Example sentences of "is [Wh adv] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | • This is how it 's done in England and Wales — not in Scotland . |
| 2 | So this is how it 's going to be , thinks Howard , as he rides down in the lift again . |
| 3 | Well , so that is how it 's going to council . |
| 4 | What matters is how it is handled . |
| 5 | It is how it is determined . |
| 6 | Oignon ( onion ) becomes ognon on the ground that this is how it is pronounced ( what would happen to Inglish if it were spelled phonetically ? ) . |
| 7 | You are stressing now how difficult the whole word is ( photograph ) but how easy it is when it 's broken down ( pho-to-graph ) . |
| 8 | This is why it is said that , to understand the taekwondo system , it is essential to understand the patterns . |
| 9 | ( Which is why it is called ‘ cell ulose ’ , ‘ -ose ’ being the chemical termination for sugars , ‘ fructose ’ is the sugar found in fruit , and so on . ) |
| 10 | ( Perhaps this is why it is claimed that boys ' academic performance is higher in ‘ mixed ’ schools than in ‘ boys only ’ schools : they benefit from having a whole group to be better than ! |
| 11 | That is why it is criticised . |
| 12 | According to the firm , the announcement has nothing to do with X-Windows whatsoever , which is why it is keeping stumm . |
| 13 | Clearly , a ban would affect sales , particularly among the susceptible young , and that is why it is proposed . |
| 14 | All I want to know is why it 's taking us so long to get there ! ’ |
| 15 | It will then go through a container now that container , ultimately , will contain this is why it 's called a container ! |
| 16 | So smell is very important , erm s and this is why it 's called aromatherapy . |
| 17 | Assertion comes into being when you still bring the conversation back this is what I want nothing else will do , and bringing it right the way back all the time to discuss what it is why it 's called a broken record exercise , we 'll give it a quick go now . |
| 18 | We take a very responsible attitude towards the fund management business , which is why it 's growing . ’ |
| 19 | But Live Aid et al can not be seen in isolation , and that is where it is revealed as less than world-shifting . |
| 20 | The first is where it is set aside , in which case it is treated as if it had never existed . |
| 21 | This is where it 's says do you know what you 're talking about ? |
| 22 | ‘ This is where it 's determined ; this is where it began ; this is where it will end . ’ |
| 23 | Cos it 's erm , the pre-paid envelope is where it 's going is n't it ? |
| 24 | This is where it 's going to get tricky cos I 've got ta remember what I 've got . |
| 25 | The Hercules is wherever it 's needed . |