Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] what is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , yes , Edward could point out that we live in a time when the very meaning of the word myth has been debased , that it has come to signify only what is untrue , false , misleading ; and , yes , I could largely agree that it is nevertheless by myths we live , and what matters is how large the contrary truths a myth reconciles in its embrace . |
| 2 | There are plenty of non-book publishers with ranges very well suited to a general bookshop , and by far the best way to discover just what is available is to go to the gift trade 's International Spring Fair at the NEC , Birmingham from 7th to 11th February and find out for yourselves . |
| 3 | Women in the community need to find out what is possible for us as a prerequisite to identifying what is not available and what we would like to see . |
| 4 | To find out what is distinctive about the style of a certain corpus or text we work out the frequencies of the features it contains and then measure these figures against equivalent figures which are " normal " for the language in question.The style is then to be measured in terms of deviations — either higher frequencies or lower frequencies — from the norm . |
| 5 | If you want to find out what is available in your area , ask the social services department or your local health visitor . |
| 6 | The first step in the process of selecting software is to find out what is available . |
| 7 | We can set up situations — as noted by John Webster — in which we try to find out what is important to the animal by looking at what it prefers and trying to assess how much it will work for something ; how important that particular resource is to the animal . |
| 8 | No dealer operates a guarantee on fish , but it is in everyone 's interests ( not least or just the goodwill factor ) to find out what is wrong . |
| 9 | He 's already been denied £4,000 in not facing the Windies , and said from his Melbourne home last night : ‘ The selectors have put me in the position where I have to work out what is right for my family and me . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not trying to make it hard for you , I 'm trying to work out what is useful for you , cos it 's no good you just sort of more or less copying it out . |
| 11 | Whichever happens to your child , you are very important to them and the Department of Social Work needs to keep in close touch with you at all times to try to work out what is best for your child . |
| 12 | Both Government and Commercial Divisions will require support services but it will take time to define just what is essential . |
| 13 | He would see loads of young people who are trying to learn how to make sense of life , trying to sort out what is right and what is wrong , trying to understand who they are and how to get on with people around them . |
| 14 | Maybe we are getting the business because of the recession : rather than doing new things , people want to sort out what is wrong with the old ones . ’ |
| 15 | Many of those concerned about the ignorance and marginalization of Christianity in numerous schools have failed to state publicly what is insightful about the multi-faith approach , and those convinced of the appropriateness of the latter have tended to display similar insensitivity towards the former . |
| 16 | Make your own choice , we 're only here to point out what is available . |
| 17 | It is easy enough to point out what is wrong with Hong Kong environmentally but far from easy to find solutions . |
| 18 | The NI has always been concerned to point out what is wrong with the Green Revolution : that it favours richer farmers who can afford its high-yield seeds and extra fertiliser ; that its ecological impact is worrying . |
| 19 | This phytogenetic perspective appears to separate nicely what is essential in the dance to its being a signal or message of some kind . |
| 20 | so before you start trying to make contact with the press , try to figure out what is engaging or unusual about you . |
| 21 | Just as you say to a small child , ‘ Keep on the path , ’ rather than ‘ Do n't go on the road , or Please can you talk more quietly , ’ not ‘ Do n't shout ! ’ so it is necessary to seek out what is good in any situation . |
| 22 | So that you want to say exactly what is interesting and significant to you too . |
| 23 | Quine on the other hand takes the evidence of one 's senses to concern not what is internal to the observer but what is external to him , that is to say the presence of certain ( public ) stimuli ( Quine , 1975a , p. 73 ) . |
| 24 | Furthermore , when we do not notice an example , we often begin with a vague feeling that the text is poorly written and have to work quite hard to say just what is wrong with it . |
| 25 | Indeed , if so much is happening on the edges , one is obliged to ask again what is characteristic of the period . |
| 26 | looking at the main views on offer about the proper focus of RE and ; 2. setting out a possible rapprochement between these approaches which tries to bring together what is good about them , and add what they all tend to omit . |
| 27 | To make hard what is soft . |