Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] it about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What is it about that ship ? |
| 2 | From the second point of view , the central issue would not be ‘ What is it about black children that causes them to fail ? ’ but ‘ What is wrong with an educational system that produces failure and does not recognize the cultural distinctiveness of black people , whether West Indian or Asian ? ’ |
| 3 | What is it about any situation that stops you succeeding ? |
| 4 | What is it about this course which helps you to learn ? |
| 5 | But what is it about these forms of thought that is ‘ idealist ’ ? |
| 6 | What is it about these lads that excites teenagers ? |
| 7 | Incidentally , what is it about old railway earthworks that one finds attractive ? |
| 8 | And what was it about golden hair ? |
| 9 | What was it about unashamed luxury , Harriet sometimes asked herself , which made her feel so uncomfortable ? |
| 10 | What was it about this man ? |
| 11 | What was it about this man ? |
| 12 | Just what was it about this man that he could arouse her strongest emotions so very easily ? she thought hazily . |