Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh adv] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've sent them a big consignment of wine , I 'm in that as well as the grocery , and I 'd love to know how it 's selling . " |
| 2 | No one seems to know why it 's called the battle cross . |
| 3 | If an outbreak of self-poisoning and self-injury starts on a ward , the staff need first to try to understand why it is happening . |
| 4 | But the trouble is that people , unable to understand why it is happening , tend to look backwards , not around them , for answers . |
| 5 | To record any kind of insert , you first have to decide where it is to come within the existing recording , that is the material which is to be over-recorded and therefore lost . |
| 6 | We have examined the concept of power within organisations and we now need to see how it is exercised . |
| 7 | To see how it is done … ’ |
| 8 | Chair , erm on that , if that could be arranged in two or three months time , perhaps we can see how the Charter of Commerce is working out , because I think many of us are very interested to see how it is working out , we could erm discuss with somebody who 's in bed-and-breakfast , who could then erm tell us how the Charter of Commerce is working . |
| 9 | And now , three quarters of a century later , a chance to see how it 's run . |
| 10 | Robin Child 's influence has gone far beyond the limits of the classroom and his Marlborough pupils : he has lectured widely , here and abroad , to teachers , art societies , art colleges , educationists , church audiences and schools ( some subsequently sending their own heads of department to Marlborough to see how it 's done ) on many aspects of art and art history , the philosophy of teaching and his own approach to it . |
| 11 | You 'll just have to buy this video to see how it 's done ! |
| 12 | The triage nurse is always qualified and experienced , but it does n't hurt you to see how it 's done . ’ |
| 13 | I 've got Tel — Terry — Paterson lined up at PKB to send a hand delivery via Airborne at eleven-thirty a.m. tomorrow , when we 'll be there to see how it 's received . ’ |
| 14 | There now has to be more meetings to see how it 's going to work in practice . ’ |
| 15 | It 's blood that 's being lost at a high rate , it 's dangerous whatever ver vessel it 's coming from , so you will stop it by pad , pressure and elevation , you will attempt to reduce the loss of blood and assist the formation of a clot , once you 've assisted in the formation of a clot , by putting the pad on it , would it be sensible to have a little peak to see how it 's doing ? |
| 16 | The RCO held a conference to investigate why it is proving so difficult to recruit in this area . |
| 17 | Then , C angustifolius opens , the petals sometimes jerking open like springs , and so much so that at least the outer set of three curl backwards like the petals of a martagon lily , leaving three widespread and brilliantly golden petals to bask in the light ( easy , then , to see why it is called the ‘ Cloth of Gold ’ crocus ) . |
| 18 | Fifth , it ignores reality by failing to explain how it 's going to track Windows which he thinks Microsoft will doubtless make a moving target by adding value like bundling in Access , its new database . |
| 19 | ( To say that something has a certain position is to say how it is related spatially to other things . |
| 20 | The nurse , however , is not only responsible for the care given , but should be able to explain why it is given in the way it is . |
| 21 | Explain how you feel when you are ignored and ask the boss to explain why it is happening . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a process that 's very simple to explain when it 's done , ’ smiles Ramaciotti , ‘ but extremely difficult to achieve . ’ |
| 23 | Before looking any further at the process of migration , it is necessary to ask why it is taking place and , therefore , to examine the motivations of migrants . |
| 24 | A protractor has been drawn on top of your map to show how it is used . |
| 25 | No no no what what Can I can I just say well I 'm What what the treasurer of an event like this needs to do is to note down the source of the cash he receives , to note where it 's coming from different products , how much is being received from that |