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    III. Circumstantial elements that the '<span class="pinyin">shì</span> <span class="hanzi">是</span> ... <span class="pinyin">de</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span> ' construction highlights.
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    1. Focusing on time
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wáng Xiānsheng <span class="rouge">shì </span><span class="vert">shénme shíhou</span> huí Běijīng <span class="rouge">de</span>? </span><br/> <span class="hanzi">王先生是什么时候回北京的？<br/></span><span class="vert">When</span> did Mr. Wang return to Beijing?</li>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wáng Xiānsheng <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">qùnián</span> huí Běijīng <span class="rouge">de</span>.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">王先生是去年回北京的。<br/> </span> Mr. Wang returned to Beijing <span class="vert">last year</span>. It was <span class="vert">last year</span> that Mr. Wang returned to Beijing.<br/><br/> 

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      Sentence 1.2 could also be an answer to the following questions.
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wáng Xiānsheng <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">něi nián</span> huí Běijīng <span class="rouge">de</span>?</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">王先生是哪年回北京的？</span><br/><span class="vert">In which year</span> did Mr. Wang return to Beijing?</li>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wáng Xiānsheng <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">qùnián</span> huí Běijīng <span class="rouge">de</span> ma?</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">王先生是去年回北京的吗？</span><br/> Was it <span class="vert">last year</span> that Mr. Wang returned to Beijing?</li>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wáng Xiānsheng <span class="rouge">shì</span> bú shì <span class="vert">qùnián</span> huí Běijīng <span class="rouge">de</span>?</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">王先生是不是去年回北京的？</span><br/> Was it <span class="vert">last year</span> that Mr. Wang returned to Beijing?</li>
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