Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] [prep] what " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I think it 's a function of what incentives we 're going to give them . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | And really erm it 's a question of what board members would find the most useful and erm and |
5 | 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 ? |
6 | ‘ Fairness ’ said Roger , ‘ does n't come into it , it 's a question of what is best for you ’ . |
7 | It 's a question of what happens from now on that 's very important . |
8 | Yeah , it 's a question of what goes up comes down . |
9 | Well , it probably would ; it 's a question of what kind of profile one wants a university to have . |
10 | It 's a bit like what we 've been doing before where you 've got to look at the money . |
11 | But , says Forster : ‘ It 's a story of what was going on in somebody 's head , rather than externally . |
12 | It 's a warning of what can happen to me if we have five years of a Labour Government . |
13 | ‘ It 's a case of what I know now … . |
14 | I think it 's a case of what we have , we hold . |
15 | It , it 's a case of what she 's letting herself in for if we strike this out . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
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 | It is , however , more than a commitment of our best efforts — it is a commitment to what is best for the object of that love . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | But mainly it is a matter of what producers want . |
26 | As with the NVALA , it was a return to what was perceived as a now lost age of Christian orthodoxy that was being sought : |
27 | It was a warning of what was in store . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | It was a sign of what the year was to offer , and a clear signal that the United States was n't winning the war in Vietnam . |
30 | But then he supposed , it was a question of what one was used to : artificialities struck a stranger so much more strongly . |