Example sentences of "on what [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and hung a college scarf on what 's left of the mast . |
| 2 | Low interest rates have reduced the return on what 's left of the pension funds , and the pensioners say their future looks bleaker than ever . |
| 3 | My position on what 's happening in the women 's movement at the moment is that it 's really in dire need of reconstruction , and that there would be no possibility of having a sort of joint togetherness as it were with Black women and white women because of some of the things that have been mentioned already — the racism that exists , the fact that feminism as a guiding ideological force remains a sort of tool of imperialism . |
| 4 | ‘ Where it 's weird , though , is the difficulty of getting a real fix on what 's happening in the outside world . |
| 5 | ‘ There will be a special magazine programme on what 's happening behind the scenes , ’ said Tim . |
| 6 | Finally , notice that the question of mortgaging the future hinges crucially on what is done with the privatization revenue . |
| 7 | These should not be intended to duplicate the deed of indemnity but to obtain information as to possible taxation problems and where things have been done in the past which could , depending on what is done in the future , give problems after completion . |
| 8 | The fact that Parliament used that composite phrase — ‘ dishonest appropriation ’ — in my judgment casts light on what is meant by the word ‘ appropriation . ’ |
| 9 | He gives a running commentary on what is happening at the moment in the game but also gives a players history where he thinks it will help the reader to understand to a fuller extent what is happening in the play . |
| 10 | Rather than try to impose large structures on what is happening from the outset , they begin at the most local level , trying to see how participants in interaction handle conversation : how they judge who can speak , and when . |
| 11 | In many cases , such thinking has no bearing on what is happening in the regions . |
| 12 | Norman Tebbit 's Disraeli lecture in 1985 spelt out his distaste for the ‘ valueless values of the permissive society ’ , of the 1960s and 1970s — represented by legalized abortion and homosexuality , fewer constraints on what is portrayed in the media and theatre , and growing disrespect for authority . |
| 13 | I also feel that it is important to have plants growing in the aquarium and/or algae depending on what is found in the fish 's natural habitat . |
| 14 | This information is based on what is known at the present time , which is August 1989 . |
| 15 | Turning now to the income-related benefits , as the House knows , the uprating is , in this respect , based not on the full retail prices index , but on what is known as the Rossi index , which , in essence , is the RPI less housing costs but which we have this year brought more exactly into line with what the benefits are intended to cover by including in the calculation 20 per cent . |
| 16 | He can no more diminish the amount of income which he has power to enjoy by the amount of his expenses than any other taxpayer who chooses to expend his income , however prudently , can claim to be taxed on what is left after the expenditure . |