Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] [prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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1 | Never having taken much interest in the garden at Four Winds , other than it being a place in which to read or play solitary games , she at first decided that it was probably best to let him have his way ; but his silences began to unnerve her , as much as his occasional seemingly innocent remarks about his previous employers . |
2 | Yeah , mi mind you , though , if Pete does it with everyone , then it 's a change to what 's been going on usually , it would be nice for a change . |
3 | I think it 's a function of what incentives we 're going to give them . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | And really erm it 's a question of what board members would find the most useful and erm and |
6 | 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 ? |
7 | ‘ Fairness ’ said Roger , ‘ does n't come into it , it 's a question of what is best for you ’ . |
8 | It 's a question of what happens from now on that 's very important . |
9 | Yeah , it 's a question of what goes up comes down . |
10 | Well , it probably would ; it 's a question of what kind of profile one wants a university to have . |
11 | It 's a question of whose point of view it 's too far round from . |
12 | It 's a bit like what we 've been doing before where you 've got to look at the money . |
13 | It 's a scene in which only serious players will survive . |
14 | Now as you probably know this is a level nine course it 's a it 's a course on which a platform is erected for other courses as Gordon said then the the introduction to management you have to make a short presentation do n't you but it does n't concentrate just on this . |
15 | But the station 's spokesman Jeff Simpson said last night : ‘ It 's a direction in which Radio One has been going for a couple of years . |
16 | But , says Forster : ‘ It 's a story of what was going on in somebody 's head , rather than externally . |
17 | It 's a warning of what can happen to me if we have five years of a Labour Government . |
18 | ‘ It 's a case of what I know now … . |
19 | I think it 's a case of what we have , we hold . |
20 | It , it 's a case of what she 's letting herself in for if we strike this out . |
21 | First an interview with Richard Buckley , a retired funeral director , who had written the paragraph in It 's a R.I.P. Off which first aroused our interest in the subject . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | It 's a book in which euphoria and anguish mingle uncomfortably . |
24 | ‘ It 's a task in which I stand ready to join John Major whenever he is ready to begin , ’ he said . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | However , it is a knowledge of what happens behind the program that makes all the difference in whether a page looks good or not . |
27 | It is a country in which drug traffickers , be they Colombians or of another nationality , are finding it very difficult to operate today . |
28 | It is a measure of what , this time , was at stake . |
29 | Both these lights are operative in the writings of the mystics as means by which man sees his own true nature and in doing so also a reflection of God ; it is a state in which they feel themselves to be most fully alive . |
30 | 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 . |