Example sentences of "[vb base] [Wh det] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if someone said erm bromate or bromide say what 's the difference between calcium bromide and calcium bromate , what the difference be ? |
| 2 | Until eventually they get up at lunchtime , and they say what 's the point of having a shave , I 'm not going anywhere , so they stop shaving . |
| 3 | ‘ Say what is the matter , quickly . ’ |
| 4 | With such a varied contingent of activities I say what is the need for school ! |
| 5 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 6 | Er , we call on Labour Mem Members of Parliament to give their support in each of these areas mentioned , and we do constantly have a dialogue and provide what is the union line in terms of erm these particular er issues . |
| 7 | I mean which is the norm now more or less is n't it but he 's I think the third youngest in his class too most of his friends that he brings home are all nine already . |
| 8 | these are recommendations from a joint working party D of E of the erm local authority association and they are to almost unbelievable for us to consider and I can only assume that the that we must remember that this is really a response to what I call Heseltine 's last squeeze which was the idea of executive mayors and so in a sense lip service which has to be paid somewhere along those lines but it does recommend that we think seriously about cabinet govern government about single party committees and I ca n't imagine how anybody in their right minds would argue now that the cabinet government when they see what cabinet government leads to in Westminster and what de facto cabinet government leads to in majority ruled councils up and down the country erm , there is of course a I think a misleading er er brownie point the idea of relaxing restrictions on members allowances but members must realise why that is in there . |
| 9 | Look what 's the point of |
| 10 | The court must examine the nature , the objects and the scheme of the parent act and , in the light of that examination , consider what is the area over which power is given . |
| 11 | Consider what are the constituent elements of a sovereign national state : citizenship , a Parliament , a currency , a legal system and judiciary , an independent foreign policy and a diplomatic service , as well as outward symbols such as a passport , a sports team , a national anthem and a flag . |
| 12 | It is not really clear what is the role of the National Bank of Yugoslavia . |
| 13 | He had once said to Anna , in a touching burst of confidence , ‘ You know what 's the matter with me ? |
| 14 | ‘ I know what 's the matter with you : those dead boys . |
| 15 | I know what 's the matter with her ? |
| 16 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 17 | It is not simply that they have different views of the world , but that they each define what is the evidence in a different way . |
| 18 | Well listen , get , go , go what 's the name of that place ? |
| 19 | For example , if you use what was the dining room for a work room/study as well , you should either have a round table which can be piled with books when necessary , a table set off-centre , or a drop-leaf table that can be pulled out and set up in the centre of the room as required . |
| 20 | The next psychological breakpoint is the 1,000dpi mark which was the point at which digital phototypesetting began to be accepted back in the late 60s and through the 70s . |
| 21 | In both Classical and Christian thinking mysticism represents a way back to the source of being , but in Christian thinking from the fourth century on , the gulf between Creator and created was seen as mysteriously bridged by the love of God incarnate in Jesus Christ , God 's Word , the expression of himself manifest in time , which , in turn , enables human knowledge and love which are the way back . |
| 22 | It 's like a lot of things if you if you do know how to do them you think what 's the problem if you have n't |
| 23 | ‘ I wonder what is the equivalent of lentils in anthropological writing ? ’ |
| 24 | The price of justice THERE are so many maladministrations of justice exposed by successful appeals in the law courts that many people wonder what is the cause . |
| 25 | Standing here , looking at this unremarkable apartment , I wonder what is the point of these pilgrimages ( to Belcourt , to Haworth , to Wessex ) ? |
| 26 | I wonder what is the point of living . |
| 27 | And said I wonder what 's the matter the next house next to me , she said I wi I I wondered if Penny come and live there , you know , from where she is now er |
| 28 | I mean what is the purpose of all this , bringing the cost of living down — I do n't know , a thousand things that politicians pride themselves on doing — it seems to me that they all should be taking second place to the lives that up and coming generations are going to live . |
| 29 | I mean what is the wage policy for that country ? |
| 30 | I mean what is the point of saying he 's going to better us yet all he 's doing is pointing out these follies . |