Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] is [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They locate the category of ‘ knowledge ’ in a social context rather than an epistemological one ; it is not the validity of knowledge but how it is used that is of importance to the sociology of knowledge . |
| 2 | The church is the channel chosen and appointed by God to bring hope to the hopeless — and yet often the church is not present in the very place where she is needed most . |
| 3 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 4 | Earlier , there had been disturbances in Snowdrop Street in the Kirkdale area of Liverpool where it is understood one of the youths being questioned was arrested . |
| 5 | Will my right hon. Friend explain to a simple fellow like me why it is considered sensible to return to a system of socialist taxation based on the capital value of an asset that produces no income and that is unrelated to the services for which the occupant is paying and to the income of the occupant , this asset being normally called a home ? |
| 6 | Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) . |
| 7 | Wherever it is thought important to claim that things of a certain sort are good , being of that sort can not be what ‘ good ’ means ( what the property good is ) . |
| 8 | Often these representations are made by the Faculty of the Institute alone , but wherever it is considered beneficial , submissions are made in conjunction with other professional bodies and , indeed , the Tax Faculty is represented on a number of joint bodies set up for this purpose . |