Example sentences of "what is [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | What is anatomical basis of this orientation selectivity ? ( personal communication ) suggests an answer which is reminiscent of that proposed by to account for the ability of octopuses to recognize spatial patterns . |
2 | The verdicts are implicitly defining what is appropriate behaviour for women and suggesting that they do not have much of a safeguard if they stray into areas regarded as ‘ male territory ’ whether it be a barracks room or a street late at night . |
3 | Teacher : What is that shape on the playground ? |
4 | ‘ Who — what is that girl with red hair , with curls , madam , with curls everywhere ? ’ |
5 | ‘ What is that woman to you , Alfred ? ’ asked Alice hurt , remembering yesterday 's encounter . |
6 | What is that patch for ? |
7 | What is that monster on your left hand there ? |
8 | What is sociological research for ? |
9 | There still remains the decisions on what is best value for money . |
10 | Define what is acceptable and what is intolerable behaviour in such areas as violent language , noise level , drug-and-drink-influenced behaviour , and sexual harassment . |
11 | WHAT is good news for shoppers can be a disaster for shareholders . |
12 | Do bear in mind that what is common currency in your department will mean nothing to anybody else . |
13 | What do we mean what is assertive mean to you ? this is gon na be quite interesting I suspect . |
14 | The Rushdie affair illustrated on the one hand that the general social climate changes with the passage of time , and views on what is censorable change with it . |
15 | What is Judicial Review About ? |
16 | WHAT IS PUBLIC TRANSPORT LIKE ? |
17 | We are all able , at a common-sense level , to identify what is acceptable behaviour in any new group . |
18 | So that what is acceptable practice for one group might not be acceptable practice for another . |
19 | As one recent treatise on business ethics put it , ‘ If in some instance it turns out that what is ethical leads to a company 's demise , so be it . ’ |
20 | and that is what is audio description on video , audio description and Hear My Song |
21 | ‘ What is this history of yours that you think it irrecoverable ? |
22 | ‘ What is this tourism of which you speak ? ’ |
23 | ‘ And what is this secret of your heart ? ’ |
24 | What is this sense of ‘ appear to be ’ ? |
25 | What is this knowledge of the future you bear ? ’ |
26 | What is this frankness of yours ? ’ |
27 | what is this stuff on the floor Clare ? |
28 | ‘ What is this stuff in the mugs ? ’ |
29 | Now these limits were fatal , they believed that they could win the war through air power and they , they could n't and the ground casualties , although fairly slight , when you think of it fifty thousand people killed is not a bi a large amount in a major war , far from it erm although erm militarily not that significant , politically they were devastating because people in America started to ask the question , what is this war for ? |
30 | What is this leaflet about ? |