Example sentences of "[vb infin] what is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most older people do not need what is interestingly referred to as ‘ warden-controlled accommodation ’ , although they seldom object to this extra facility . |
| 2 | Weekly budgets also do n't describe what is n't bought — a television licence , a holiday , a night out , trips to the swimming baths , roller skates , the Radio Times , a pound of plums . |
| 3 | Pressing heavily on the pedals , the bicycle would then do what is not required , namely change down . |
| 4 | Sadly , the city can not do what is most needed : join its suburban neighbours in a regional government that does away with redundancies and evens out the huge inequities in school financing and municipal services . |
| 5 | ‘ You can see what is already happening . ’ |
| 6 | This does not follow what is generally accepted as good industrial/commercial practice . |
| 7 | It 's wonderful , is n't it , when trades have trade papers that can help them understand what is really going on in the world . |
| 8 | With the RG1 Ribber Carriage , you can knit what is often known as bird 's eye Fair Isle . |
| 9 | No Let me just tell what is actually happening . |
| 10 | In order to communicate , the mass media must ‘ infer what is already known , as a present or abstract structure … but [ this structure ] is a construction and interpretation about the world ’ . |
| 11 | But from his identifying a person 's body as it appears to that person with that person 's ‘ introspected self ’ , it would seem that Mace can not mean what is ordinarily meant by the former phrase . |
| 12 | When I write of consciousness I shall mean what is often called self-consciousness , rather than awareness of sensations or perceptions . |
| 13 | Announcing the move to extend the au pair scheme to men , Mr Clarke said : ‘ Our proposed changes will end what is increasingly perceived as a sexually discriminatory scheme . ’ |
| 14 | The only certainty is that those nations that are victorious will write what is later termed ‘ history ’ , and will do it in such a way as to justify their actions . |
| 15 | In principle , a planning authority can only grant what is actually applied for or a part of it . |
| 16 | These observations may reflect what is already happening , yet their implicit optimism needs to be tempered by the realities of this kind of economic growth ( see also Kasarda , 1985 for a similar assessment of the US context ) . |
| 17 | We insist on integrity because we believe that internal compromises would deny what is often called " equality before the law " and sometimes " formal equality . " |