Example sentences of "[v-ing] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Epitome or Gaius ' Institutes still distinguishes between legacies and trusts , and even goes to the trouble of explaining what the difference is . |
| 2 | ASUTRAMES gave out leaflets , explaining what the government was trying to do with those " elections " . |
| 3 | At the end of any article it is normal to give conclusions , explaining what the article means in a short , pithy summary , but I want to create debate , not stifle discussion , so after each article I will simply pose some questions and let readers create their own ideas . |
| 4 | The various databases available come with BT-written reference guides explaining what the sources offer and what uses they are designed for . |
| 5 | At present he was with a party of police officers visiting the United States and Inspector Blakelock was totally in charge doing the two jobs , not only receiving the exhibits , making out the register of court attendances and preparing the statistics , but discussing the cases with the detective in charge , explaining what the Laboratory could hope to do , rejecting those cases where the scientists could n't help , and checking that the final statements for the court were complete . |
| 6 | He would play us a popular classical piece , explaining what the compose was trying to get across to the listener . |
| 7 | Each new member of staff receives a five page letter from Mr Nitschke explaining what the hotel is about and he still attends the induction programme each Monday morning . |
| 8 | I suggested we might use it for publicity , ie the costs of producing and printing a leaflet explaining what the SCC is and its aims , for a general audience , especially the participants of mass bike events such as St Andrews ride , Tour de Forth etc . |
| 9 | Stepney in the late 18th century was becoming what the Northern Heights — Highgate and Hampstead — became later , namely , an early form of London suburbia . |
| 10 | Beebe 's experiment suggests , however , that " convergence " may involve a kind of personation — adopting what the speaker believes to be the speech characteristics of the interlocutor , rather than " mirroring " speech forms already used by the interlocutor . |
| 11 | It 's understanding what the need is and understanding what need you can actually supply . |
| 12 | If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’ |
| 13 | Since the conventions offer an imperfect guide to the subject at hand , it is necessary to look at some of the other types of sources which are generally recognised as being useful in establishing what the law is , and in relating it to specific situations and technical developments . |
| 14 | Nevertheless I am quite clear in my mind that the matters ( largely financial ) upon which the mother seeks to rely as constituting an intolerable situation in Australia come nowhere near to establishing what the Hague Convention requires by that phrase . |
| 15 | The US Government is reliably said to have invested large sums from its military budget on research in which impulses from computers ( which might give you something like the binary number level of the program ) were detected at a distance and the task was to see whether the highest level of program ( expressing what the real purpose of the program was ) could be reliably inferred . |
| 16 | Hitler no longer seemed to be speaking to convince ; rather , he seemed to feel that he was expressing what the audience , by now transformed into a single mass , expected of him . |
| 17 | She had spent a sleepless night agonising over what had happened between herself and David and she found herself dreading what the atmosphere would be like between them . |
| 18 | Talks between the two sides continued during November and reached agreement on Nov. 24 , forming what the Financial Times of Nov. 30 called " a viable corporatism " . |
| 19 | ‘ ) But the perspective is very distinctly that of Lewis , who was to spend nearly all his literary energies imagining what the world would look like if seen from heaven . |
| 20 | She was silent for a moment , helplessly imagining what the ‘ all ’ he spoke of would be like ; passionate possession of the most delicious kind invaded her thoughts , an ecstasy so far only dreamed of — fierce and completely fulfilling … |
| 21 | This is carried out by first defining what the system is that is being modelled , using the CATWOE mnemonic as a guide ( Chapter 6 ) . |
| 22 | Defining what the user expects and wants from a service however is complicated by the fact that perceptions change over time , according to where people are in relation to the system . |
| 23 | by looking what the crime ra , who 's |
| 24 | The Soviet press stressed that during the Soviet Iranian talks ‘ no agreement resembling what the Iranian Minister is now saying was or could have been reached ’ . |
| 25 | And then , without caring what the headmaster might think , he ran after Maisie as fast as he could . |
| 26 | The corporate ideology is public service broadcasting : this entails the provider deciding what the purchaser ought to listen to or watch , rather than being led by the latter 's clear preference . |
| 27 | Insufficient because it does not provide what law has to offer , which is first , an authoritative means of deciding what the rules to be applied are : second , an impartial method of applying those rules to particular circumstances , and third , a way of marking that the rules and resultant decisions are binding or non-optional on the parties . |
| 28 | The central case of the judicial function is the final and binding resolution of bipartite ( i.e. two-party ) disputes as to facts , or as to the existence or scope of legal rights or duties , by means of finding facts , deciding what the law is and applying the law to the facts . |
| 29 | Since theory is involved in deciding what the facts are , there is room for choice when deciding whether the theory at stake is consistent with them . |
| 30 | What is the point of meeting to discuss pension arrangements when Hon. Members are deciding what the pension arrangements are to be ? |