Example sentences of "[adj] is [Wh adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If you and your wife or husband between you are worth more than a hundred and fifty thousand pounds this is where a bit of estate planning can come into effect in your will .
2 Let's let's get rid of this is this is where a lot of the confusion is
3 This is where a group of neighbours , living on an estate in Guildford , Surrey , come in .
4 This is where a package like Scala excels , ’ he says .
5 This is why a mix of different people has the potential to dovetail and become a cohesive team .
6 In this chapter we consider how you develop an appropriate voice to write in , since this is how a sense of yourself , as the writer , is conveyed .
7 This is how a number of prototype LC computer terminals work .
8 Or a distanced comment on the fact that this is how a lot of people actually see them ?
9 This is how a lot of them fall the by the wayside because
10 I think that is where a lot of artists go wrong , they get too big-headed , lock themselves up and do n't invite feedback from other artists .
11 I think that is where a lot of artists go wrong , they get too big-headed , lock themselves up and do n't invite feedback from other artists .
12 Up until this point we have assumed that a referential locus is quite generally available for property words , not only adjectives in fact but also adverbs : ( 8 ) Philippa comforted her lovingly the referential locus of the adverb is that of the verb ; and the referential locus of the verb in turn is the entity of the subject phrase ; that is why a sentence like : ( 9 ) the drink comforted her lovingly is unacceptable , despite the fact that lovingly can co-occur with comfort , while comfort is compatible with drink .
13 That is why a player like Uwe Bein has come back in , ’ Vogts said .
14 That is how a system for dealing with genuine refugees — the losers in Indochina 's civil wars — became insensibly a system for turning North Vietnamese peasants into New York waiters .
15 That is how a system for dealing with genuine refugees — the losers in Indochina 's civil wars — became insensibly a system for turning North Vietnamese peasants into New York waiters .
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