's Invisible Man [ focus ( ii ) ] , which argues that it is underrated as a novel and indicates why it should be seen as a greater achievement [ mode of argument ( a ) ] . |
| 7 | Now what happens when it 's going faster and faster , you can graph it , and you can see it going right up . |
| 8 | Comment : Though the inspectorate gives advice , it is unclear what this is , whether it is taken and what happens if it is ignored . |
| 9 | If people are going to prepare to spend the rest of their lives together , they should be discussing much more important things than concepts , like forever , they should be discussing , what happens if it 's splits up ? |