Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] of what " in BNC.

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1 I think it 's a function of what incentives we 're going to give them .
2 It 's a sign of what 's wrong with the play that the quoted comments could serve equally well as a thumbnail summary of the text itself .
3 And really erm it 's a question of what board members would find the most useful and erm and
4 It 's really a question of knowing where the raw materials are coming from , where the product comes from and what the conditions are like there , but , of course it 's all very well saying it 's a question of what but er how many people involved are going to know that ?
5 ‘ Fairness ’ said Roger , ‘ does n't come into it , it 's a question of what is best for you ’ .
6 It 's a question of what happens from now on that 's very important .
7 Yeah , it 's a question of what goes up comes down .
8 Well , it probably would ; it 's a question of what kind of profile one wants a university to have .
9 But , says Forster : ‘ It 's a story of what was going on in somebody 's head , rather than externally .
10 It 's a warning of what can happen to me if we have five years of a Labour Government .
11 It 's a case of what I know now … .
12 I think it 's a case of what we have , we hold .
13 It , it 's a case of what she 's letting herself in for if we strike this out .
14 You know it 's a sort of what 's got to be has got to be in a sense I mean there 's no going back now there 's no surely finally every every strike is settled in the end and they 've got to come and talk .
15 In fact , Pet Shop Boys , Literally is n't a book ; it 's a list of what the Pet Shop Boys buy , what they hear , what songs they perform , who they meet , what Neil says , what Chris says .
16 And it 's an example of what ?
17 It 's an extension of what you do on stage and it became a full=time thing really , until after it stopped and he could change and get into the Diamond Dogs period and the other albums that he made . ’
18 However , it is a knowledge of what happens behind the program that makes all the difference in whether a page looks good or not .
19 It is a measure of what , this time , was at stake .
20 Mr McGahon said : ‘ There is a high level of crime in this area , but it is a microcosm of what is happening all over the Republic .
21 If flowers are preferred , it is a case of what to leave out , rather than hunting far and wide for attractive herb species .
22 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 .
23 The fact that a cause of the wine 's being cool , say refrigeration , is my means-this is the fact that ( i ) I can bring about that cause , and ( ii ) it is a cause of what I desire .
24 But mainly it is a matter of what producers want .
25 So ( v ) what a person says , using the first person singular , present tense , of a psychological verb , is true or false precisely in so far as it is an expression of what he has inwardly observed .
26 Is what was said earlier — what a person says , using the first person singular , present tense , of a psychological verb , is true or false precisely in so far as it is an expression of what he has inwardly observed — true of ‘ I know ’ ?
27 It is an example of what he calls " the modern conflict between individualistic actions and satisfaction of individualistic preferences .
28 Moreover , Bradley continues , the specific nature of cultural goods , which Adorno recognizes , can not be adequately covered by his argument that the apparent use-value of popular music ( its ‘ immediacy ’ , its status as ‘ art ’ and as a repository of ‘ human ’ feeling , and so on ) is an illusion which actually functions in the service of exchange-value ( it is an aspect of what people buy ) .
29 It was a warning of what was in store .
30 IT WAS a case of what might have been for Scottish trio Cathy Panton-Lewis , Julie Forbes and Gillian Stewart in the opening round of the Republic of China Open at Chang Gung in Taipei yesterday .
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