Example sentences of "what is [v-ing] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is striking about many of these cases is that there is rarely further mention in the national press , but the sex fiend message has been amply conveyed . |
| 2 | What is striking about all these cases quoted is that , in every one , the eventual victim had already pursued his or her complaint exhaustively behind the scenes with the employer and only went public in desperation when the outrage was intense and no other recourse seemed available . |
| 3 | But what is striking about these debates is the shared assumption that the area was a ‘ good thing ’ for Britain . |
| 4 | What is striking about these two books is the sense they convey — little less unusual now than when they were written — of a strong and independent black community , in which people found their own way rather than having it mapped out for them by white expectations . |
| 5 | What is striking about these is that the code-switch points coincide exactly with the beginning and end of the insertion sequences , off-setting these clearly as London English in an otherwise Creole turn of the conversation . |
| 6 | What is striking about natural history illustrations is sometimes their longevity . |