Example sentences of "what is [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 What is behind the bishops ' and archdeacons ' reluctance even to consider breaking up the boundaries seems to be a desire to maintain a mixture of middle , high and low churches and not upset the balance .
2 The test of what is in a child 's best interests refers to general societal values , rather than the views of the particular parent or legal guardian .
3 This has led them to postulate the existence of ‘ structures ’ in the animal 's head : in contrast , behaviourists are reluctant to say anything about what is in an animal 's head , other than that the members of a particular species have an innate tendency to be reinforced by some stimuli and not by others .
4 He has the less scruple in issuing such orders because he can say that he is really doing what is in the man 's own highest interest .
5 If , however , the patient has made no choice and , when the need for treatment arises , is in no position to make one — for example , the classic emergency situation with an unconscious patient — the practitioner can lawfully treat the patient in accordance with his clinical judgment of what is in the patient 's best interest .
6 It is of the essence of that jurisdiction that the court has the power and the responsibility in appropriate cases to override the views of both the child and the parent in determining what is in the child 's best interests .
7 They stated that none of the background reports or assessments had been carried out , and stressed that these are fundamentally necessary in order to determine what is in the children 's best interests .
8 Certainly its trustee can claim the money , as of right , to be used for what is in the dog 's interest .
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