Example sentences of "[adv] what [is] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps what is at work here is a fear of the other as same not unlike the fascinated fear of the primitive in the notion of ‘ going native ’ : a metamorphosis into the radically other which is no more than an all too easily imagined regression into one 's own ‘ primitive ’ past . |
| 2 | So what is on offer and what should we expect from these weighty tomes ? |
| 3 | Colleges need to earn the trust of their partners by giving clear , unbiased advice about not only what is on offer at the college , but about the pros and cons of other options such as work or Youth Training . |
| 4 | It amounts to a determination or tendency to accept as conceptually respectable , and as a report of reality , only what is in accord with some part of scientific practice , or a fully specified calculus , or particular and explicit scientific laws , or particular kinds of quantification , or some principle in the philosophy of science . |
| 5 | Down manager Peter McGrath 's clinical assessment of next Sunday 's senior championship joust with Derry aptly sums up just what is at stake at Pairc An Iuir . |
| 6 | However , although he says this , partly to emphasise that the truth of the matter is quite independent of the question whether we know it , it would seem reasonable to expect that , if there is a real truth here into which we might have rational insight , careful attention to just what is at issue will bring about convergence . |
| 7 | Of course , what it is to ‘ be a pupil ’ is in some ways just what is at issue all along . |
| 8 | Never mind , that is not what is at issue . |
| 9 | The learning needs of the two groups are quite distinct from each other , however , and you should take care to establish exactly what is on offer before accepting a place . |
| 10 | It offers both traders and customers a high level of certainty as to exactly what is on offer . |
| 11 | Which comes back to the question which Miss raised yesterday What is in reality the Greater York area . |
| 12 | Hospital advertising is popular and getting ever more sophisticated so you need to find out what is on offer and who is using it . |
| 13 | Try to work out what is at stake . |
| 14 | However when software crashes without much of a clear message it can be difficult to work out what is at fault . |
| 15 | If you like I 'll ask around back at the church and see if I can find out what 's on offer . ’ |
| 16 | If you think your dog is spoilt rotten at home , check out what 's on offer here . |
| 17 | Find out what 's on offer on page 15 . |
| 18 | Now they 're beginning to wonder if enjoyment is really what 's at issue after all . |
| 19 | Now what is in fact being said in a Christology created within such a cultural framework , is that God in Christ took on ‘ humanity ’ — the universal . |
| 20 | Maus 's cartoon cross-cutting underlines , perhaps more vividly than any other medium could do , the truth of Vladek 's saying , when asked why the Jews offered so little resistance to the Germans : ‘ They could n't believe even what 's in front of their eyes … ‘ |
| 21 | Here it is not a question of suggesting that Hegel is somehow answerable for the excesses of capitalism or even socialism in the past two hundred years : rather what is at stake is the argument that the dominant force of opposition to capitalism , Marxism , as a body of knowledge itself remains complicit with , and even extends , the system to which it is opposed . |
| 22 | No , not yet What 's on television ? |
| 23 | You have an opportunity through experience for knowing better than anyone else what is at stake and how much effort it takes , and what a loss it is if you do n't do everything you can to make your partner contented . |
| 24 | Tory also makes the other common complaint that the novelist knows less than anyone else what is in fact going on around him — he wants to make a satisfactory pattern , and hardly cares if it corresponds to anything outside his mind . |