Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [is] about the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever it is about the cuckoo 's gape that acts like a drug on the host 's nervous system , it must have originated as a genetic mutation . |
| 2 | In modern times interest has centred around what it is about the owl that makes it the target for this hostile treatment . |
| 3 | It is nevertheless of interest to see from their reaction to the various issues raised in the questionnaire , just what it is about the scheme ( and about SSE generally ) , which they feel is threatening . |
| 4 | The theories that have guided these insights into the mechanisms of psychotic and creative thought do not , of course , specify what it is about the brain that might account for the differences observed in schizophrenic and schizotypal individuals . |
| 5 | Suppose that I point at a chair and say ‘ By ‘ chair ’ I mean that ’ , nothing in what I have done creates the desired meaning for the word ‘ chair ’ unless I can further characterise what it is about the object I am pointing to that I am taking as relevant ; for example , I might say ‘ that sort of furniture ’ , and this would improve matters , but I have to have the concept of furniture first . |