Example sentences of "what is [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His message is : If you want to understanding knowing , remembering , hoping , and so on , do not look at whatever experiences may go with the use of the words ‘ know ’ , ‘ remember ’ , ‘ hope ’ , do not look at the phenomena ; look , instead , at the transactions of language , look at the grammar of the expressions ‘ I know ’ , ‘ I remember ’ , ‘ I hope ’ , look at what is done with these expressions . |
| 2 | I start from the assumption that we are interested in what is done in any communicative act . |
| 3 | As Foucault and others have demonstrated , the interpretation of information in contemporary society follows a set of discursive criteria which determine what is classified as objectively true and what is seen as subjective opinion or fiction . |
| 4 | But there has also appeared , in the past decade , a strong reaction against collectivism , in the shape of opposition to what is seen as excessive regulation of social life by public bureaucracies , and this has been translated in some countries ( notably in Britain ) into policies of privatization of public enterprises and services , with consequences that have themselves given rise to fierce controversy . |
| 5 | It is these ideas that lead to what is seen as juvenile delinquency . |
| 6 | As Davis points out , it is also a way in which wives can be saved from what is seen as dishonourable employment . |
| 7 | Entries in mixed doubles in international events had dropped dramatically prior to Barcelona and what is seen by many as the most interesting and entertaining discipline in the sport was in danger of extinction . |
| 8 | A fresh start in a more adult environment being contrasted with , by what is seen by some , as the constraints of the school environment . |
| 9 | The explanation will also include what is related to this and is absolutely fundamental to scientific method , which is the experimental procedure of testing and establishing connections by the " varying of circumstances " , which is essentially the discovery of what is relevant and what is irrelevant to a given event . |
| 10 | In practice it 's a piece of paper that 's been written out by you or at your direction to say what is to happen to all your goods and chattels and property when you die . |
| 11 | Recent mine closures and the proposed privatisation of British Coal is focusing attention on what is to happen to costly pumping activities . |
| 12 | In a shift operation , a decision has to be taken as to what is to happen at each end of the shifted pattern . |
| 13 | Not only do such cases provide — like other contested cases — public evidence of what is regarded as appropriate behaviour , but also the public humiliation of a named victim will not go unnoticed . |
| 14 | There were also suggestions that Telefunken is already going cool on the terms of the compromise because they would not allow the West German group a large enough share of work on what is regarded as one of the key military avionics technologies . |
| 15 | There were also suggestions that Telefunken is already going cool on the terms of the compromise because they would not allow the West German group a large enough share of work on what is regarded as one of the key military avionics technologies . |
| 16 | As sense of humour and what is regarded as acceptable changes , traditional cards , liberally sprinkled with glitter and sugary prose , take a back seat as titillating varieties , sometimes extremely rude , find increasing space on the shelves . |
| 17 | Freud shares what can be seen as the main element in the sociological imagination , that is , to see what is regarded as commonplace action in a particular society , at particular points in time , as being itself in need of some explanation . |
| 18 | Points 6 and 7 advocate what is regarded by many as an opposite way of looking at the purpose of RE . |
| 19 | We argue , however , that the process of search for value for money is politically neutral , even though what is decided in that process will not be . |
| 20 | Quite what is decided in this case is obscure . |
| 21 | Governments can assist the Church greatly in the execution of its important office if , in laying down their ordinances , they take account of what is prescribed by divine and ecclesiastical law , and if penalties are fixed for offenders … |
| 22 | Regardless of your area of specialisation , the old epithet of ‘ tried and trusted ’ has been replaced by experimentation and sometimes cursory evaluation of what is achieved by one approach to a nursing procedure over another . |
| 23 | Again the question of just what is disorganized about disorganized capitalism surfaces for our consideration . |
| 24 | Study the list first and then ask your PP to describe what is worn by one group . |
| 25 | What is missed by those who follow Nettl 's view , is that a number of Marxists would probably agree , in the sense that the idea of the state as merely an agent distorts the observed contradictions within the bourgeoisie , and assumes a purely passive role for the state in capitalism . |
| 26 | Or are we able to exert freedom of choice regardless of what is determined by other factors ? |
| 27 | However , when we look closely at what is said about these various gods , we find that the god chosen by ( or who chooses ) Israel is quite unlike all the others . |
| 28 | Without recognising that knowledge of this kind is in play , we may misinterpret what is said about particular texts . |
| 29 | It also acknowledges its debt in what is said about electronic instruments to Repair or Replace ? |
| 30 | It should be clear from what is said above that from the purely practical classroom point of view , generative phonology has little to offer and could well create confusion . |