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 .
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