Example sentences of "what is [vb pp] [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Regardless of your area of specialisation , the old epithet of ‘ tried and trusted ’ has been replaced by experimentation and sometimes cursory evaluation of what is achieved by one approach to a nursing procedure over another .
4 Study the list first and then ask your PP to describe what is worn by one group .
5 In addition , we ordinarily assume that what is stated on one occasion may be identical with what is stated on a different occasion , even though its truth-value might change .
6 It may simply be said that what is needed for two events to be cause and effect as we understand them is that the probability of the second , given the first , is higher than the probability of the second , given the absence of the first .
7 The OR Staff , as they are called , specify what is needed in two documents : the ‘ Staff Target ’ , which is couched in broad enough terms to allow several solutions ; and the ‘ Operational Requirement ’ , which subsequently narrows down the possibilities , and sets out more detailed specifications for the research and development phases of the project .
8 What he then writes almost gives the impression of avoiding the confusion which I diagnosed above : ‘ This is how self-consciousness arises , the capacity to locate oneself within physical and social space … to know where one is and whom one is dealing with and what is expected of one ’ ( 47 ) .
9 Thirdly , just as cross-linguistic comparisons can reveal general functions of language by contrasts between what is encoded in one language and not in another , so comparisons across stages of acquisition can be revealing in the same way ( Ochs , 1979a ) .
10 The management of the trustees is really , I venture to think , of the nature of what is described in one of the rules as a private or domestic use , and so described for the purpose of making it clear that it is not to be allowed as a deduction .
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