Example sentences of "what is [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This is what is effectively happening in the scenario posed .
2 ‘ But , if you feel the need to walk for miles in what is soon going to be very hot sun without any idea of your destination — ’ he threw her a dismissive look ‘ — well , then , that 's up to you . ’
3 Again this is a distortion of what is generally happening in the courts , where sentences are lighter than this average , so newspaper readers have contrasting images of many acquittals and many long sentences .
4 Future generations will condemn us for inaction in the face of what is obviously happening in the world at present .
5 Difficult to know whether er Rupert Murdoch will want to sustain what is obviously going to be a fairly bruising battle for 3 years .
6 Then at last he said : ‘ Gentlemen — and ladies , pardon me — I have given much thought to these matters and I wish to say here in confidence to you , that while there remains between myself and many of those present differences of interpretation as to what is really occurring in Europe at this moment , despite this , as to the main points that have been raised in this house , I am convinced , gentlemen , convinced both of their justice and their practicality . ’
7 This is often exactly what the panic attack victim thinks and does when they have no idea what is really happening to them .
8 But look more closely at the statistics , look at what is really happening on the streets and in the shops , look at how people 's lives are changing , and it becomes clear that things are not nearly as bad as they are painted .
9 But what is really happening in the youth justice teams around the country , and is it right to condemn the Criminal Justice Act so soon ?
10 We went to Mozambique and asked Mozambican journalists to write and Mozambican artists and photographers to illustrate what is really happening in their war- and famine-torn country .
11 The truth is that the Footsie is proving to be a misleading guide to what is really happening in the market .
12 We suggest your readership would be better served by some honest and balanced reporting of real issues instead of trying to conjure up imaginary conflict to act as a smokescreen for what is really happening in Wear Valley under the present Liberal administration .
13 We have written very carefully descriptive material of what is really happening in the experiment and then a very succinct set of instructions — do this , do that , turn the left hand knob .
14 Some of these residents have lived in this road particularly all their lives and they 've suffered the traumas of living next to a pit and are absolutely horrified er at the prospects of what is basically going to be a scrap yard .
15 What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry .
16 It is not difficult to form a physical picture of what is actually happening at a re-entrant such as a crack , especially if we consider the matter upon a molecular scale .
17 And , and I think what is actually happening at the moment in , in the parish is that there is some perception , there is a perception , that something is , that things are changing and that the parish council is of importance .
18 The premise of much of what follows is contrary to that view and is based on the view that to separate the ‘ educational ’ from the ‘ management ’ processes of schools is a fundamental misconception — at odds with the British educational tradition , with what is actually happening in other countries and even with its own origins in industrial and commercial practice .
19 What is actually happening in this classroom ?
20 Procedure Audit follows the same process as the SSM , using a conceptual model of the defined human activity to make a comparison with what is actually happening in practice .
21 Research is focused on what is actually happening in response to the innovation .
22 Some sociologists argue that another way to find out what is actually happening in the NHS is to observe people at work and talk to them .
23 At the meeting the VHPB reviewed what is actually happening in different countries against what is recommended .
24 The intentions may be fine , but when considering what is actually happening in schools where the HCF approach is practised — as it is in very many — it seems to fit the marvellously Jewish remark attributed to Sam Goldwyn : " on the surface , profound , but deep down , superficial " .
25 I think these proposals not only are a way forward but also in light of what is actually happening in the area of Highfields with er the high numbers of unemployment , with the high rate of people underachieving in education I think for the last two and a half years there has been no clear guidelines or structure that has systematically brought about any results in the two centres to move forward where people have lost out by this issue being bureaucratic and a political football that 's being kicked about and I think it 's about time where we now have cross party consensus that we move positively forward and work towards these proposals .
26 And the last aspect of this sir is if you were to erm have a strategic site policy which as I was alluded to in my opening remarks , really is a chance for the planning system to catch up with what is actually happening in this county .
27 Yet this you would expect ; it is one of the hallmarks of the dominant culture , after all , that it is about thirty to fifty years behind what is actually occurring in the world in the present time .
28 Probably in the nature of ten percent of what is actually standing on the ground in terms of trees is taken out of each logging in question .
29 Finally , the strategies for change can be found in an analysis of what has gone before and a cultural intervention in what is socially happening to disabled people .
30 What is therefore owing to it , what is ‘ in its interest ’ are our custodial duties of care and protection .
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