Example sentences of "is [Wh adv] the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most difficult aspect to explain concerning this capacitative mechanism is how the calcium content of the ER determines the rate of calcium entry across the plasma membrane . |
| 2 | Still more important from our viewpoint is how the state apparatus relates to its citizens . |
| 3 | IF YOU WERE living in your accommodation before 15th January 1989 then this is how the Housing Act 1988 will affect YOU : |
| 4 | If you moved into your accommodation after 15th January 1989 , this is how the Housing Act 1988 will affect YOU : |
| 5 | This is how the record companies want it , because if one act inexplicably runs out of steam it 's no problem to find another . |
| 6 | So this is how the starting grid looks this evening for Silverstone 92 : |
| 7 | More difficult to explain is how the heat release from the thermohaline circulation ( down wind of North America ) contributed to the North American ice-sheet collapse . |
| 8 | However the two chemists did not discuss this with the Utah press office and that is how the Utah authorities ‘ confirmed ’ their paranoia that word was leaking out . |
| 9 | The maximum phase of Venus in the Ptolemaic model is when the angle SVE is a minimum , and this occurs at the position shown in Figure 4.1(a) . |
| 10 | This is when the hair loss results . |
| 11 | This is when the p t observation takes the value 1 or 0 . |
| 12 | It may be that the only times the parents show joint concern is when the child misbehaves and so the child continues to be difficult as it keeps the family together . |
| 13 | Inconsistency is when the personnel director , faced with a request for an increase in pay , says " 4 per cent maximum " and then concedes 4½ per cent under threat of strike . |
| 14 | and again as an approximation that is when the show flat is available , the public are coming on site to view |
| 15 | Perhaps the most pressing reason for planting a new church is when the mother church is full . |
| 16 | The bad news is that the side finishing second in this group could well meet the Soviets in the opening phase of the knockout stage , which is when the World Cup begins in earnest . |
| 17 | This Monday , all round the streets of Mdina and Rabat , it is Il-Bandu — that is when the town crier heralds the forthcoming Mnarja horse-races . |
| 18 | Hypertension , or high blood pressure , is when the resting blood pressure is higher than normal . |
| 19 | The question nobody seems able or willing to answer is when the ground attack may come . |
| 20 | Spring is when the bittern booms . |
| 21 | This is why the dropout rate amongst would-be dealers is so phenomenal . |
| 22 | This is why the telecommunications industry in the US is now finalising a scheme to use pooled money , with government administration , to pay for the training of foreign engineers . |
| 23 | That is why the Maastricht summit was always going to be important well beyond its paper agenda . |
| 24 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 25 | But the real division in Britain is geographical , which is why the West Midlands has become the decisive battlefield in elections , the Debatable Land , where neither establishment is dominant . |
| 26 | I said in my orginal response that there was a failure in the signalling system at the time , and that is why the emergency procedure was in operation . |
| 27 | That is why the road fund licence , which taxes ownership rather than use , has been increased more rapidly after a period of stagnation . |
| 28 | That , of course , is why the United Kingdom Government have been in the lead in pressing for the completion of the single market and that is why , in the current negotiations , we are arguing for steps to strengthen the observance of Community law to ensure that a level playing field is included in the single market . |
| 29 | What is puzzling is why the United States should hand such a diplomatic prize to China at a time when the original strategic basis of the friendship , mutual hostility to the Soviet Union , seems more tenuous than ever . |
| 30 | This is why the United States pays a good price for half of Mexico 's oil . |