Example sentences of "[be] what [be] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 This is a very difficult area , it would seem our type of qualification may not be what is required for our members to receive grades .
2 ‘ Sleepless nights are what are called for . ’
3 I can say to my honourable friend , the member for Rydale who takes such a close interest and is so well informed er on these matters , er I 'm very grateful to him for the welcome he 's given for the orders here , he 's absolutely right to say that we have gone beyond er what restrictive called for by Bingham , we have extended it to other sectors in the financial we welcomed the honourable gentleman from Edinburgh Central that these er orders are in some way timid , they are what was called for by the treasury select committee , they are what was proposed er by Bingham and we have er introduced them er here tonight .
4 It can be immensely useful — and that is what is looked for with lateral thinking — or it can be false .
5 One typical outcome is that the reference strip ( which is what is used for the diagnostic ) is seen as too big due to spreading and then overflows its allotted area .
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