Example sentences of "[det] be [Wh adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is when the pilots who have been hibernating during the winter months get their gliders out and start flying again . |
| 2 | This is when the pattern-cutting started and Amy produced the first calico toile . |
| 3 | This is when the hair loss results . |
| 4 | This is when the bream are feeding very confidently , usually on maggots which they are picking up directly from the bottom , much as a chicken picks up corn one grain after another without having to move too far to do it . |
| 5 | On the back label we state that the product should be drunk within one year of purchase as this is when the product will be at its best . |
| 6 | This is when the rootstock is simply planted into the vineyard in the autumn and , in the following March , the scion is grafted on to those vines which have taken . |
| 7 | This is when the labyrinth is developing and the young babies , which are about 1cm long by this time , are taking their first of air . |
| 8 | Modern English may be pensive about their comeback but they 're certainly not paranoid or precious about a few meagre errors , and this is when the fun really starts . |
| 9 | This is when the new annual church programme gets under way after the summer holidays , and is before the bad winter weather sets in ( hopefully ! ) . |
| 10 | This is when the woman can make the very best of what she has , and what she is . |
| 11 | The burial of Jesus had to be completed by 6.00 pm since this is when the Sabbath began and it was forbidden to bury on the Sabbath . |
| 12 | This is when the gun-toting kids on the street are high on qat — a bitter-tasting leaf that acts as an amphetamine . |
| 13 | This is when the pupil is still coming to terms with using a low vision aid and is not yet skilful in its use , but needs to read text and notes that are too advanced in content to be available in the large print of junior and early reading books . |
| 14 | This is when the p t observation takes the value 1 or 0 . |
| 15 | This is when the cavalry arrived in the form of the Scottish Office Education Department 's sponsored grant scheme . |
| 16 | The only exception to this is when the crops are sold along with the land on which they are growing or to be grown . |
| 17 | ‘ From the Greek capital , Athens , we were taken by cattle truck to Germany — this is when the real nightmare began . |
| 18 | This is when the lorry comes round the corner , and immediately you 've got to respond . |
| 19 | This is when the serious business begins … swotting up on the opposition for the 1992 University Boat Race . |
| 20 | This is when the true marketing should |
| 21 | So it 's all part of this , but this training session , this is when the management and the senior associates within your branch give up their own time , to develop your business for you . |
| 22 | AND THIS IS WHERE THE TRADITIONAL COLOURING , FLAVOURING AND PRESERVATIVES ARE ADDED |
| 23 | This is where the ‘ wake-up-a-poet-or-a-madman ’ legend is properly located — it was Mrs Hemans , I think , who transposed it from Maen Du'r Arddu to Llyn Cau . |
| 24 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 25 | This means that we should pay special attention to The Origin , since this is where the matter is discussed extensively . |
| 26 | It would make around £35000 at auction and there is no doubt that this is where the best value can be had . |
| 27 | ‘ This is where the problems arise . ’ |
| 28 | This is where the Department of Trade comes in — and indeed where there is a tenuous and innocent link with Cecil Parkinson and last week 's huffy statement from his lawyers . |
| 29 | This is where the solitary and delicate Alice , whose health was her predominant worry , decided to create her little demesne . |
| 30 | This is where the real debate is and where the Government have succeeded in taking the high ground . |